Events
TLC @ the 2011 Annual Fair Trade Market
November 18 (4-7pm)
November 19 (3-7pm)
November 20 (9am-2pm)
Catholic Community Services Building
1323 S. Yakima Ave.
Mark your calendars! Invest in your world. Shop fair trade. The 2011 market is a partnership hosted by the Urban Grace and St. Leo Churches; so, the event should be bigger and better than ever! The Fair Trade Market promotes justice in the lives of artists and craftspeople here in Tacoma and throughout the world. Featuring baskets, holiday ornaments, linens, musical instruments, food products and more from the following vendors: Ten Thousand Villages, SERRV, Heifer Project, Tutwiler Quilts, Women’s Bean Project, Monastery Honey, Laughing Lotus, King’s Books, Food Connection, L’Arche, Hearts for Zambia, Ugandan Beads, Tacoma Lesotho Connection, Flowers of Lesotho, Irma Gary House, Theo Chocolate, and Jubilee Traders.
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6th Annual Booking It: Cross Country Run/Walk
Information about the upcoming 6th Annual Booking It: Cross Country Run/Walk will be posted here. Meanwhile, contact Shay or Kevin Glackin-Coley (kevinglackincoley@gmail.com) for information about how to get involved in organizing or assisting with the 2012 event.
Visit the Booking It Facebook page for information and photos from the 5th Annual Booking It: Cross Country Run/Walk
Brief Description
The Annual Booking It Cross Country Run came about when Shay Glackin-Coley wanted to get a job to raise money for charity. Given the lack of good paying jobs for 10 year-olds and his love of running he decided to organize a charity run instead. Last year, 75 runners participated and we were able to provide scholarships for 2 primary school and 6 secondary school students.
All proceeds from the run go directly to student needs; no overhead or administrative costs are deducted by TLC or our Basotho partners.
Since 2007, Booking It participants have provided 2 Grade School & 22 High School Scholarships!
What Booking It supports
Booking It was born from a 2007 conversation between Shay Glackin-Coley (then 10) and his dad about how to raise money for a charitable cause. Given Shay’s love of running, they decided to organize a fund-raising run. Shay brought his ideas to the Tacoma Lesotho Connection (TLC) and together they developed the Booking It Run to provide scholarships to K-12 students affected by HIV/AIDS and poverty in Lesotho, Africa.
