MINNEAPOLIS ST. PATRICK'S DAY ASSOCIATION PARADE
The 56th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade, co-sponsored by Columbia Heights VFW #230 and the Columbia Heights Lion Club
Saturday, March 16th, 2024, 6:00pm
Starting at the intersection of 40th Ave NE and Van Buren St NE, Columbia Heights, MN. Line up starts at 5:00pm.
Come join in on this parade whether as an onlooker or a participant! Entry to participate in the parade is $25.
Following the parade is the Blarney Blast, which will be held at Murzyn Hall.
Entry for this event is:
- $10 for ages 12 and up.
- free for 5 and under
Check out the Events section of our site for more information about registration and entry!
MINNEAPOLIS ST. PATRICK'S DAY ASSOCIATION MS. BLARNEY EVENING
Ms. Blarney Evening
Sunday, March 12th, 2023, 3:00pm
O'Shaughnessy Distillery in the Potato Bar, Minneapolis, MN
Come celebrate the crowning of the 2023 Ms. Blarney!
Check out the Events section of our site for more information around attending the event!
MINNEAPOLIS ST. PATRICK'S DAY ASSOCIATION WOMEN'S CHRISTMAS
Women's Christmas
Sunday, January 7th, 2024, 1pm - 4pm
O'Donovan's Irish Pub, Minneapolis, MN
Come celebrate the tradition of Women's Christmas!
Check out the Events section of our site for more information!
MINNEAPOLIS ST. PATRICK'S DAY ASSOCIATION
Come see us at the 2023 Minnesota Irish Fair!
Join in on celebrating Minnesota's Irish Pride!
Check out our events page for more details of where we'll be and what time!
WHEN?
Friday, August 11th, 3pm-11pm
Saturday, August 12th, 10am-11pm
Sunday, August 13th, 10am-7pm
WHERE?
Harriet Island Regional Park in St. Paul, MN
200 Dr Justus Ohage Blvd, St Paul, MN 55107
(We'll be located at booth S5!)
MINNEAPOLIS ST. PATRICK'S DAY ASSOCIATION SILENT AUCTION
Minneapolis St. Patrick's Day Association Virtual Silent Auction
Happening now on Facebook!
Click on the link here to the MSPDA event for this week's silent auction!
Items will be posted on the event page in the Discussion section!
You can participate in the auction by commenting the amount you would like to wager on the basket you're interested in!
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Good luck with your bids!
Winners will be announced 7pm on Fridays!
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OUR ORGANIZATION
Learn more about our history, what we support, and how you can participate.
OUR HISTORY
The Minneapolis St. Patrick's Day Association, or MSPDA, was founded in 1969 by Sean and Judith Clerkin. With their active participation in the community and desire to celebrate Minnesota's Irish-American heritage, the Clerkins decided to begin a tradition of supporting the diabetic community by donating to the American Diabetes Association, raising money through St. Patrick's Day parade events and contests.
GIVING BACK
Besides donating 100% of proceedings to the American Diabetes Association, MSPDA raises money for Camp Needlepoint, a summer camp for children living with diabetes. Members of the MSPDA community, from Ms. Blarney to friends of the association, sell buttons and paper shamrocks to raise funds for the children at camp. MSPDA also hosts a meat raffle every other Friday at the VFW #230 in Columbia Heights! Check out the Events page to see our future fundraising events!
PARTICIPATION
Promotion of MSPDA is done through various parade events and contests. These include:
- The Blarney Princess contest
- The Wee Leprechauns contest
- Nomination of the Kilt Bohys
- Women's Christmas
- Honoring Irish-American community members
- Paper Shamrocks with friends of MSPDA
- Selling of MSPDA Buttons
- Meat raffle at VFW #230
2022 BUTTON
This year, we thought we would dedicate our button design to starting again after these past two years of pandemic. Although these past two years have felt much the same as the last, we hope we can find a creative and safe way to continue supporting the American Diabetes Association through fundraising and fun events for friends and family of MSPDA.2021 BUTTONĀ
This year, we thought we would dedicate our button design to reflect on a missed year of celebrating St. Patrick's Day with the community, so the design has stayed mainly the same with an exception the orange 1 replacing the 0 in 2020. Although this year is feeling much the same as last, we hope we can find a creative and safe way to continue supporting the American Diabetes Association through fundraising.- The first St. Patrick's Day Association button was created in 1970 to promote Irish heritage and raise money for The American Diabetes Association. For $5.00, you can buy our yearly button and bead design to help raise money for Camp Needlepoint. See our collection of button designs from 2009-2021 below!
COMMEMORATIVE BUTTONS
The first St. Patrick's Day Association button was created in 1970 to promote Irish heritage and raise money for The American Diabetes Association. For $5.00, you can buy our yearly button and bead design to help raise money for Camp Needlepoint. See our collection of button designs from 2009-2023 below!EMAIL US
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