
This
Sunday,
November
6,
2011,
thousands
of
motorcycles
will
descend
on
Philadelphia
for
the
31st
Annual
Toy
Run
sponsored
by
the
Delaware
Valley
A.B.A.T.E.
(Alliance
of
Bikers
Aimed
Toward
Education)
and
the
Greater
Philadelphia
Traditions
Fund. Full Press Release
Mayor Michael A. Nutter receives $200,000 from the Greater Philadelphia Traditions Fund, joined by Congressman Bob Brady, to cover non-police parade costs for the city’s ten “ethnic” parades: the Mummer’s Parade, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, the Greek Independence Day Parade, the Odunde Festival, the Gay Pride Parade, the Steuben Day Parade, the Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival, the Puerto Rican Day Parade, the Pulaski Day Parade and the Columbus Day Parade.
