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Kudos to the Volunteers



Roberta Schiff Hosted monthly home-cooked dinners in her home for parade planners

Mindy Getch Programed and posted Veggie Pride Parade Web site bulletin board

Lisa Lindblom Headed clean-up committee at rally site, gave general help to Pamela

Carlos Pinto Transported over a dozen cartons of supplies and outreach materials to beginning of parade, acted as end-car in parade, distributed program guides in Brooklyn

JeanThaler Acted as "marshal of the marshals" (making special effort to consult with police ahead of time), posted fliers in restaurants, and sent invite to (her many) friends

Jorge Guevara Transported via his own car a dozen cartons of materials to rally site, distributed program guides in Brooklyn and New Jersey

Esther Artiles Helped Jorge transport cartons to rally with their car, sorted and packed parade outreach materials

Ariel Penne Proofread Web-site pages and other documents, fact and typo checking, link-request reviewing, restaurant outreach, sort outreach materials into satchels

Danielle Fontaine Outreach manager, parade

Sowmya Reddy Mailing (press releases/program guides) to media), lamination, distribution of program guides in Brooklyn

Carrie Smith Contest prize recruitment

Shiela Schwartz Parade outreach materials sort and pack and parade promotion in magazine of the United Federation of Teachers

Tom Thompson General help at rally site (heroic distribution of Primal Sticks!)

Louis Gedo Posted flyers along old parade route (which had been publicized) for benefit of potential spectators

Laurie Jordan Media follow-up calls, promotional poster posting

Meg Peak Got Veggie Pride Parade listed online on vegan and vegetarian oriented listserves, meetup-group calendars, Facebook sites

Kaity Tsui Distribution, program guides

Lilly Gooden Online video production

Darnay Hoffman legal council

Gerard Sunnen Translated French emails from parade organizers in France (communication with French Pride Parade organizers)