Bring the Kids to the 33nd Annual Teddy Bear Parade, Historic Downtown Gresham: Sat Sep 26, 2015 10AM-12PM

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Bring the Kids to the 33nd Annual Teddy Bear Parade, Historic Downtown Gresham: Sat Sep 26, 2015 10AM-12PM. Sponsored by the Soroptimists, the Teddy Bear Parade celebrates the 'Child in All of Us' with floats from local merchants, service organizations, schools, neighborhood groups and individuals. Participants will be carrying teddy bears or will be dressed in bear costumes! Info here!
Annual Teddy Bear Parade

Bring a Bear, Donate a Book!

When: Sat, Sep 26, 2015 10AM-12PM
Where: Historic Downtown Gresham
(See route below)
Gresham OR
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Participants and spectators are invited to bring a new or gently used children’s book (appropriate for ages 5 to 12), for schools in the area.

Teddy Bears Everwhere
The parade will feature floats from local merchants, service organizations, schools, neighborhood groups and individuals. As always, participants will be carrying teddy bears or will be dressed in bear costumes.

Click here to participate!

For over three decades, the Soroptimists have put on this annual Fall parade to celebrate the “child in all of us” and create a tradition that helped Gresham’s “quaint and special downtown area” to thrive. In addition to the parade, the Soroptimists organize fundraisers throughout the year to raise money for scholarships for deserving women and girls in our community.

The Soroptimist Teddy Bear Parade began in 1983 and has grown into a community tradition with more than a hundred festive entries, from marching bands and colorful floats to civic and cultural organizations. The parade winds through the streets of historic Downtown Gresham. Each year continues to delight and entertain the more than 6,000 spectators and participants that come with their bears to watch it as it passes by on the street.

Parade Route:
The parade route will snake throught historic Downtown Gresham as follows:

  • Miller: 5th to 1st
  • 1st: Miller to Main
  • Main: 1st to 4th
  • 4th: Main to Roberts
  • Roberts: 4th to 2nd
  • 2nd: Roberts to Hood
  • Hood: 2nd to 5th
  • 5th: Hood to Main to 8th

See you at the parade!