Yankee Doodle Children's Parade

Who: All children 0 - 5th grade

All Junior Auxiliary Members are invited to help out- Active, Associate & Life

Ashley Wright - Chair Kim Chisam - Co-chair

What: The Yankee Doodle Children's Parade - NO ENTRY FEE!
When (for the public): Saturday July 4, 2009 - 10:30am

(For Members) - 8:30 until 11: 00 am

Where: Warren County Courthouse Square - Downtown McMinnville

Pre-registration forms are available at The McMinnville Civic Center, The Chamber of Commerce, Magness Library, The Southern Standard and Ashley's Attic.

They can be returned to Ashley's Attic

or mailed to

Junior Auxiliary of McMinnville / P.O. Box 791 / McMinnville, TN 37111

Why: The Yankee Doodle Children's Parade is a service project for Junior Auxiliary of McMinnville

For those of you who aren't familiar with this project:
The Yankee Doodle Children's Parade is part of Warren County's Independence Day Celebration and is sponsored by McMinnville Parks & Recreation (who allow us to hold the event during their 4th of July Celebration), PEG Broadcasting and Southern Standard Publishing.

It allows children (and their parent "helpers") to use their creativity in designing a "float" for the parade. Participants can show off their national, state & community pride through this project, which is something that J..A. likes to encourage. The project also promotes family togetherness, learning, confidence, hard work and, of course, fun!

The Schedule:
8:30 - 9:00am Set Up
9:00 - 10:00am Check in / Registration
10:15am Participants must be in their assigned areas / Judging begins
10:30am Let the PARADE begin!
10:50am Awards will be presented to winners in each group
11:00am - ? Clean Up (shouldn't take long)
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Rules & Additional Information:

*For children 0 to 5th grade (2009-2010 5th graders)
*There are 5 categories this year and they are:
- Babies, Toddlers & Preschool
- Kindergarten & 1st Grade
- 2nd & 3rd Grade
- 4th & 5th Grade
- Group (maximum 5 children to a group)
*NO GAS POWERED VEHICLES ALLOWED in the parade. Battery-operated "Hot Wheels" type vehicles are acceptable.
*Bikes, Tricycles, Wagons, Strollers or any other push, pull or pedal toys are also allowed.
*The floats must be patriotic or state, county or community pride themed.
*An adult may accompany small children and push strollers in the parade.
*Entry numbers must be on the child and be visible for judging. For groups, the entry number must be on the "lead" child.
*Awards will be presented immediately following the parade when all participants are lined up in front of the stage according to the directions given.
*The winners must stick around after receiving their awards for a group photo for the paper.

Annual Education Conference

Ten members traveled to Franklin, TN for the 68th annual National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Annual Education Conference.

While we were there, we got to learn a lot, spent a lot of quality time together, got to know some of the other chapters and came home with lots of ideas for projects and fundraisers.

Here are a few pictures from the event.