3/13/14 - The Pinckney area is looking forward to their 10th annual St. Patrickâs Day Parade this weekend. The parade will begin at noon Saturday in the parking lot of Pinckney Elementary School and will march through downtown Pinckney along Main Street to Mill Street. Thatâs a change from previous years to help increase the visibility in the downtown area. But organizer Patsy McGuire-Haggerty Dible says other changes through the years have also proven to be beneficial, most especially their decision to move the parade from the actual St. Patrick's Day to the nearest weekend prior, which has increased the turnout from about 400 to more than 1,000. There are activities taking place before the parade starting with the annual Run for the Gold 5K Race at 9am. That event benefits both the Light of the World Academy and the Faith Medical Clinic. Other activities include Irish Dancers on Main Street, the 6th annual Paddy Wagon Bed Race, and the Cutest Leprechaun Contest. A canned food drive is being held in conjunction with the St. Patrickâs Day parade. Food donations will go to the St. Mary Food Bank which support residents in Hamburg and Putnam Townships. A collection site will be set up on Main Street beginning at 9am Saturday. (JK)
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