On September 24th, 2011, SIG presented the

29th Annual Teddy Bear Parade

Many thanks to our generous sponsors, who helped make this event a huge success:

East Hill Church

Gresham Sanitary

When dining in downtown Gresham, please frequent the following restaurants and thank them for supporting the parade:

Wall Street Pizza                Café Delirium

Jazzy Bagels                Boccelli's Ristorante                Nicholas'

Wildwood Café on Main                M&M Restaurant

Many thanks to East Hill Church for opening their doors to the community
and providing refreshments for our participants and volunteers.
Much appreciation to the Gresham Police Department, Nancy's Floral,
Gresham Ford (for providing cars),
and volunteers from Feet on the Street, Wolfpack Athletics,
and family and friends, we can't do it without you!

The Soroptimist Teddy Bear Parade began in 1982 and has grown
into a community tradition with more than a hundred festive entries,
from marching bands and colorful floats to civic and cultural organizations.
Photos from this years' parade can be viewed at
http://www.katu.com/news/local/130504218.html

The parade winds through the streets of historic Downtown Gresham.
Each year, it continues to delight and entertain the many hundreds of
people that come with their bears to watch it as it passes by on the street
and then again on television as it is filmed by MetroEast Community Media.
Click here to view the broadcast schedule for this years' parade.

This annual event is a forum for the children of Gresham
to participate and celebrate being members of the community and future.

New this year, we asked each group to bring a new Teddy Bear
to the parade as a donation to our local Trauma Intervention Program.
As a result, we collected over 300 bears!
Thank you to all that participated, we appreciate your donations!