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2011 Halloween parades

Everyone Loves A Parade – HELP SUPPORT ACVESA – Join the Halloween Parade Team for 2 Evenings of Fun

 

TO ALL ADAMS COUNTY EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, FAMILY MEMBERS, & FRIENDS

ACVESA needs each of YOU to join the Halloween Parade Team to promote ACVESA!

 

Gettysburg Parade              October 25 at 7:30pm

Hanover Parade                  October 27 at 7:30pm

 

This years theme will be:      

 Promoting the Capital Campaign for the Multipurpose Training Center

 

ACVESA is requesting all emergency services personnel, to participate in the parades, so we can show the strength of the ACVESA organization. This year is extremely important, due to promoting the ACVESA purpose “TRAINING” and the “CAPITAL CAMPAIGN”.

We will be attending the parades with: ACVESA Color Guard, Float, ACVESA Fire Fighters/EMS Marching Group

The Larger the team – The greater we Promote ACVESA!

All participants are encouraged to wear a type of firefighting gear/fire company clothing.
Example: Turn out Gear – Coat and/or helmet, EMS Coats, Job shirts, Company Shirts, etc

It would be great if some participants would wear SCBA and other carry a firefighting tool

Each company – We are requesting a minimum of 6 large bags of candy (individually wrapped pieces) 3 bags for each parade 

Fire Company participants should bring the candy to each parade or give your candy to a committee member before the parades

The candy will be passed out by several ACVESA Parade Team members to the parade spectators

Each company – Please share all parade information received with all members, families, and friends

 

If you need additional information – please contact one of the following committee members:

Stacey Snyder        359-0663       Ken Kime           334-4771          

Jim Lady               677-4987       Aaron Welper     752-5552 

Pam Reichart         259-9629       Jere Lady           677-6788

Jerry Poland          858-7054       {Wayne Reid     637-8073 - In charge of color guard}

 

YOUR PARTICIPATION IS REQUESTED TO SHOW OUR MESSAGE:

We are from 23 fire companies * We are ACVESA * We work as a TEAM

 

Gettysburg Parade           October 25, 2011

We will meet at the Gettysburg Middle School, the parade formation site.

Suggestions:

  • Car Pool with other participants from your station and/or your locality
  • Enter the Gettysburg Middle School area from East Middle St at Liberty St
  • Be at the formation site @ 19:00 Hours (Parade starts at 19:30)

 Hanover Parade               October 27, 2011

Formation Site: Wirt Ave * McAllister Street – South Hanover (Sheppard & Myers Athletic Field) 

Meeting Site: We will meet at North Hanover Mall parking lot behind the Sears Automotive Center

We will provide transportation for the team participants to the parade formation site, leaving the parking lot @ 6:45 sharp.  After the parade, transportation will be provided to return you to the mall parking lot.

 

 

SPECIAL NOTES FOR HANOVER PARADE:   

* Due to arranging transportation from the North Hanover Mall Sears Parking Lot and returning to the North Hanover Mall, It would be very helpful to know the number of people planning to participate in the Hanover parade with ACVESA. Please call one of the committee members no later than Monday evening October 24 with the number of participants from you company.

*Due to the congestion at the parade formation site, will not be able to have fire apparatus in the Hanover parade, unless you do not have a problem, having your company apparatus out of service from late morning until the end of the parade. If having your company apparatus out of    service is not a problem please call 528-4196 during the day, ask for Jere or Aaron to make arrangements for the apparatus. We aim to be at the formation site at 12:00 noon. 

 
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