Toronto Veggie Pride Parade
On Saturday, June 2, 2012 the 3rd annual Toronto Veggie Pride Parade will take place. This family-friendly parade features musicians, dancers, jugglers, party-goers and fun-seekers of all kinds. It will be starting at Yonge & Bloor and ending at Trinity Square, adjacent the Eaton Centre, where they will host guest speakers, provide an opportunity for parade participants to mingle, sample delicious veg food and be entertained.
Several animal welfare groups participate in this parade with banners, pamphlets, mascots, etc. to show their support, as well as to bring awareness to their cause. This year Rabbit Rescue will be represented as well, and welcome you to join us.

Fast facts:
• Toronto Veggie Pride Parade will be held on Saturday, June 2, 2012 from 11:30 am – 3:30 pm – all are welcome to celebrate with us!
• TV Host Kimberly Carroll will be the MC for the day
• Broad media coverage
• The parade will last 4 hours from start to finish
• Starting on Asquith Avenue (Yonge/Bloor – next to the Toronto Reference Library), we will travel south along Yonge Street to Queen Street, west along Queen to James Street, north on James to Trinity Square which is adjacent to the Eaton Centre (15 city blocks)
• Parade will be covering an extensive area of the heart of downtown Toronto, passing one of North America’s busiest intersections (it is estimated that over 56 million people pass Yonge/Dundas each year), and ending at Toronto’s top tourist attraction the Eaton Centre
• The Toronto parade is one of many similar events being held in cities across Europe and the United States
You can find the poster here @ http://veggieprideparade.ca/
Stephanie Kivell is our lead organizer for the RR team! If you would like to volunteer nad participate, please email her at: stephanie_kivell@yahoo.ca and she will help coordinate the RR volunteers. It should be lots of fun and a super opportunity for RR!
Hope to see you there!