[Summit] WARM HEART~ BUY NOTHING DAY~ "Pass the Word"

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14th 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 26  10-2PM
State House lawn (directly across from Providence Place mall)  
rain location  St Johns Cathedral   570 N  Main St Providence  
Pawtucket  Visitors Center, 175 Main St. Pawtucket
On November 26th 2010 – 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. In Pawtucket the transfer of coats takes  place at the Blackstone 
Valley Visitors Center with . There are many partners  for 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 at mindspring.com;  
Phil  Edmonds: 461-3683; philwhistle at gmail.com
Pawtucket -  Arthur  Pitt 724-8915; kingarthur02940 at yahoo.com  
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Newport – St Paul's Church 12 West Marlborough St. Maggie Bulmer 849-3537.  
Woonsocket  St Ann’s Arts and Cultural Center  84 Cumberland Street Wally  
Rathbun Stannartsctr at aol.com            
Wakefield  --St. Francis Church, 114 High Street, 10AM to noon Tom Abbott  
364-0778
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