Parade Participants 2010

parade-08-2-169 Don't miss the boat! Attend the 54th Annual Englewood Pioneer Days Parade!

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Organization	Theme
American Believer's Coalition	Carol Ann LaRosa, Englewood resident since 1996, is a candidate from Florida for the United States Senate, but she asks that you don't vote for her! Why? Go to her booth
American Legion Post 113	American Legion Post 113 serving the Englewood area vets and community based programs. Visit our booth and learn more about the American Legion and our post.
American Red Cross	The volunteer led American Red Cross is busy year round responding to disasters big and small and training people in life saving techniques. Our Charlotte and Sarasota chapter are always looking for new volunteers to help support the humanitarian missio
Antique Tractors (Jon Cole)	This is a group of antique John Deer tractor owners led by Jonathan Cole but also joined by other tractor enthusiasts. We're going green -- John Deere Green!
Arts Alliance of Lemon Bay & The Englewood Community Redevelopment Agency	The Arts Alliance of Lemon Bay in cooperation with your Englewood Community Redevelopment Agency has created "The Metamorphosis." Butterflies in flight represent environmentally friendly changes coming to our community. Reclaimed water cisterns or rain ba
Beach Cottage Gifts & Crafts	Join the celebration of Brach Cottage Gifts & Crafts. Featuring Gifts and unusual art. From local artists. Our motto is "expect the unexpected. Please come see us.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast, Inc.	Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Sun Coast, Englewood branch. Mentors are desperately needed! Contact Christine at 473-4003 to volunteer.
Bit of Hope Ranch, Inc.	Bit of Hope Ranch rescue and youth center. Englewood's best kept secret! Horses are rescued, rehabilitated and rehomed while Englewood's youth learn respect, responsibility and get rewarded for their hard work.
Breast Cancer Awareness	THE FIRE DEPARTMENT’S FLOAT THIS YEAR IS IN SUPPORT OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS. The float was made by the members of the Englewood Area fire control District Local 2436. THE PINK HEALS TOUR GROUP WILL BE BRINGING ONE OF THEIR PINK FIRE TRUCKS TO ENGLEWOO
Campaign To Elect Jason Green	In the spirit of going gren, the Campaign to Elect Jason Green for Charlotte county Commissioner asks everybody to VOTE GREEN!
Center for Abuse & Rape Emergencies, Inc.	C.A.R.E. Inc. partners with Charlotte County Environmental Services near Gulf Cove to keep usable household items out of our landfill. Proceeds help victims of crime
Charlotte County Airport Authority	On board are members ot the Charlotte County Airport Authority. Remember you can fly on Direct Air and Allegiant Air from the Punta Gorda Airport
Chris Constance for Charlotte County Commissioner	Chris Constance, Candidate for Charlotte County Commissioner, is riding in a Silver Ford Thunderbird Convertible, with members of his campaign committee. Chris is a proud father of three children. He has lived and worked in this area as a physician sinc
Christian Life Center	Christian Life Center's float is a recycled rendition of a family's backyard with treehouse and tire swing for a fun in the sun Florida afternoon
Classic Muscle Cars	For the baby boomers -- return to the early 70s and the classic muscle cars. Here we have three fully restored 1972 Chevelle SS Muscle Cars
Clowns Like Us	Clowns Like Us is comprised of trained clowns from Sarasota/Charlotte County since 1996. They range in ages from 5 years to 96 years. They do all skills such as: stilt walking, balloon sculputre, magic & face painting
Clyde E. Lassen Memorial VFW Post 10178
Coldwell Banker Sunstar Realty, Inc.	The agents from Coldwell Banker Sunstar Realty want to encourage kids to go green with some simple things kids can do to reduce their environmental impact
Corin Bay Real Estate Marketing & Sales
Country Hound Café	Country Hound Café located at Palm Plaza for 17 years. Serving breakrast -- Lunch -- Dinner. Nightly Specials. Voted #1 in this year's BBQ cook-off
Creative Travel	Creative Travel, your local travel agency. Owner is a local girl, Lorna Hunter. We are a full service agency ready to help you with your travel.
David Grooters Campaign	A 1957 Chevy owned by David Grooters who is running for Englewood Water seat #5
Democratic Club of Sarasota	November 2, 2010 is an important election day for the state of Florida. The Democratic Party of Sarasota County presents your Democratic candidates
Doctors Choice Home Health Care	Float made by Employeers of Doctor's Choice Home Care, your local Medicare Home Health Care provider. With the logo of "We're Going Green To Keep Our Planet Clean." As you see these health care nurses conserve "all fluids" to keep our planet green
EARS Animal Rescue	EARS Animal Rescue and Pawzazz for Pets on Dearborn, the area's only no kill dog and cat rescue, welcomes volunteers, animal fosters and donations to realize their goals
Englewood Edge	A newspaper that uses no paper -- How green is that? EnglewoodEdge.com is Englewood's own on-line daily newspaper. All Englewood, updating 24/7. (And they certainly gave the parade a lot of coverage! Thanks, guys!)
Englewood Elementary School	"Pioneering the Pathways to Success" -- It's Englewood Elementary School, led by school principal, Mark Grossenbacher, and his all-star team. Go Englewood Eagles!
Englewood Elks Lodge 6378	Truck and trailer is for Drug awareness at Englewood Does Drove 203. The bikers are the Elk Riders. The van is the Elks physical therapy service. Car Elks Exalted Ruler and Does President
Englewood Fire Dept	The Englewood Area Fire Control District provides fire suppression and rescue services to the nearby communities. They do this with 57 dual certified, firefighters/EMTs by manning our 6 local fire stations. May I present to you the Englewood Fire Distri
Englewood Helping Hand, Inc.	Hop to It! Go Green Englewood Helping Hand, Inc. is a nonprofit 501 C 3 social services provider for the Englewood Community including Charlotte and Sarasota County residents. We offer a food pantry,assistance with utilities, rent/mortgage, online ACCESS
Englewood Lions Club	The Englewood Lions Club is proud to promote their involvement in Sight/Vision improvement. They have always recycled eyeglasses for those in need. Their community involvement is quite large so new members are always welcome.
Englewood Peace Initiative Coalition (E.P.I.C.)	Will submit later
Englewood Shrine Club	Here come the wonderful people of the Shriners. Helping kids for many years. Here today is Peter Papazian, representing the Englewood Shrine Club. He says the Shriners are happy taking care of kids and can't wait for HOSPITAL DAYS in February when they wi
Englewood Youth Soccer Association (EYSA)
Englewood-Cape Haze Area Chamber of Commerce	The Englewood-Cape Haze Area Chamber of Commerce supports local businesses, our community and promotes tourism. Here are Past President Karen Miller, Regions Bank – Mortgage and President-Elect Ted Steele, Kobie Complete Heating & Cooling. They are dr
F.A.M.E.	FAME! That's the Friends For The Advancement of Musical Education, Inc. -- right here in Englewood and a slogan of "Recycling instruments makes music grow!" Those are donated instruments played by school kids.
Faith Lutheran Church	Faith Lutheran Church clecbrates God's creation: The original Green Earth Walking, biking, skating are "green" alternatives to driving. Let's work together to keep Englewood green
Fellowship Church Inc.	Fellowship Church where "We love Jesus and We love people" meets every Sunday at the Lemon Bay Performing Arts Center located on the campus of Lemon Bay High School. Services start at 9 and 10:30 AM. We’d love to Fellowship with you!
Fire Commissioner -- Reelection Seat 1	Running for re-election to Englewood Area Fire Control District -- Seat #1, Robert Seneca received the endorsement of the Professional Firefighters and Paramedics IAFF of Florida
Fire Commissioner Ronald Davison	Ronald Davison is running for Englewood Fire District Commissioner. Ron is dedicated to optimizing fire department services and community involvement for the Englewood area.
Florida Garden Railroad Society	In addition to the 3 loops we had last year we have added a "helix." The helix is a 4 foot in diameter track which goes around and arou d the height of over 24" above the base and back down again.
Florida State Parks	Here comes Robert Berube from the Florida State Parks asking everyone to visit Stump Pass Beach! There are lots of shells and sharks' teeth to find there -- and Bob's been giving out vials of Shark's teeth!
Floridian Realty Services	For all your real estate needs, remember to buy and sell with Brenda Brockell of Floridian Realty Services
Foundation Church	Foundation Church is non-denominational and believes in Spirit-led worshhip and teaching in a contemporary setting. They are located at 3385 S. McCall Rd. Service time 10:00 AM
Fraternal Order Of Eagles #3885	Eagles going green around the house.
Galactic Bounce	Galactic Bounce, for out of this world bouncy castles, combo bouncers, face painting and water slides
Girl Scouts Troop 2179	Girl Scouts of Gulf Coast Florida is Green! Troop 2179. Keeping our beaches clean is just one of several yearly service projects.
Grace Community Church	Grace Community Church presents "God Gave Us Green, Now Let's Keep It Clean" and the Praise Team and Church family encourage everyone to reduce, reuse, and rejoice!
Gulf Coast True Value/Just Ask Rental	Gulf Coast True Value cares "A Watt" about our future. If every American home replaced just one lightbulb with an Energy-star Compact Fluorescent bulb we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year.
Ken Roberson, State Representative, District 71	In a 1943 Army Jeep we have Ken Roberson, our State Representative in Tallahassee for District 71 which includes the Englewood-Cape Haze area
Knights Of Columbus Grove City Council 7672	These are the Kinghts of Columbus from Grove City Council 7672 serving as our color guard.
Lasbury-Tracy Realty, Inc.	1955 Ford Pickup driven by Bart Tracy of Tracy-Lasbury Realty followed by concept car of the future peddled by Austin Tracy.
LBHS Theatre/Englewood Idol	The Lemon Bay High School Theatre Department is going green with their Oz-Themed float. The students have joined the parade to say a big "thank you!" to the Englewood community. Singing on top of the float are the Englewood Idol winner and runner-ups.
Lemon Bay Baseball Boosters, Inc.	Introducing The Lemon Bay High School Baseball Team and their "Bullpen." A new generation of players and coaches: It's TIME to PLAY BALL. The team and their boosters will be manning the Stone Crabs pitching booth at Pioneer Park after the parade. Come on
Lemon Bay Conservancy	Here comes Lemon Bay Conservancy. Their car isn't green, but they sure are! For more information about Lemon Bay, stop by the C.H.E.C/Dedar Park booth
Lemon Bay Crew Club	Lemon Bay Crew Club is a local rowing club that teaches rowing. Join us on Lemon Bay to see dolphins, manatees and the sun rising and the moon setting.
Lemon Bay High School Band	Here's the Lemon Bay High School Band. Just back to school, but ready to go!
Lemon Bay High School Green Club	Lemon Bay High School Green Club supports recycling on their campus and is doing their part to help the environment at the High School
Lemon Bay Historical Society	Here comes the Grand Marshal for the 2010 Englewood Pioneer Days Parade. John Bass IV -- whose grandfather founded Bass Biological Laboratories here in Englewood in the 1930s. He's riding in the Lemon Bay Historical Society Entry. That's our own historic
Lemon Bay Playhouse	Lemon Bay Playhouse starts its 24th season as Englewood's community theater. In addition to plays, they bring music and comedy to their stage, and with LaStanza, presenting several dinner/shows.
Lemon Bay/Myakka Trail Scenic Highway	Can you tell me how to get, how to get to the Scenic Highway? They love recycling! Hey Count! How many cans have you recycled today?
Marine Max	Marine Max of Cape Haze -- Floating along with the Lemon Bay High School Key Club
Masons
Masons' Ladies
McDonald's Production Services/ Ronald McDonald	Ronald and all your friends from McDonald's would like to wish everyone a fun-fille and safe Englewood Pioneer Days Celebration! I'm lovin' it!
Modern Woodmen Of America Youth Club	Bob McDuffe is the local financial representative of Modern Woodsmen Of America. As a club leader, he leads in service projects such as planting trees, giving away new American Flags, lending a helping hand to needed youth.
Moose Legion/Women Of The Moose	The Moose! They're a Family Fraternity serving children in need and seniors. They have many community projects to help the Englewood community. Here they're reminding us that "They say it takes a village to raise a child… it takes the entire family to ge
Nokomis Fire Dept.	Nokomis Fire Department's Engine 41 "All Ready Green" -- 61 years of pride, commitment, and loyalty to the citizens of Nokomis and surrounding areas.
Olde Englewood Village Homeowners Association (OEVHA)	The Olde Englewood Village Homeowner's float is a real-life demonstration of a pollution free, solar powered home, reducing our dependence on fossil fuels.
Peter A. Bell	Judge Peter A. Bell, currently serving on the County Court Bench. Has been serving Charlotte County since 2001. Judge Bell says "Englewood Is Great!"
Publix Supermarkets	Celebrating 80 years of Shopping Pleasure -- Publix Supermarkets.
Radio Station WENG	?
Rainbow Girls, Englewood Chapter	Englewood Chapter of Rainbow Girls, teaching leadership, confidence, and citizenship to girls of all ages. Contact us now.
Redeemer Lutheran Church and Child Care	Redeemer Lutheran Church, located at 6465 Mayport Rd. in East Englewood just off 776, has been serving the Lord in the Englewood area since 1979. We invite you to come and be a part of God's family in Christ Jesus, Sunday mornings at 9:15 AM
Reid's Trees	Reid's Trees -- a second generation Floridian. Mike Reid offers local tree service and Tiki carvings made from removed trees. Trophies for the 2010 parade were carved by Mike Reid.
Robert Skidmore	Robert Skidmore is the Charlotte County Commissioner for District #3. He is a graduate of Englewood's own Lemon Bay High School. He serves on several regional planning commissions.
Rotary Club of Englewood	The Rotary Club of Englewood, The Englewood Youth Foundation, and the Lemon Bay High School Interact Club. The clubs raise money and give back the "green" to the community. Approximately 100,000 each year.
Rotonda VFW #10476	Rotonda V.F.W. #10476 Honor Guard in the pickup and current officers in the convertibles
Royal Order of Ponce de Leon Conquistadors	The Royal Order of Ponce De Leon Conquistadors is an organization dedicated to the preservation of the Spanish heritage of Charlotte County and Florida. Their ship, the Palencia is a replica of one of Ponce de Leon's ships.
Sarasota County Commission	Sarasota County Commissioners and our own Englewood commissioner, Shannon Staub. Riding with Shannon is Carolyn Mason in a solar powered golf cart, which will also be on display in the exhibit area, provided by Sarasota County firm of Eco Trans Cruise Ca
Sarasota County Government	Elected Official
Sarasota County School Board	Sarasota County School Board Member Caroline Zucker with grandsons owen and Colin and husband Mike riding in the SUV.
Sarasota County Sheriff's Department -- Motorized	Welcome our representatives from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Department!
Sarasota County Sheriff's Department - Mounted	Welcome our representatives from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Department!
Suncoast Christian Academy	Suncoast Christian Academy is keeping God's world clean. The kids have used recyclable materials to re-create "The Original Garden."
Suncoast Worship Centre	Suncoast Worship Center is demonstrating God's love in a practical way by handing out free water to everyone
Sunguard Auto Tinting	Here comes Sunguard Window Tinting. Celebrating 21 years in Englewood on San Casa Drive for all your auto tinting needs. Why Squint -- Tint!
Sweetbay	Sweetbay is committed to understanding our impact on the environment and working to counter climate change. Everyday, we are determined to reduce our energy consumption and the greenhouse gas footprint of our operations, through changing the way we operat
Taking Our Country Back	Honoring Our Founding Fathers and preserving the principles that made us a great Country. We are your local Englewood group "Taking Our Country Back."
Thoroughbredbred Golf Carts	If there was ever a definition of "going green" here come Thoroughbred Golf Carts with the all electric golf carts, some are even street legal. Visit their website at www.tgcarts.com
Tidewell Hospice	Coming
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Florilla 87, Englewood	United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Florilla 87, Englewood -- Homeland Security
UPS Pak & Ship	The UPS Pak & Ship store located at 1249 Beach Road, Englewood, next to Mconalds. For all your shipping needs
USA Fence Co.	USA Fence Company, serving the Englewood area and Southwest Florida for almost 40 years. They're a major supporter of Englewood Pioneer Days, providing the street barricades.
Waters Of Reflection	Waters of Reflection, Pool and Spa Construction, is locally family owned and operated. Waters of Reflection -- "The pool you can see yourself in."

Bit of Hope Ranch rescue and youth center. Englewood's best kept secret! Horses are rescued, rehabilitated and rehomed while Englewood's youth learn respect, responsibility and get rewarded for their hard work.

Parade Participants 2010

Address: “Lemon Bay Historical Society” . Attn: Pioneer Days Parade . 2051 Englewood Road . Englewood, FL 34223Email: info@EnglewoodPioneerDays.com Phone: Erick Phelps 941-376-2159

Address: “Lemon Bay Historical Society” . Attn: Pioneer Days Parade . 2051 Englewood Road . Englewood, FL 34223

Email: info@EnglewoodPioneerDays.com Phone: Erick Phelps 941-376-2159