Welcome to the Party Parade Website.

This year, 2009, Party Parade is taking a vacation. 
There will not be the usual series of parties,
but Party Parade will continue to give
small grants to local charities. 

Party Parade is in the process of restructuring.  
Continue to visit this website for new developments. 

• About the Party Parade Fund

• More About Party Parade

• Party Parade Fund (Small Grants)

• Starting Party Parades in Other Cities

In the last 20 years, over $1,000,000 has been contributed to community charities by Party Parade.  
Party Parade has also created awareness of the goals, programs, and needs of the charities it has supported.

We are grateful to the community and to the hosts and guests who have generously supported Party Parade.
Please accept our heartfelt thanks for making Party Parade a success over the past 20 years. We will continue to support local charities. We hope that those of you who have supported Party Parade in the past will continue to do so.

About Party Parade 2008, the 20th Anniversary Year

Party Parade 2008, our 20th Anniversary Year, was the most successful Party Parade ever.  Over $80,000 was raised for the Party Parade Fund to provide small grants to local non-profit organizations. The Party Parade Fund was created in 1998, the tenth anniversary of Party Parade. Since that time, it has awarded small grants to many local charities for needy projects that otherwise might fall through the gaps.  The Fund's recipients in 2008 were:

The Boys and Girls Club of Charlottesville/Albemarle to help provide additional staff for an expanded youth development program at the Club’s Southwood Unit.

The Youth Development Network Scholarship Committee of the Charlottesville/Albemarle Commission on Children and Families to help send low-income children to camp in the Summer FUNd Scholarship Program.

Children,Youth & Family Services for recruitment and training of volunteers for the Play Partners Program to bring reading and enrichment to children in  low-income childcare settings.

This year we will continue to accept proposals from local charities for requests for small grants.  The deadline for proposals is March 16, 2009.

Party Parade, PO Box 4423, Charlottesville, Virginia 22905-4423

Webmasters: 
Zan Short, zanshort@comcast.net
Jerry Short, jshort@virginia.edu
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Last modified on February 25, 2009

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