Alternative Gift Fair

The Mattapoisett Friends Meeting (Quakers) will hold its second annual Alternative Gift Fair from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturday, November 8. There will be several non-profits, both local and international, represented. Visitors will be able to buy goods from the non-profits, such as totes and caps, or make a donation in honor of friends or family. There will be fair-trade artwork from around the world and cans of fair-trade coffee and hot chocolate for holiday gifts. The Friends Meeting Sunday School is raising money to adopt an orphaned elephant in Kenya through the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and will sell some crafts. Local Quaker artist Charlotte Purrington will be selling greeting cards to raise money for renovations at the meetinghouse.

The participating non-profits are the Mattapoisett Land Trust, Friends of the Mattapoisett Bike Path, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, the Marion Institute, the Buzzards Bay Coalition, Sippican Lands Trust, Heifer International, SERRV, Equal Exchange, and The Widow’s Friend.

The fair will be at the Quaker Meeting House at 103 Marion Rd. (Rt. 6) in Mattapoisett.

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