Polebridge 4th of July Parade, 2016 – Floating on the 4th

John O’Hara had a great idea for this year’s Polebridge Fourth of July parade. There’s a delay between the time the parade passes through town outbound and when it gets turned around for the return trip. John brought in a popular local magician to perform during this intermission. At the beginning of his act, he announced that the North Fork Trails Association was in need of funds and asked folks to toss whatever they could spare into the hardhats NFTA members were passing through the crowd.

Polebridge 4th of July Parade, 2016 – Pole Dancers

We did well, collecting $178 in short order. That was enough to make it a very good day for our humble organization, but then “Cheryl and Mike,” whose “Polebridge Pole Dancers” float won first prize, donated their prize money ($100) to the NFTA and matched it with another $100! Make that an excellent day!

Polebridge 4th of July Parade, 2016 – Glacier NP

A big thank you to John O’Hara for setting up this scheme, to parade participants “Cheryl and Mike” for their generous donation and to all the NFTA members (including hat-passers, Dick Leigh, Alan Peura and Logan Funk and magician victim “Mrs. Polebridge” Janet Leigh) who helped us pull it off.