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Show Fair Page 3 The Signpost Monday, October 17, 2005 continued from front trade items," said Carla Gilbert, who they can help others receive the wage they deserve for the work they do, she said. serves as church pastor. "I would just like to see a world in The church's sale offered items such as coffee, hot chocolate and other foods, as which huge numbers of people are not relegated to always the bitter edge of well as crafts. ir survival," Eaton said. "It's not good for We have handicrafts that we bring in anybody to live that way. It's not good for and there's not a middle person that gains us either to be involved; to be at the other from it," Gilbert said. end of the system." The church gets its donations through Kathleen Cadman, who was shopping "A Greater Gift," a SERRV International at the fair, said she has seen first hand how division. "That's a fair-trade organization fair trade gives back to small villages. "I was just in Sri Lanka about two that started out with the Church of the Brethren back in their headquarters back months ago, helping do some tsunami in Maryland," said Carolyn Somer, church relief stuff and a lot of them they don't mission committee head who helps have any money or any housing right organize the yearly event. "And they work now," Cadman said. "But they have a lot through a lot of churches and they have of spare time on their hands, and it gives them a way to kind partnerships ^-^-^^- f ]leip themselves. o with a lot of different fair "I would just like to seeLike if they learn to make something trade co-ops and farmers' a world in which huge that they can turn co-ops around numbers of people arearound and sell, then they're not asking the world and that's grown with not relegated to always the for charity; they're looking for their time." bitter edge of survival. Its way to contribute in The Weber turn." State University not good for anybody to A n t h r o p o l o g y live that way It's not good The anthropology Club has also club offers different p a r t i c i p a t e d for us either to be involved; sizes of chocolate in a free-trade to be at the other end of the bars, which can be purchased in p r o g r a m the Social Science through SERRV system." Building Room 114 for about four - Linda Eaton, anthropology office. years and feels it WSU anthropology professor "If you went is a trustworthy - ^ ^ - ^ ^ - o Wal-Mart, you t program. ""^-^-^^-«^^- would pay less for "They are something of the same general category," focused specifically on that goal; to Eaton said. "Quality might be a whole provide products from people who are other issue." getting a reasonable wage to provide Somer said selling fair trade is not those products," said Linda Eaton, WSU necessarily a profitable venture and that Department of Anthropology professor sellers are not necessarily profit-driven. and club advisor. "It's really not a money maker," she The WSU Anthropology Club sells said. "It's really done as a mission, it is a chocolate, but SERW provides other mission project. The first couple years, we products. really didn't cover our costs even." "They have lots of kinds of things," However, Eaton feels it is worth the Eaton said. "We do the chocolate because price to make sure people get a fair wage. that's what we've done for a long time." "I'd say we pay a little bit more for it, but Eaton said the club has also brought it's fair enough to me," she said. in items to sell for Christmas in previous Shopper Kathleen Cadman shares her knowledge about the fair trade market Friday during the Fair Trade sale at The United Church years, but they sell chocolate year-round. You can reach reporter Cory Duclos by The club hopes that through the program calling 626-7655. of Christ, Congregational. Cadman recently returned from Sri Lanka where she saw the benefits of selling fair-trade merchandise. Shots continued from from Sant has some tips of her own. alumna who is a nurse at McKay- site, departments.weber.edu/ Dee Hospital, has been getting healthcenter, is a list of places "I just eat right and exercise," the shot for the last four years where people can get theshe said. because of the high-risk work vaccine. 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