Buy Nothing Day 2009 Flyer
13th Annual BUY NOTHING DAY
WINTER COAT EXCHANGE
If you have a coat to give, please drop it off.
If you need a coat, please pick one up.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 10-2PM
State House lawn (directly across from Providence Place mall)
Rain/snow site: St. Patrick’s School, 244 Smith St.
& the Visitors Center, 175 Main St. Pawtucket
On November 27th – the busiest day in the American retail calendar and the unofficial start of the international Christmas-shopping season – thousands of activists and concerned citizens in 65 countries will take a 24-hour consumer detox as part of the annual Buy Nothing Day, a global phenomenon that originated in Vancouver, Canada. Some see it as an escape from the marketing mind games and the frantic consumer binge that has come to characterize the holiday season, and our culture in general. Others use it to expose the environmental and ethical consequences of over-consumption. In Providence as part of International Buy Nothing Day, we hold a winter coat exchange on the lawn of the State House directly across from Providence Place mall. There are over 60 co-sponsors of this event - community organizations, places of worship, civic, and environmental groups. Volunteers are needed to help with this life-affirming event.
Contact information: Providence Greg Gerritt: 331-0529; gerritt@mindspring.com;
Phil Edmonds: 461-3683; philwhistle@juno.com
Pawtucket - Arthur Pitt 724-8915; kingarthur02940@yahoo.com
Other venues: Newport – St Paul’s Church 12 West Marlborough St. Maggie Bulmer 849-3537.
Woonsocket St Ann’s Arts and Cultural Center 84 Cumberland Street. Roger Bonin 728-8328
Wakefield –St. Francis Church, 114 High Street. 10AM to noon Tom Abbott 364-0778