Be a Ten Thousand Villages Volunteer!
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Learn about Fair Trade
Help people in developing countries earn a fair wage
Get retail, volunteer, & non-profit experience
Qualifies for high school & college internship credit
Have special skills? We also need help with:
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Event planning & marketing projects
Inventory & administrative tasks
Maintenance & painting, etc.
Shifts from 12pm – 8pm daily, including weekends | Ideal shift length is 4 hours, twice a month
For more information, email Katie Marshall, Volunteer Coordinator, at volunteers.seattle@tenthousandvillages.com
To sign up for a Volunteer Orientation, please log on to shiftboard.com/seattlevillages and click “register”
Orientations are on Wednesday evenings from 6pm – 7:30pm or by appointment
Facebook – Ten Thousand Villages–Seattle | Twitter – @seattlevillages | Instagram – seattlevillages
6417 Roosevelt Way NE Suite 101, Seattle WA 98115 | 206.524.9223
Be a Ten Thousand Villages Volunteer!




Learn about Fair Trade
Help people in developing countries earn a fair wage
Get retail, volunteer, & non-profit experience
Qualifies for high school & college internship credit
Have special skills? We also need help with:



Event planning & marketing projects
Inventory & administrative tasks
Maintenance & painting, etc.
Open from 12pm – 8pm daily, including weekends | Ideal shift length is 4 hours, at least twice a month
For more information, email Katie Marshall, Volunteer Coordinator, at volunteers.seattle@tenthousandvillages.com
To sign up for a Volunteer Orientation, please log on to shiftboard.com/seattlevillages and click “register”
Orientations are on Wednesday evenings from 6pm – 7:30pm or by appointment
Facebook – Ten Thousand Villages–Seattle | Twitter – @seattlevillages | Instagram – seattlevillages
6417 Roosevelt Way NE Suite 101, Seattle WA 98115 | 206.524.9223
Ten Thousand Villages in Seattle, WA is a fair trade retailer of artisan-crafted
home décor, personal accessories, and gift items from across the globe.
Featuring products from more than 130 artisan groups in over 38 countries,
Ten Thousand Villages Seattle is part of a network of over 390 retail outlets
throughout the United States and Canada selling Ten Thousand Villages products.
As one of the world’s oldest and largest fair trade organizations, Ten Thousand Villages has spent more
than 60 years cultivating trading relationships in which artisans receive fair prices for their work and
consumers have access to distinctive handcrafted items. We seek to establish long-term buying
relationships in places where skilled artisans are under- or unemployed, and in which they lack other
opportunities for income. A founding member of the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO), Ten
Thousand Villages sees fair trade as an alternative approach to conventional international trade.
History
1946
1972
1991
1994
2000
Edna Ruth Byler lays the groundwork for Ten Thousand Villages by importing crafts from
Puerto Rico and displaced people in Europe
Ten Thousand Villages opens first store—the first Fair Trade retail outlet in North America
Ten Thousand Villages opens in Kirkland as a mission of Seattle Mennonite Church
Moves from Kirkland to downtown Seattle, near Pike Place Market
Ten Thousand Villages incorporates as its own organization and moves to Roosevelt Way
Ten Thousand Villages in Seattle, WA is a fair trade retailer of artisan-crafted
home décor, personal accessories, and gift items from across the globe.
Featuring products from more than 130 artisan groups in over 38 countries,
Ten Thousand Villages Seattle is part of a network of over 390 retail outlets
throughout the United States and Canada selling Ten Thousand Villages products.
As one of the world’s oldest and largest fair trade organizations, Ten Thousand Villages has spent more
than 60 years cultivating trading relationships in which artisans receive fair prices for their work and
consumers have access to distinctive handcrafted items. We seek to establish long-term buying
relationships in places where skilled artisans are under- or unemployed, and in which they lack other
opportunities for income. A founding member of the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO), Ten
Thousand Villages sees fair trade as an alternative approach to conventional international trade.
History
1946
1972
1991
1994
2000
Edna Ruth Byler lays the groundwork for Ten Thousand Villages by importing crafts from
Puerto Rico and displaced people in Europe
Ten Thousand Villages opens first store—the first Fair Trade retail outlet in North America
Ten Thousand Villages opens in Kirkland as a mission of Seattle Mennonite Church
Moves from Kirkland to downtown Seattle, near Pike Place Market
Ten Thousand Villages incorporates as its own organization and moves to Roosevelt Way