Valentine's Day of Action  

Greeting Card image from Dolma Designs.

FTF members across the US and Canada are also gearing up to celebrate Valentine’s Day by providing products to warm the heart, including:

• Chocolate Hearts from SERRV and Alter Eco USA
  
• Jewelry from more than 50 FTF members, such as heart pins from Bridge for Africa, pink and red beaded bracelets from A Fair World and heart pendants from Hope for Women
• Flowers from Global Goods Partners, Gifts with Humanity, or Casa Bonampak
• Teddy Bears from Lanart and Love Llama from Partners for Just Trade
• Heart in-lay housewares from Swahili
• Loving Valentine's Banner from Ten Thousand Villages 
  
• Dancing Girl Heart Pin Tin Can Greeting Card from Gifts with Humanity or lovingly handcrafted cards from Good Paper
  
• Elephant Poo Paper Heart Boxes from Trails to Bridges
• Doma's Layers of Love, Larry's Beans St. Valentine's Day blend, Equal Exchange's Love Buzz coffees, and Valentine's Day Gift Boxes from Cafe Campesino
  
• All You Need Is Love baby clothes from Siempre Sol
• Thinking of You Gift Boxes from Global Exchange
• Massage Stones from Flavours of Life
  
• Gifts from Greenheart and Fair Trade Winds
  
• And more!

On and around February 14, 2011, FTF member Global Exchange is inviting elementary school teachers to bring Fair Trade into their schools with their interdisciplinary Fair Trade cocoa curriculum.  Teachers who download the curriculum can also enter to win a package of great fair trade gifts.  Interested parents, teachers, and other supporters can also pick up a Fair Trade Chocolate Valentine's Day Action Kit that includes fair trade chocolate minis, Valentines, and other great products! They can also request free valentines to distribute in classrooms, offices, or other venues.

FTF partner Green America is organizing a second National Week of Action for Dark Side of Chocolate Screenings from February 4-14, 2011. Consumers and stores are invited to show the film and host a discussion about the chocolate world with their Screening Kits.

This Valentine's Day, show your love for your sweetheart and producers around the world by supporting Fair Trade.