THANK YOU - The 2007 Second Annual Winter Coat Exchange was successful and larger than 2006!

Desert Greens Annual Winter Coat Exchange on

This year we had about 400 coats donated (up from 100 last year), as well as hats, gloves, and scarves!

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2006 First Annual Winter Coat Exchange was successful!

Drop off center:
City Academy, 555 East 200 South, SLC
THANK YOU to the program hosts of KRCL for continually playing our PSA and promoting this event during their shows.

Co-Sponsors
ACupOfJoe~ 353 W 200 S~ SLC, UT People for Peace and Justice of Utah Green Party of UtahTM	Blue Sky Institute Human Rights Education Center of Utah Crossroads Urban Center Westminster Roots and Shoots

Every year people all over the United States participate in Buy Nothing Day (BND)- originated by Adbusters. BND focuses on concerns about the ecological, psychological and political consequences of our consumer culture and the impact of our materialism/consumerism on society.

This year’s BND takes place on Friday Nov 23. Many of us have participated in leaflet distribution and consumer carol sings on BND. The Desert Greens Green Party of Utah would like to do something different this year that will prove to be more useful and meaningful as well as educational. To that end, the Desert Greens is soliciting your support and participation for a new community-oriented approach to BND.

Patterned after a similar event in Rhode Island, we embarked on the First Annual Buy Nothing Day Winter Coat Exchange in 2006 – a collection and distribution of winter coats.

This year's event was held between 10 AM and 2PM on Friday, November 23, 2007 (“Black Friday”.) on Library Plaza at the Downtown Salt Lake City Library. We received an estimated 400 coats (300 more than last year) and gave away between 250-300. We had to extend the event by an hour due to so many people donating and getting coats this year!

Left over coats were donated to the Crossroads Urban Center Thrift Store

Please contact us if your organization is willing to support the third annual event in 2008 as a co-sponsor (obligations of co-sponsors are to publicize the event to your network).

We look forward to hearing from you! Thank you for your support!

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2007 Event Videos and Photos

Scott Fife Provides Live Entertainment

Little Participant likes the mic at the Buy Nothing Day Winter Coat Exchange in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was shy and cute!