{"id":46148,"date":"2013-12-17T00:08:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T08:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=46148"},"modified":"2013-12-17T00:08:38","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T08:08:38","slug":"kids-give-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/46148","title":{"rendered":"Kids Give Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tAn educational, green way to fund-raise for your school or favorite organization, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.equalexchange.coop\/fundraiser\">The Equal Exchange Fund-raising Program<\/a> allows donors to buy high-quality, delicious products while supporting small-scale farmers and artisans who, in turn, support their communities and the environment. The fund-raiser features Equal Exchange\u2019s organic and fairly traded coffee, tea, cocoa, and healthy snacks, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tenthousandvillages.com\">Ten Thousand Villages\u2019<\/a> handmade and fairly traded crafts and gifts from small-scale artisans around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>An added bonus? Kids learn about where their food comes from and how everyday actions as small as buying a candy bar can affect farmers and families around the world. Perfect for school fund-raisers that typically feature cheap products and low-quality candy, Equal Exchange even provides free, downloadable lesson plans and short videos for the classroom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/equal-exchange.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image wp-image-46149\" alt=\"equal-exchange\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/equal-exchange.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"462\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Equal Exchange fund-raiser was much more than a fund-raiser; it was a vehicle that sparked conversations among our students, faculty, and parents about how our behaviors and practices in our own community impact communities across the globe. Besides, it\u2019s easy to choose organic and fair trade when it tastes great!\u201d<br \/>\n\u2013 Brimmer and May School\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An educational, green way to fund-raise for your school or favorite organization, The Equal Exchange Fund-raising Program allows donors to buy high-quality, delicious products while supporting small-scale farmers and artisans who, in turn, support their communities and the environment. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/46148\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/46148\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-giving_back"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}