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Holiday Shopping Event & Talk
Every Label Has A Story!
Wednesday, December 2, 2026
Time: 7:00 p.m. Talk
Facilitator: Rev. Dr. Shanon Sterringer
Location:
The Green Shepherdess FairTrade Boutique
in Downtown Willoughby
Join us at The Green Shepherdess Fairtrade Boutique to learn more about the stories behind a few of the labels we carry.
Many of our fairtrade products are from companies whose mission it is to support women survivors of human sex trafficking including:
Thistle Farms
Hon's Honey
The Tote Project
The Starfish Project.
Learn more about these companies at the event.
The talk will be presented by Shanon Sterringer, owner of The Green Shepherdess.
The store will be open before and following the presentation.
Your purchase makes a difference! Thank you for shopping fairtrade this holiday season.
Investment: $5
Shadybrook Members enjoy this program FREE.
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The Green Shepherdess
The store will be open before and following the presentation.
Your purchase makes a difference! Thank you for shopping fairtrade this holiday season.
To shop our online store, visit www.thegreenshepherdess.com.
We are also on Instagram and Facebook!
The Green Shepherdess is a verified member of the
Fair Trade Federation.
Meet Rev. Dr. Shanon Sterringer
Priest | Author | Founder of the Hildegard Haus
Rev. Shanon Sterringer, PhD, is an ordained priest and the pastor of The Community of St. Hildegard in Fairport Harbor, OH.
Shanon's passion is in the work of St. Hildegard of Bingen, a twelfth-century German visionary. Shanon founded and operates the Hildegard Haus. In addition, she is a professor, writer, and owner of a fair-trade store and blog, The Green Shepherdess. She has published two books, "30 Day Journey with St. Hildegard of Bingen" (Fortress Press, 2019) and "Forbidden Grace: Hildegard of Bingen and a Modern Woman's Call to the Catholic Priesthood" (PageMill Press, 2022).
Shanon has led dozens of retreats, workshops, and classes in various topics of Hildegard including herbs, art, theology, music, writings, leadership, and creativity. She has traveled to Bingen, Germany for research and retreat several times since 2015.