Non-Profit Organizations visiting the Market in 2008

If you are interested in participating in the Market as a non-profit organization, please use this form!

Bee Protectors

LHS student Noele Flowers will be available to educate the public about Colony Collapse Disorder . Read Noele's informational document here!
At the Market: July 29, August 5

Communities without Borders

The mission of Communities without Borders is to establish and nourish mutual understanding and support between local communities in developed countries with local communities in developing countries. This is accomplished by identifying common interests and objectives between specific pairs of communities in developed and developing countries and supporting the long-term growth of this relationship. Their current primary focus is centered around providing educational support to AIDS orphans in Africa.
At the Market: July 22

Haiti Projects

A representative from Haiti Projects will be on hand selling beautiful embroidered linens: napkins, pillowcases, tablecoths, nightgowns,etc: all handmade of 100% linen and embroidered by the women of the "Cooperative d'Artisanat" in Haiti. 100% of the proceeds is returned to these women so they may earn their living.
At the Market: July 15

Heifer International

LHS student Katherine Courtemanche will be selling homemade baked goods/face painting to raise funds for The Heifer Project.
At the Market: July 8

Kids Cooking Green

Kids Cooking Green is a five-week series of classes and activities that are designed around hands on cooking to introduce 5th- and 6th-grade children to the nutritional value of eating locally grown foods, and the positive environmental impact of doing so. Each class has a nutritional component, an environment component, and a cooking lesson! Our 4th lesson is composed of making a nutritious meal for family and friends, all planned and cooked by the children using locally grown ingredients. At the Market: June 17 and October 14

Lexington Arts & Crafts Society

The Lexington Arts and Crafts Society was founded in 1935 when a group of artists and craftspersons met and drew up a constitution with the objective "to foster in the community a more active interest in the arts and crafts and to encourage higher artistic standards in the arts and handicrafts".

Lexington Green Ways

A non-profit organization devoted to the connected greenspace of Lexington, MA and to the people who visit and care for it. At the Market, Lexington Greenways will be supporting Friends of the Lexington Bikeways on Bike to the Market Days, the Lexington Tree Committee on July 8, and the Lexington Global Warming Action Coalition throughout the season.

At the Market: throughout the season

Lexington Preschool PTA

At the Market: August 26

Project Have Hope

Project Have Hope works with a group of 100 women in the Acholi Quarter of Uganda and helps them transform their lives and the lives of their families. Through the sale of their beautiful, handmade paper bead jewelry, the women can feed their families, send their children to school, and look forward to a richer future.
At the Market: July 1, August 19