Press Release - 6-20-11
Fremont 4th of July Parade a Go - Press Release - For Immediate Release - 6-20-11
The 2011 Fremont Fourth of July Parade a GO!!!
America's Birthday Party Parade in Fremont has raised enough funds to ensure this great event happens for the estimated 15,000 spectators. Grand Marshall is Fremont's own Bernardin Family, a big Fremont community supporter. Sponsors include Centerstreet Development/Blake Hunt Ventures, Fremont Chevrolet, Robson Homes, Union Pacific Rail, multiple local businesses and organizations. Come see one event that puts Fremont on the map!
Parade Chair and owner of Schaa's Lawnmower's in Fremont, Jesse Schaa, has done an outstanding job of guiding the entire project, from planning the perfect route, garnering community and City support, planning the event, leading the advertising and publicity, and raising the over $39,000 necessary to put on the event! The money raised assures the parade will happen this year, and Jesse is closely watching the budget to assure a parade will have some seed money for next year as well. Fremont Vice Mayor Sue Chan and City Council Member Anu Natarajan, has been instrumental in securing over $7,000 each for the parade.
The parade provides a unique advertising opportunity for small and large businesses throughout the city. In a one mile loop, businesses have visibility to 15,000 Fremont residents. The more creative your float or entry, the more memorable your business will be.
The 2011 parade route will wind through Capitol Avenue to Pase Padre to Walnut Ave, the heart of Fremont's future downtown where construction starts this summer. The parade will once again feature float and display entries from community businesses and non-profit groups.
The committee continues to seek sponsors as well as volunteers. Each of the volunteers will be trained in a dedicated position. Volunteers must be 18 years of age. We still need help. If you would like to be a sponsor or volunteer for the parade, please contact the 2011 Committee Chair Jesse Schaa at the Irvington Business Association at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Thanks to all our sponsors. Please see attachment for donor list.
Schaa would like to give special thanks to his special team of community members that banded together, and worked their tails off to make sure Fremont enjoyed another year of the 4th of July parade, and assured it's existence into the future:
Donna Hartigan and Marlene Verdile for organizing the meetings, soliciting sponsors, garnering community and City support, and tending to every other detail necessary to make the 2011 parade happen. Big thanks to Kim Mathis of the Mission San Jose Chamber of Commerce, that helped tremendously with the transition of the parade from the Mission area last year. Thanks to other members of the group Steve Cho, Steve Smith, Bruce Davis, Liz Elliott, Luis Facha, Greg Green, Patty Hitchcock, Steve Wyant, Taranjit Singh. And Ray Pulver of Upbeat Parades for all his help and guidance through this process.
