The 53rd Annual St. Patrick’s Day “Parade” & Minneapolis St. Patrick’s Day Association Virtual Silent Auction

Mar 14, 2021 | events/locations

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Come join us in Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day!

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The Minneapolis St. Patrick’s Day Association welcomes your family in safely celebrating St. Patrick’s Day 2021 by holding a “reverse” parade! The 53rd Annual Minneapolis St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be held on Saturday, March 20th, 2021, 1:00pm-3:00pm.

Line-up for the parade will be held at the Murzyn Hall parking lot in Columbia Heights, MN and the parade route will be on Jefferson Street. Attendees will be the parade by decorating their cars while the Irish Royalty, Irish dancers, and bag pipers stand and wave at drive-by cars. If you would like to participate in the car decorating contest, make sure to mark this on the entry form. If you would like to attend, link here: “Parade Entry Form”, Note: This is a rotational event, meaning you will register for a time slot and attend during this time. Questions about the format of this parade? Email us at themspda@gmail.com

Minneapolis St. Patrick’s Day Association Virtual Silent Auction

Happening now on Facebook!

Click on the link here to the MSPDA event for this week’s silent auction!

Items will be posted on the event page in the Discussion section!

You can participate in the auction by commenting the amount you would like to wager on the basket you’re interested in!

Good luck with your bids!

Winners will be announced 7pm on Fridays!

2021 BUTTON

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This year, we thought we would dedicate our button design to reflect on a missed year of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with the community, so the design has stayed mainly the same with an exception the orange 1 replacing the 0 in 2020. Although this year is feeling much the same as last, we hope we can find a creative and safe way to continue supporting the American Diabetes Association through fundraising.

OUR ORGANIZATION

OUR HISTORY

The Minneapolis St. Patrick’s Day Association, or MSPDA, was founded in 1969 by Sean and Judith Clerkin. With their active participation in the community and desire to celebrate Minnesota’s Irish-American heritage, the Clerkins decided to begin a tradition of supporting the diabetic community by donating to the American Diabetes Association, raising money through St. Patrick’s Day parade events and contests.

GIVING BACK

Besides donating 100% of proceedings to the American Diabetes Association, MSPDA raises money for Camp Needlepoint, a summer camp for children living with diabetes. Members of the MSPDA community, from Ms. Blarney to friends of the association, sell buttons and paper shamrocks to raise funds for the children at camp.