Gilbert Days Parade

The city of Gilbert has a long-lasting tradition of coming together for a week’s span of time with many activities; starting off with a “hometown” parade, a rodeo, carnival, and family run. This is our Brownie Girl Scout troops second year participating in the parade, a highlight for many of the girls’ ‘year’ as they wave like movie stars to the hundreds of people that line the streets.

This year’s theme centered on the three “R’s” (reduce, recycle, reuse) so we decided to decorate ourselves and the float that way. We made big newspaper flowers and created posters with recycled materials for the float. The girls wore recycled hats while holding signs, and even yelled for the three miles, a recycle chant (thanks to Mikelle’s creative side). Right next to them, I followed by foot (with many sweet moms), pushing our home’s recycle bin and collecting recyclables found and given by the viewers. My once empty can ended up full (and heavy) by the end of the route.


We had a fun day and to top it off, our float won, “Most spirited!” With 19 fun- loving, energetically passionate girls, I wouldn’t doubt that title!