“Sharin’ the Green” is the theme of this years Saint Patrick’s Parade in Conshohocken. The parade will kick off at 2 p.m. on March 15.
The Saint Patrick’s Parade Committee of Montgomery County will be collecting food to feed the hungry. The committee asks that participants and onlookers bring a canned or dry good to the parade. These items will be collected, and there will also be drop-off points along the parade route.
Two organizations, the Swedesburg Fire Co. and the Cummings School of Irish Dance, have committed to bringing food. The Swedesburg Fire Co. has a barrel in the Social Room for its members and they also contacted Sacred Heart Church parishioners to help with the food drive.
Jim Gallagher, chairman of the parade committee and a member of the AOH Notre Dame Division, said the food drive is based from the Hibernian Food Project, the AOH project to help the hungry with food collections or working in kitchens making meals for the needy.
The Patricians Society and the Colonial Neighborhood Council will receive the donations collected in the parade. Both organizations help people in Norristown, Conshohocken, Whitemarsh, Plymouth and surrounding areas.
