Tenderfoot Fair Trade Learning Lab
sustainability | self-reliance | affordability in higher education
Purpose
Tenderfoot Fair Trade Learning Lab’s goals are 3-fold: to foster self-reliance, to teach sustainable habits and ways of thinking, and to make a college education more affordable. This organization grew out of the founders’ desire to do more than simply complain about a few…
Hike-a-Thon
We thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail – all 2,191 miles of it – as a fundraiser to raise both awareness and startup funding for Tenderfoot. We raised nearly $8,000! Half of these funds helped us purchase property to serve as Tenderfoot’s permanent home, and half…
Tenderfood
Encouraging self-reliance is one of our primary goals, and what better way to do that than through food? Tenderfood is a monthly get-together when we make and eat something from scratch, then send home extras with our chefs so they can share the deliciousness…
