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DESCRIPTION:Global Gifts and Crafts Shop\nin Downtown Birmingham\n300 Wil
 lits at Bates Street\n248/644-0550\n&nbsp\;\n&nbsp\;\n&nbsp\;\nPress Rel
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 sp\; A GLOBAL GIFTS AND CRAFTS SHOP\n&nbsp\;SHOP will open for the 15th 
 year in downtown Birmingham\,&nbsp\; November 9 through&nbsp\; December 
 16\, 2012.&nbsp\; The shop is non-profit\, staffed by volunteers\, and a
 ll &ldquo\;profits&rdquo\; go to mostly Third World craftspersons and ar
 tisans who made the gifts and crafts.\n&nbsp\;\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nb
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 aily from Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm in the Firs
 t Baptist Church of Birmingham. The shop entrance is on Bates Street\, j
 ust north of Willits Street or Downtown&rsquo\;s Ring Road .&nbsp\; Cust
 omers enter and walk down a half-flight of stairs to the Shops.&nbsp\; F
 ree parking for two hours is available adjacent to the Shop in the munic
 ipal parking lot.\n&nbsp\;\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&n
 bsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Indigenous crafts made by people who o
 therwise would have little income are for sale in the Shop from nations 
 and cultures around the world\, including the United States..&nbsp\; Sup
 pliers for the Global Gifts and Crafts Shop include SERRV\, Ten Thousand
  Villages\, and ABC World Wide Gifts.&nbsp\; The public is invited.\n&nb
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 sp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;Funds from the sales in the shop get translated into 
 poor children attending school and families getting fed and clothed.&nbs
 p\; This is not a hand-out but the result of someone admiring the skille
 d work of an artisan and purchasing the item.&nbsp\; All of our supplier
 s are non-profit and church-related\, so our customers can be assured th
 at whatever they purchase\, all profits are returned to the person who m
 ade it.&nbsp\; Many of the artisans are disabled or have other special n
 eeds.&nbsp\; This is a ministry of economic redistribution with poor per
 sons around the world.&nbsp\; During the Christmas season\, what better 
 way to celebrate Christ&rsquo\;s birth than to purchase a gift that trul
 y empowers someone in need?\n&nbsp\;\n&nbsp\;\n&nbsp\;\n300 Willits   St
 reet at Bates\, Downtown Birmingham \n248/644-0550\; FAX 248/644-0559\nE
 -Mail: FirstBaptistBirm@sbcglobal.net\nFirstbaptistbirmingham.org\nOpen 
 Daily\, Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 10 AM - 3 PM\n&nbsp\;\n&nbsp\;
URL:http://birmingham.patch.com/events/holiday-shop-open-in-downtown-birm
 ingham
SUMMARY:Holiday Shop Open in Downtown Birmingham
LOCATION:300 Willits St\, Birmingham\, MI 48009: 300 Willits St\, Birming
 ham\, MI
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