By BRENT MARTIN and MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
It might be a different type of parade, but a parade it is.
The Girl Scouts of Northeast Kansas and Northwest Missouri will hold a “Giving Parade” Saturday morning from 10 until noon in the parking lot across the street from the Bode Ice Arena, accepting donations for Second Harvest, A Hand Up Not a Hand Out, and the St. Joseph Animal Shelter.
Local Girl Scout Marketing Officer, Gina Garvin, says the St. Joseph Girl Scout Troop – Troop 5026 – suggested holding the event to assist three charities.
“These girls really stepped up and said, you know what, we want to do one for St. Joe and we want to take the lead on that and we want to work with three great nonprofits,” Garvin tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. “So, they are working with the (St. Joseph) Animal Shelter, they’re working with an organization A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out, and they’re working with Second Harvest.”
Money will be accepted, but the Girl Scout troop suggests in-kind donations, such as dog food and pet supplies for the Animal Shelter, winter clothing and hygiene products for A Hand Up, and non-perishable food for Second Harvest.
Garvin says it becomes a parade when people drive by and donate.
“So, cars get in line and then they do their drop offs,” Garvin says. “And those great nonprofits are onsite, taking those donations. So, it’s like literally a parade of cars in a parking lot space.”
Garvin says girls want donors to enjoy it.
“So, it’s a lot of fun that day to drop off all your donations in kind of that parade format.”
Again, the “Giving Parade” will be held Saturday morning between 10am and noon in the parking lot across the street from the Bode Ice Arena.