Here are some interesting resources that you can use.
Shop for Fair Trade gift items:
Blue Flamingo Thrift Store -- 1716 S. 10th Street Omaha NE 68108 (402) 964-2740 www.blueflamingo.org
Shop these Fair Trade dealers on the Internet:
Trade As One tradeasone.com
Green Heart greenheartshop.org
Indigenous Designs indigenousdesigns.com
Mata Traders matatraders.com
Give a gift that keeps on giving when you make a contribution to a nonprofit organization. Here are just a few opportunities for you to support social justice work:
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
Together, Inc.
www.togetheromaha.org
Serving people in need in the Omaha metro area, Together, Inc. offers a free food pantry, the Together Store, and financial assistance programs.
Omaha Food Bank
www.omahafoodbank.org
The Food Bank collects and distributes donated food and household items to charities and organizations that help people in need. The Food Bank works with over 360 organizations in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa to combat the issue of hunger.
Habitat for Humanity
www.habitatomaha.org
Habitat for Humanity of Omaha Inc. is a non-profit, Christian-based organization of dedicated persons of all races and creeds. Habitat makes it all possible for people with very low incomes to purchase their own home. All homes are built or renovated through volunteer labor and tax deductible donations of money and materials.
United Methodist Ministries – Missouri River District
www.bigmuddyumc.org
Committed to social justice work in Nebraska since 1966, United Methodist Ministries cultivates creative partnerships to eradicate hunger, poverty, and racism.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
UMCOR Christmas List (United Methodist Committee on Relief)
Heifer International
www.heifer.org
Heifer International works with communities around the world to end hunger and poverty. Providing animals such as goats, chickens, and bees gives families ongoing sources of food rather than short-term relief. As people share their animals’ offspring with others – along with their knowledge, resources, and skills – an expanding network of hope, dignity, and self-reliance is created that reaches around the globe.
UNICEF
www.unicefusa.org
Working in over 150 countries, UNICEF provides children with health care, clean water, nutrition, education, emergency relief and more.
United Methodist Ministries Food and Faith Reading List
101 Tips for Parents: Raising Healthy Eaters, by Henry Legere, MD
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver (available in paperback for first time in May)
Becoming Bread: Meditations on Loving and Transformation, Gunilla Norris
Breaking Bread: The Spiritual Significance of Food, by Sara Covin Juengst
Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader, Joan Dye Gussow
Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert
Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley (Children’s Book)
Food and Faith: Justice, Joy and Daily Bread, Michael Schut
Food for Life: The Spirituality and Ethics of Eating, L. Shannon Jung
God Speaks to Us in Feeding Stories by Mary Ann Getty-Sullivan (Children’s Book)
Harvest for the World: A Worship Anthology on Sharing in the World of Creation, Geoffrey Duncan, ed.
Herb, The Vegetarian Dragon by Jules Bass and Debbie Harter (Children’s Book)
Hunger for the World: Lectionary Reflections of Food and Justice, Year A, Larry Holler
Inch by Inch: The Garden Song by David Mallett (Children’s Book)
Kids Garden: The Anytime, Anyplace Guide to Sowing and Growing Fun, by Avery Hart and Paul Mantell
Living Simply with Children, Marie Sherlock
Simply in Season: World Community Cookbook, Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert
Simply in Season Leader’s Study Guide, Rachel Miller-Moreland
Simply in Season: Children’s Cookbook, by Mark Beach and Julie Kauffman
The Beeman by Laurie Krebs and Valeria Cis (Children’s Book)
What Every Church Member Should Know About Poverty, Bill Ehlig and Ruby Payne
Social Principles of the United Methodist Church
Any church affiliated organization is challenged to think clearly and logically about its role in today's world. The work of the United Methodist Church is guided by these Social Principles.