Ten Thousand Villages(TM)- Port Gift'N Thrift

Port Colborne, ON (Nearby: Sherkston, Welland, Port Robinson, Stevensville, Crystal Beach)

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12 Charlotte Street
Port Colborne, Ontario
L3K 3C6

Phone : (905) 835-8532
Outside Web Page : http://www.portcolborne.com
Your Host(s) : Bev Frayle

Tour Group Person Limit: 30

Driving Directions:

• Located at the southern extremity of the Welland Canal, Port Colborne is a short drive from Buffalo, NY; St. Catharines or the Golden Triangle (Hamilton / Toronto) area. Port Gift'N Thrift is just off West Street on Charlotte.

Season Details:

• Monday through Saturday 10am - 5 pm.

Description From Owner:

• Ten Thousand Villages provides vital, fair income to Third World people by selling their handicrafts and telling their stories in North America. We work with artisans who would otherwise be unemployed. This income helps pay for food, education, etc.
• Ten Thousand Villages is a non-profit program of the Mennonite Central Committee, the service, relief and development agency of the Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches. MCC is a nonprofit charitable organization based in Akron, PA.
• At Ten Thousand Villages, we believe a fair deal is important. We offer a 50% advance as working capital to artisans and pay in full when an order is shipped to us. We monitor working conditions and how workers are paid.
• As people of faith, we can apply our principles of love and justice when we make purchases. Last year, fair trade with Ten Thousand Villages benefited some 60,000 craftspeople in more than 30 countries.
• Ten Thousand Villages is a member of the International Federation for Alternative Trade (IFAT), a coalition of Third World handicraft and agricultural producer organizations and ATOs.
• WE OFFER FAIRLY TRADED HANDICRAFTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHERE YOU SHOP!

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Off the beaten track:

Bethel, Port Colborne area, 2km Gasline, 3km Cedar Bay, 5km Lorraine, 5km Pine Crest Point, 5km Silver Bay, 5km Elco Beach, 5km Brookfield, Niagara Falls area, 6km Dain City, 5km Sherkston, 6km