Fundraising event celebrating 16 years to be held February 18, 2018
2018 King and Queen Brian and Kate Johnson to be introduced
2018 Poster Contest winners to be announced
January 24, 2018 (Allentown, PA) The Allentown St. Patrick’s Parade Committee, Inc. announced today the details regarding the 16th Annual Fundraising Event to be held at Christopher’s at the Columbian Home on Sunday, February 18, 2018 from 3 pm to 6 pm. The Fundraiser kicks off “Parade Season” in Allentown’s West End culminating in the 61st Allentown St. Patrick’s Parade being held March 18, 2018 at 1:30 pm. Christopher’s at the Columbian Home is located at 1519 Greenleaf Street, Allentown, PA. Proceeds will benefit the Allentown St. Patrick’s Parade.
The 16th Annual Parade Fundraising event will feature the formal introduction of the 2018 King and Queen of the Allentown St. Patrick’s Parade, Brian and Kate Johnson. The Johnsons have been married since 1984 and have deep Allentown roots with members of Kate’s family serving as Parade King and Queens in 1980 and 2005 and Brian’s sister and brother-in-law in 1982. Brian is Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, and Kate is an admissions manager with Lehigh Valley Hospital Rehabilitation Center. They have four children, Brandon, Sarah, Matthew and Emily, and their grandson James.
In addition to the King and Queen Introduction, Angela Faidley, Poster Contest Chair and John Chaya, President of the Allentown St. Patrick’s Parade Committee, Inc., will announce the 2018 Poster Contest winners. The Poster contest was open to all children in grades 1st through 8th throughout the Allentown Diocese as well as public school students in the Lehigh Valley.
Christopher’s at the Columbian Home will host the fundraising event from 3 pm to 6 pm on Sunday, February 18, 2018. Doors are open to the public and tickets are $10 per person in advance and $12 at the door. Children under 12 are free. Tickets include select beers and soda with admission and door prizes. Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.allentownstpatricksparade.com. Music by DJ John Harvey, raffles and the purchase of shamrocks for a $1 will also be a part of the event’s activities. All guests are asked to bring a nonperishable food item to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley. Ticket and raffle proceeds will benefit the Allentown St. Patrick’s Parade.
The Fundraising event is the kick off for all the 2018 Parade festivities, with the next event following on March 10, the annual West End Pub Crawl featuring seven sponsoring pubs, followed by the Coronation of the 2018 King on March 16, Irish Cultural Community Day being held March 17 at the Allentown Fairgrounds and the 61st Allentown St. Patrick’s Parade on March 18.
For information on the 2018 Allentown St. Patrick’s Parade contact Jennifer Eck at 610.462.3730 or email Jennifer.m.eck@gmail.com. For details on all Parade activities or to purchase individual event tickets go to www.allentownstpatricksparade.com
About the Allentown St. Patrick’s Parade
The first known St. Patrick’s Parade was held in Allentown in the late 1860’s. Over a century later, in 1955, what we know as the modern day Allentown St. Patrick’s Parade was organized by business and political leaders through the St. Patrick’s Day Observance Society. The Parade ran from 12th and Hamilton Streets to the Immaculate Conception Church on Ridge Avenue. The Parade will celebrate its 61st Anniversary on March 18, 2018 departing from the Allentown Fairgrounds at 1:30 pm, and for the third year the Presenting Sponsor will be GIANT Food Stores. For more information or to participate in the 2018 Allentown St. Patrick’s Parade go to www.allentownstpatricksparade.com. Registration to participate in the 2018 Parade is open and can be done by completing the online registration form at www.allentownstpatricksparade.com through February 15, 2018. The Allentown St. Patrick’s Parade reserves the right to approve all registration submissions.
Information provided to TVL by:
Jennifer Eck, LLC
