The Citizens of Haymarket came out in force to celebrate "The 25th Annual Haymarket Day" on Saturday, September 21, 2013. In a great show of small town pride, residents and folks from far and wide spilled out onto Washington Street to enjoy the largest parade in the event's history. Onlookers saw everything from dancers, marching bands and unicyclists to . . . zombies? Yes, even zombies made an appearance in spite of a bit of drizzle throughout the day.
Serve Our Willing Warriors manned a "get to know us" table and although we were "Soggy SOWWers", the rain didn't dampen the enthusiasm or generosity of our community at large. The "Haymarket Day" turnout proved once again, that our Bull Run Warrior Retreat is both wanted and appreciated!
There was no lack of interest; only the lack of enough time and material to
address all of the folks that approached us to donate, ask questions or
to tell us their stories about how they identified
with our outreach and how they would love to help.
It was truly an uplifting and encouraging day. It is a great thing to be a "Haymarketeer!"
Delegate David Ramadan stopped by to express his gratitude and continued support of our efforts.
Glen Vickers of the Potomac Local News came over and introduced himself and related how their project "Advance My Community Give Back" took shape and reminded us all to vote, vote, VOTE! Serve Our Willing Warriors is so honored to be one of the 15 benefactors selected for this special competition for financial support.
He
also reminded us that the total percentage of the votes you control
by November 4th will equate to the percentage of money that will be
donated to your cause. For example, if the campaign brings in 50k, and
we have 50% of the total votes, that's $25k! So please show your SOWW support by voting HERE! We appreciate it so(ww) much!
Thanks to everyone who made "Haymarket Day" a great success. We are so proud of our wonderful, historic town! It's a great place to live . . . for all of us!
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