Monday, January 25, 2010
Saturday, June 30, 2007
DInner
We had about 144 for dinner. Whoo Hoo UUs from as far away as Maine!
Service was awesome!
Sleeping now -getting ready for the big day tomorrow!!!
ZZZZzzzzzzzzzz
Service was awesome!
Sleeping now -getting ready for the big day tomorrow!!!
ZZZZzzzzzzzzzz
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Here is our booth assignment
We will be at the corner of 24th street and Central Ave ( actually 4 booths to the west of the intersection) on the north side of the street. more info to follow
Julie
Julie
Sunday, June 24, 2007
THE map
Hi all,
PLease scroll all the way down to the bottom of this page for the Map with the location of the parade staging area.
If you go to www.uustpete.org there is map to the UU St Pete church.
We've got resevations for 140 people for dinner and we HAVE A FLOAT!!!!!!
So some people can ride and toss beads!!! More info to follow shortly!!!
Julie
PLease scroll all the way down to the bottom of this page for the Map with the location of the parade staging area.
If you go to www.uustpete.org there is map to the UU St Pete church.
We've got resevations for 140 people for dinner and we HAVE A FLOAT!!!!!!
So some people can ride and toss beads!!! More info to follow shortly!!!
Julie
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Latest Update on UU Cluster Participation
Here's an update for you all and some thoughts about the upcoming Pride event.
As we go forward and participate in these wonderful events, lets take a moment to pause and remember that for those of us who are LGBTs- this is our time and our day to celebrate our lives, to be proud of who we are and to show our gratitude and affection to other UU's for their support and acceptance.
Also, as families, friends and supporters of our LGBT UU's- this is a time where we acknowledge the unique contribution they make to Unitarian Universalism.
Finally, it is a time for all of us to gather together in appreciation of each other as UU's and show our support of the greater LGBT community.
I personally believe that in order to truly embrace diversity- it is important to realize that its not about us all being the same -its about us respecting each other as we self identify. Its about honoring and respecting our differences. With that in mind, let us go forward and demonstrate to others how we as UU's truly affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person.
First we would like to thank all of you who have participated in the planning of these events. Thanks for your time and your efforts and your ideas. We could not do this without you and we're so excited as it looks like this is shaping up to be a wonderful and uplifting time..
Please help us to ensure its success by attending the events and signing up to help.
All the advertising is out. Thanks so very much to Ann Scott of Spirit of Life for her beautiful ad designs. And to Victor from UU St Pete for his help with getting our press releases out. The West Central Cluster of UU Congregations is an official Sponsor of the Pride in Paradise event, You can see our ad in the official pride program and our name mentioned as an official sponsor on the official event poster and on their event website.
We also have ads in the June Gazette, this week and next week issues of the Watermark newspaper. Ads also appear in the event program of the Una Voce Choral group and the ProSuzy community email listing for the Tampa Bay Area.
Updates and last minute information regarding our event and participation will be communicated on the our UU event blog at http://seeuuatstpetepride.blogspot.com/
We also need a couple of people to volunteer to take pictures.
Thursday night June 28th at starting at 6:00pm. We are gathering at St Pete UU to prepare for the next 2 days events. We will have some type of food that evening.
We will be setting up Gilmour and Conway for the Standing on the Side of Love"dinner and we will be decorating the sanctuary as well.
We will also be preparing the handouts for the parade. We have 2100 strands of beads and we will be attaching business cards with our contact info on them to the beads. We have 682 coins and fans which we will need to attach stickers w our contact info on them .
Also over 800 brochures to which we need to attach stickers.And we will be gathering and organizing all of the booth items on that evening. We are in great need of heavy duty extension cords as the place where we need to get the electric for the booth may be as far a 1 block away. We have access to free ice, we just need coolers to be brought to the church Thursday night so they can be filled for us on Friday.
Thursday night all the booth items will be loaded into vehicles in preparation for Saturday morning.
There is also a very good possibility we will have a float. We have a truck and we are hoping to secure a flat bed trailer. We plan on placing picnic tables on the trailer so the people may ride on it in the parade and throw beads etc from there. Yes we are copying a group that did this last year. Stay tuned on this. We may have to do some preparation of this on Thursday night as well. This is not a sure thing yet so again please stay tuned.
The dinner Friday June 29th-
Please bring your banners to the dinner Friday night as we will hang them from the choir loft for the service.
All Cluster Pride committee members will receive their bandannas (not to be confused with banners)at this time. We are asking that you wear them at the dinner and service.
We are currently taking reservations for the "Standing on the Side of Love" Dinner. The deadline for the dinner is next Friday June 22nd. Please make your reservations now as we are filling up quickly and we anticipate 125-140 people. Child care and pizza will be available for the kids.
We are in need of 4 child care workers. Please call me if you would like to volunteer for this.
Please remember to fax your final dinner reservation sheets to (727) 823-8942 on or before Friday June 22nd.
We will be calling you to get a total from you on or about Wednesday.
Please bring any money you have collected with you the night of the dinner.
Please fax your other sign up sheets (dinner help/service help/parade and booth sign ups) to that number as well- by Monday 25th.
We are in need many hands to help set up and serve the dinner. We met today at UU St Pete and we have a plan the will allow everyone to get in and get fed in the hour that we have before the service begins. Please let us know if you are planning to help in this area-we are asking dinner helpers to arrive as close to 6:00 as possible. I sent out sign up sheets for this with the dinner reservation sheets.
We will also need people to help reconfiguring the tables in Gilmour just before the service so that we may have coffee and dessert there after the service.
The service
Also we are in need of greeters for the service. There are sign up sheets for this as well. We are asking greeters to show up as close to 6:00 as possible as well. In addition to greeting people for the service- We will need you to help direct people to the proper entrance for the dinner.
As we are collecting money and have a reservation list to check at teh door -there will be one place for people to enter the building for the dinner and that will be through the gate by the church office. We will be using both Gilmour and Conway for the dinner service and to help us keep track of who has paid -access to these buildings may be limited at the dinner hour..
We would like all dinner servers/helpers and greeters to eat prior to the start of serving the dinner, so you will be available to help others. We are going to try get everyone in and fed and to the service on time.
Also if you are able can you please bring a dessert item to share for coffee time after the service.
Saturday June 30th
Parking- please see the maps in the official Pride Program or on line for designated parking areas. There is no shuttle service from the end of the parade route as previously indicated. The map shows the routes of the event shuttle.
Parade
Please bring with you your banners and any other flags or UU related items you would like to carry and display. American flags, rainbow flags, UU banners and other UU related flags or signs. We are trying to get as many people as possible to be in the parade so that we can have a large presence.
We will be at 31st st and 3rd ave N at 8:00am to register the vehicles and get our parade assignment. At that time we will be decorating the vehicles and sorting out the beads and hand outs into manageable amounts for each person walking or riding in the parade.
This takes some work so please if you are available to come at that time and help with the preparation we would greatly appreciate the help. We are also going to have music and need to set that up. We will have water in the parade vehicles for the parade marchers/riders. Parade assembly begins at 9:00am The parade beings at 10:00am. There are maps available of the parade route on line at http://www.stpetepride.com/ and in the official event program. These programs are available at the UU St Pete office.
Rainbow Bandanna's will be handed out at this time to all parade participants.
Booth
I will get our booth assignment and instructions on Monday evening June 25th.
Last year on the day of the event Central Ave was turned into a one way street for the setting up and loading of the booths. We will meet that morning at some prearranged location so that we may be ready to go and load in at the first possible time. If you have volunteered to be at the booth at the first time slot of the day please be aware we will be asking you to help with the booth set up as well. In addition anyone who signs up for the last hour of the day, we'd like you to help with the tear down. We will have box fans at the booth for cooling and water for those staffing the booth. Rainbow Bandanna's will be handed out to folks who staff the booth when you get there.
NOTE:-you do not need to bring chairs for the time you are staffing the booth, chairs will be provided. If you wish to bring lawn chairs for your own personal use you may, but please be aware we have no place to store them if you are marching in the parade or staffing the booth. We will have people from different congregations staffing the booth at the same time- so there will not be extra space for your personal items.
Finally, please dress so you are cool. Wear light cotton clothing, straw hats that let the air circulate. Wear strong comfortable walking shoes. Use sunglasses and sun block. Signs of heat exhaustion include dizziness and nausea. Remember to hydrate and eat light the morning of the event. There is a Kids Zone provided by PFLAG and a food court where food and beverages will be available.
Is there is anything else that I have forgotten, please let me know.
Thanks to each and every one of you for your help, support and inspiration. It means so very much and please if you have any questions call us at 727-368-4611. See you soon!
Julie McNeil
Cluster Pride Committee Chair
West Central Cluster of UU Congregations
As we go forward and participate in these wonderful events, lets take a moment to pause and remember that for those of us who are LGBTs- this is our time and our day to celebrate our lives, to be proud of who we are and to show our gratitude and affection to other UU's for their support and acceptance.
Also, as families, friends and supporters of our LGBT UU's- this is a time where we acknowledge the unique contribution they make to Unitarian Universalism.
Finally, it is a time for all of us to gather together in appreciation of each other as UU's and show our support of the greater LGBT community.
I personally believe that in order to truly embrace diversity- it is important to realize that its not about us all being the same -its about us respecting each other as we self identify. Its about honoring and respecting our differences. With that in mind, let us go forward and demonstrate to others how we as UU's truly affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person.
First we would like to thank all of you who have participated in the planning of these events. Thanks for your time and your efforts and your ideas. We could not do this without you and we're so excited as it looks like this is shaping up to be a wonderful and uplifting time..
Please help us to ensure its success by attending the events and signing up to help.
All the advertising is out. Thanks so very much to Ann Scott of Spirit of Life for her beautiful ad designs. And to Victor from UU St Pete for his help with getting our press releases out. The West Central Cluster of UU Congregations is an official Sponsor of the Pride in Paradise event, You can see our ad in the official pride program and our name mentioned as an official sponsor on the official event poster and on their event website.
We also have ads in the June Gazette, this week and next week issues of the Watermark newspaper. Ads also appear in the event program of the Una Voce Choral group and the ProSuzy community email listing for the Tampa Bay Area.
Updates and last minute information regarding our event and participation will be communicated on the our UU event blog at http://seeuuatstpetepride.blogspot.com/
We also need a couple of people to volunteer to take pictures.
Thursday night June 28th at starting at 6:00pm. We are gathering at St Pete UU to prepare for the next 2 days events. We will have some type of food that evening.
We will be setting up Gilmour and Conway for the Standing on the Side of Love"dinner and we will be decorating the sanctuary as well.
We will also be preparing the handouts for the parade. We have 2100 strands of beads and we will be attaching business cards with our contact info on them to the beads. We have 682 coins and fans which we will need to attach stickers w our contact info on them .
Also over 800 brochures to which we need to attach stickers.And we will be gathering and organizing all of the booth items on that evening. We are in great need of heavy duty extension cords as the place where we need to get the electric for the booth may be as far a 1 block away. We have access to free ice, we just need coolers to be brought to the church Thursday night so they can be filled for us on Friday.
Thursday night all the booth items will be loaded into vehicles in preparation for Saturday morning.
There is also a very good possibility we will have a float. We have a truck and we are hoping to secure a flat bed trailer. We plan on placing picnic tables on the trailer so the people may ride on it in the parade and throw beads etc from there. Yes we are copying a group that did this last year. Stay tuned on this. We may have to do some preparation of this on Thursday night as well. This is not a sure thing yet so again please stay tuned.
The dinner Friday June 29th-
Please bring your banners to the dinner Friday night as we will hang them from the choir loft for the service.
All Cluster Pride committee members will receive their bandannas (not to be confused with banners)at this time. We are asking that you wear them at the dinner and service.
We are currently taking reservations for the "Standing on the Side of Love" Dinner. The deadline for the dinner is next Friday June 22nd. Please make your reservations now as we are filling up quickly and we anticipate 125-140 people. Child care and pizza will be available for the kids.
We are in need of 4 child care workers. Please call me if you would like to volunteer for this.
Please remember to fax your final dinner reservation sheets to (727) 823-8942 on or before Friday June 22nd.
We will be calling you to get a total from you on or about Wednesday.
Please bring any money you have collected with you the night of the dinner.
Please fax your other sign up sheets (dinner help/service help/parade and booth sign ups) to that number as well- by Monday 25th.
We are in need many hands to help set up and serve the dinner. We met today at UU St Pete and we have a plan the will allow everyone to get in and get fed in the hour that we have before the service begins. Please let us know if you are planning to help in this area-we are asking dinner helpers to arrive as close to 6:00 as possible. I sent out sign up sheets for this with the dinner reservation sheets.
We will also need people to help reconfiguring the tables in Gilmour just before the service so that we may have coffee and dessert there after the service.
The service
Also we are in need of greeters for the service. There are sign up sheets for this as well. We are asking greeters to show up as close to 6:00 as possible as well. In addition to greeting people for the service- We will need you to help direct people to the proper entrance for the dinner.
As we are collecting money and have a reservation list to check at teh door -there will be one place for people to enter the building for the dinner and that will be through the gate by the church office. We will be using both Gilmour and Conway for the dinner service and to help us keep track of who has paid -access to these buildings may be limited at the dinner hour..
We would like all dinner servers/helpers and greeters to eat prior to the start of serving the dinner, so you will be available to help others. We are going to try get everyone in and fed and to the service on time.
Also if you are able can you please bring a dessert item to share for coffee time after the service.
Saturday June 30th
Parking- please see the maps in the official Pride Program or on line for designated parking areas. There is no shuttle service from the end of the parade route as previously indicated. The map shows the routes of the event shuttle.
Parade
Please bring with you your banners and any other flags or UU related items you would like to carry and display. American flags, rainbow flags, UU banners and other UU related flags or signs. We are trying to get as many people as possible to be in the parade so that we can have a large presence.
We will be at 31st st and 3rd ave N at 8:00am to register the vehicles and get our parade assignment. At that time we will be decorating the vehicles and sorting out the beads and hand outs into manageable amounts for each person walking or riding in the parade.
This takes some work so please if you are available to come at that time and help with the preparation we would greatly appreciate the help. We are also going to have music and need to set that up. We will have water in the parade vehicles for the parade marchers/riders. Parade assembly begins at 9:00am The parade beings at 10:00am. There are maps available of the parade route on line at http://www.stpetepride.com/ and in the official event program. These programs are available at the UU St Pete office.
Rainbow Bandanna's will be handed out at this time to all parade participants.
Booth
I will get our booth assignment and instructions on Monday evening June 25th.
Last year on the day of the event Central Ave was turned into a one way street for the setting up and loading of the booths. We will meet that morning at some prearranged location so that we may be ready to go and load in at the first possible time. If you have volunteered to be at the booth at the first time slot of the day please be aware we will be asking you to help with the booth set up as well. In addition anyone who signs up for the last hour of the day, we'd like you to help with the tear down. We will have box fans at the booth for cooling and water for those staffing the booth. Rainbow Bandanna's will be handed out to folks who staff the booth when you get there.
NOTE:-you do not need to bring chairs for the time you are staffing the booth, chairs will be provided. If you wish to bring lawn chairs for your own personal use you may, but please be aware we have no place to store them if you are marching in the parade or staffing the booth. We will have people from different congregations staffing the booth at the same time- so there will not be extra space for your personal items.
Finally, please dress so you are cool. Wear light cotton clothing, straw hats that let the air circulate. Wear strong comfortable walking shoes. Use sunglasses and sun block. Signs of heat exhaustion include dizziness and nausea. Remember to hydrate and eat light the morning of the event. There is a Kids Zone provided by PFLAG and a food court where food and beverages will be available.
Is there is anything else that I have forgotten, please let me know.
Thanks to each and every one of you for your help, support and inspiration. It means so very much and please if you have any questions call us at 727-368-4611. See you soon!
Julie McNeil
Cluster Pride Committee Chair
West Central Cluster of UU Congregations
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