Syracuse St. Patrick's Parade

Announcements

Poster Design Contest

The Syracuse St. Patrick Parade committee has tasked the Mohawk Valley Community College, Graphic Design Theory class to design the 2010 parade poster. The project provides a opportunity for real world experience. Students are competing for the honor of having their design implemented in a region-wide promotional effort. Committee members will evaluate the student entries and choose the winner.

Theme

“Céad mile fáilte”
"one of the most well-known of all the Irish sayings" More....

Parade Initiatives

The major changes we made to the parade last year were well-received. We returned to our roots with a walking parade. We encouraged more floats and discouraged vehicles from the parade. We will continue this policy with one addition. We are going to restrict groups of parents from marching with their children. An adequate number of chaperones will be allowed; however, we ask that the majority of parents meet their children at the end of the parade. More....

President's Message

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig! (All the blessings of Patrick!)

The Syracuse St. Patrick’s Parade began in 1982, founded by an amazing woman, Nancy Duffy, and a small group of her friends. Twenty-seven years later, the parade is stronger than ever—a grand tribute to the Irish of Central New York.

Since the parade’s inception, we have been able to help support Project Children, founded by another outstanding woman, Kathleen Kelly. Additionally, in 2005, we began the St. Patrick Hunger Project, to help feed those in need in Central New York. I am pleased to announce that due to the success of the St. Patrick Hunger Project, the food pantries in Central New York will be well supplied with food through December 2008!

--Janet Higgins, President

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