There are many ways to support First Parish - becoming a member is one, volunteering is another.
But you can also help by buying things through Amazon or by getting your coffees, teas, and chocolates through Equal Exchange. Getting the things that you would ordinarily order anyway, but use the links here will let you do your part in supporting the work of this congregation, helping our social action agenda, and preserving our historic Meeting House.
Equal Exchange Coffee, Tea, Chocolate
Equal Exchange has created Big Change for over 25 years. It all started with an idea: what if food could be traded in a way
that is honest and fair, a way that empowers both farmers and consumers?
Our founders - Rink Dickinson, Jonathan Rosenthal and Michael Rozyne - asked this question as they envisioned a trade model that values farmers and consumers. So they took a big risk and plunged full-force into changing a broken food system. In 198
6, they started with fairly traded coffee from Nicaragua and didn't look back. Read more about our story.
Today, Equal Exchange continues to find new and powerful ways to build a better food system. Our products now include fairly traded and organic coffee, tea, chocolate and snacks from farmers all over the world, including here in the United States.
Our worker-owned co-op is based in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Because Equal Exchange was founded with democratic principles in mind, we strongly believe in a one-person, one-vote workplace without a corporate hierarchy. We partner with co-operatives of small-scale farmers who make their own decisions on business and community matters.
If you would like to order any coffees, teas or chocolates, please open up our Equal Exchange coffee order form, mark the things you would like, then save it and email it to us
Amazon
First Parish receives a portion (between 2 and 5%) of every dollar you spend online at Amazon.com.. Anything purchas
ed via the links below or by clicking on the "Amazon" link below will automatically be credited to our account. It won't cost you any more and will help support First Parish.
So - use this link to go to the Amazon site - make your selections - purchase - that's it! Please refer your friends and neighbors to this link too!
(One important note - if you had items in your Amazon 'shopping basket' before using this link, First Parish won't get the benefit of your shopping. Only items placed in the shopping basket AFTER clicking the above link help)
First Parish is committed to the diversity of our congregation. We are a Welcoming Congregation to all