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PFLAG Community News Archive
July 2005
Omaha’s First Annual Pride Walk – Saturday, Aug. 20
Posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Omaha’s first annual Pride Walk benefiting GLBT-allied groups will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20, from First United Methodist Church, 7020 Cass St.
The course is 3.1-miles long, completely vehicle-free, gently-sloping and wheelchair and stroller accessible.
Collect pledges to help groups and to earn yourself fundraising incentives and prizes. The top prize is a $350 Wal-Mart Gift Card. Second prize is a $200 Target Gift Card.
Proceeds from pledges will be distributed as follows: 30 percent to the Rainbow Outreach Metro Omaha GLBT Center and 70 percent to the group selected by each walker from these nonprofit 501c(3) beneficiaries: Omaha PFLAG, Lincoln PFLAG, Proud Horizons youth group, GLSEN Omaha, ICON Foundation, Rainbow Outreach Metro Omaha GLBT Center and River City Mixed Chorus.
To register for the walk individually or as part of a five-person team, visit the GLBT Center at 1719 Leavenworth St. To register online or to learn more, go to www.PrideWalk.org
Please contact the GLBT Center at (402) 341-0330 or email walker@PrideWalk.org if you have questions.
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