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The Parade Recipe
 
This is our recipe. All great cooks have their own style: some follow the recipe, some substitute different ingredients, some improvise completely. Use this Parade Recipe however it suits you. Mother’s Day Events are a wonderful way to mobilize your community because they are inspiring, easy to produce (the first parade team was 6 people), and the media LOVES the idea. And frankly, the best part is you get to dress up outlandishly and perhaps walk on stilts for the first time!
 
Start cooking by reading this online version

Great tools for getting the word out :

Press kit contents (what you use to WOO media folks):

Other useful materials

  • Sample Letter to the Editor (eg)
  • Sample event poster
  • Tips for a great interview (download PDF)
  • Media Alert to send 3 days before event (eg)
  • Calendar blurb to post everywhere (eg)

Extra ingredients for a successful parade/event:

  • Stilts recipe (look here)
  • A Sign-Up sheet (great way to start your volunteer list for next year): Download PDF), AND you can add their names to the MAU email list HERE)
 

Find a Mother's Day event or parade in a town near you

Thinking about hosting an event or parade this year? Email MAU to let us know so we can send other interested MAUs your way, mail the MAU 2007 Handbook and calendar to you & include you in our riveting email discussions!

 

 
 
  * mothers and others, on stilts and off, who exercise protective care over someone smaller