Date of publication: October 31, 2008
Source: Wednesday Journal
Author: Marty Stempniak
By Marty Stempniak
A group of Oak Park and River Forest children is going door-to-door today practicing reverse trick-or-treating: They're handing out fair trade chocolates to those who answer the door. The reversal is a way of giving back to the community while raising awareness of poverty and unfair labor practices in cocoa-growing countries.
The idea for the reversal started last year when Oak Park mom Jane Zawadowski received an e-mail from Global Exchange, a nonprofit that started giving out the chocolates...