This past Halloween, children and families spread the word about Fair Trade, switching up holiday conventions a bit while having a good time to boot. Folks from across the country sent in orders for the popular Reverse Trick-or-Treating kit, and Global Exchange distributed nearly 1,000 of them to supporters, both seasoned vets of Reverse Trick-or-Treating and first-timers.

Reverse Trick-Or-Treating would not have been possible without the help of the numerous individuals and organizations we’ve worked with. A special thanks goes to:

• Equal Exchange, for collaborating with us on Reverse Trick-Or-Treating for the 5th year in a row and donating Fair Trade chocolate for the campaign;

• Coco-Zen and Sweet Earth Organic Chocolates for their generous donations;

Thanks to our partner organizations that helped with outreach:


• Fair Trade Resource Network

• Fair Trade Towns USA
• Green America

• International Labor Rights Forum

• Jeannette Rankin Peace Center

• Labor-Religion Coalition of New York State

• Terra

• Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

• Our team of volunteers that came in to help stuff the kits, including the Global Exchange staff!

• The Raise the Bar, Hershey campaign spent the Halloween season collecting photos from all of you for the Hershey Halloween Photo Contest to send Hershey the clear message that we would not accept Halloween candy made with child labor. A big congratulations goes out to Rasha Sharhan from Cabrini University who submitted the winning photograph!
• A special shout out also goes out to Amber Bruce and her super hero kids for submitting their photo on our Facebook page.
• Our Raise the Bar, Hershey campaign partner, Green America dressed up in costume and traveled to Hershey, Pennsylvania to present the more than 100,000 petition signatures to Hershey management demanding a fair deal for workers.

What you can do now: If you missed the opportunity to participate in Reverse Trick-or-Treating or the Hershey Halloween Photo Contest this year, but still want to spread the word about rampant abuses in the cocoa industry, we encourage you to host a screening of The Dark Side of Chocolate.

The Dark Side of Chocolate is a heart breaking documentary that raises awareness about child slavery in the cocoa industry.

To order your copy of The Dark Side of Chocolate, visit our website or email fairtrade (at) globalexchange (dot) org.

The work for fairer trade continues!