![\"\"](\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/TenThousand.jpg\" "\\"TenThousand\\"")
Submitted by:\nKaren Peters |<\/p>\n
Submitted by:
\nKaren Peters |<\/p>\n
Ten Thousand Villages November 16-18, 2017 Super 8 Motel Ten Thousand Villages is a nonprofit fair trade organization that markets handcrafted products made by disadvantaged artisans from more than 120 artisan groups in more than 35 countries. With every purchase enter your name to win a gift basket from Ten Thousand Villages<\/p>\n About Ten Thousand Villages<\/strong><\/p>\n Ten Thousand Villages Canada is a non-profit program of Mennonite Central Committee Canada, one of the country\u2019s largest international relief and development agencies. The organization deliberately marries the concept of fair trade with healthy and environmentally sustainable business practices. From store operations to product sourcing to marketing practices, Ten Thousand Villages strives to meet the \u201ctriple bottom line\u201d of economic, environmental and social sustainability. <\/p>\n Founded in 1946, Ten Thousand Villages has grown from the trunk of founder Edna Ruth Byler’s car to a network of more than 120 retail outlets and 150 festival sales throughout North America. Ten Thousand Villages is an exceptional source for unique handmade gifts, jewellery, home decor, art, sculpture and personal accessories made by artisans in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. One of the world\u2019s largest fair trade organizations and a founding member of the World Fair Trade Organization, Ten Thousand Villages strives to improve the livelihood of tens of thousands of disadvantaged artisans in 29 countries. Product sales help pay for food, education, healthcare and housing for artisans who would otherwise be unemployed or underemployed. <\/p>\n For more information, visit www.tenthousandvillages.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Submitted by: Karen Peters | Ten Thousand Villages Christmas Sale For the 20th year in a row November 16-18, 2017 10am – 7pm Thurs & Fri 10am – 5pm Sat Super 8 Motel Swan River, MB Ten Thousand Villages is a nonprofit fair trade organization that markets handcrafted products made by disadvantaged artisans from more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-31107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nChristmas Sale
\nFor the 20th year in a row<\/em><\/p>\n
\n10am – 7pm Thurs & Fri
\n10am – 5pm Sat<\/p>\n
\nSwan River, MB<\/p>\n