 Be sure to mark your calendar for next year's autumn festival, as always, the third weekend in September. It will be September 21st and 22nd, 2013, at the NC State Fairgrounds. This is our 13th annual event, so let's make it special. We are all going to take a few weeks to relax now, but planning for 2013 is already well underway, with 38 vendors already lined up and loose commitments for many of the performers we had this year to return. If you would like to get involved in creating next year's festival, come to our 2012 Wrapup/2013 Planning Meeting on October 14th at 2pm in Gaia's Gardens in Raleigh, NC. Please contact us for details and to RSVP. And don't forget to subscribe to our news feed for new posts, or just follow us on Twitter. You can also get updates by email. See you soon! |
News from Pagan Pride 2012
The Official 12th Annual Pagan Pride Raleigh Wrap-Up!
 This year was one of the largest Central NC Pagan Pride Days Festivals yet! With nearly 3000 people in attendance, across both days, we were able to collect Food and Cash donations equaling 8,033 pounds for the Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC, enough to provide 6,764 meals to those who need them. The fine folks with the Wake County Animal Center raised $80 in cash donations, plus received numerous donations of cat and dog food, toys, containers, cleaning supplies, etc and most importantly found loving homes for 2 wonderful animals (1 cat and 1 puppy). On top of all of this, the Blood Donors at our event gave 31 units of blood to the American Red Cross of the Triangle, enough to save an estimated 93 lives. We even had the News and Observer stop by on Saturday! This year, we didn’t just break records; we set major milestones for Pagan Pride Raleigh! Again, we thank everyone who made this year (and every year) possible!! See you all again next September on the 21st and 22nd, 2013, at the NC State Fairgrounds. Be sure to mark your calendars!!! The 13th Annual Pagan Pride Raleigh is going to be even better!!!!! |
Best Photo Contest
Hi all, We are collecting photos for the 2012 event and would like your help. Last year, we received too many to process, with hundreds of photos from many people, spread across our dropbox, shutterbug, flickr, picasa and many other locations. This year, we are going to do something a little different. We would like each person to pick their 12 best photos for the event and upload them to us through this dropbox. Be sure to include your email address in the message with your upload. Then we will have a contest and the photographer with the "Best" picture will get a $50 Visa gift card. Here is the tinyurl link: http://tinyurl.com/ppd2012 fine print: By uploading photos and videos you give Pagan Pride Raleigh unlimited non-exclusive rights to use them in any way in perpetuity, and you confirm that you have the right to do so. We would love to see your videos, too, but they will not be included in the contest. Also, please pick only your best 2 videos to upload. Thank You, Johnson Davis |
12th Annual Pagan Pride Raleigh Festival is Done!
 The 12th Annual Pagan Pride Raleigh Festival held this weekend at the NC State Fairgrounds was a great success. In spite of a rainy start on Sunday, we had our largest attendance, yet, with 2,870 attendees across both days. And we didn't just have more visitors; those visitors found more vendors, music, workshops and local groups than ever before. Also, in addition to the food and blood drives we always have, this year we added pet adoptions. I don't have final numbers on any of the charitable activities, but I am sure we collected more food than last year, because we filled more pallets. I'll publish the final numbers as they come in from the Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC, the American Red Cross, and the Wake County Animal Center. So, a special thanks to all the visitors, vendors, volunteers, local groups, workshop leaders, sponsors and performers that made this all happen. Be sure to mark your calendar for next year's festival, as always, the third weekend in September. That is September 21st and 22nd, 2013. It will be our 13th annual event, so let's make it special. We are all going to take a few weeks to relax now, but planning for 2013 is already well underway, with 38 vendors already lined up and loose commitments for many of the performers we had this year. If you would like to get involved in creating next year's festival, come to our 2012 Wrapup/2013 Planning Meeting on October 14th at 2pm in Gaia's Gardens in Raleigh, NC. Please contact us for details and to RSVP. |
Volunteer at Pagan Pride Days!
Pagan Pride Days is right around the corner - September 15th and 16th! The Festival can't happen without lots of volunteers. If you would like to help out with the festival, please go to this link http://www.cncppd.org/participate/volunteer and fill in the form. Be sure to mark every time and job you think you can help out with. We will try to spread the work out evenly and will contact you to confirm before finalizing the volunteer schedule. Thanks for helping make PPD a success! |
Even More Vendors and Local Groups
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(Raleigh) Pagan Pride August Planning Meeting Invite
 The next Pagan Pride Planning Meeting is Wednesday, August 8 at the Southeast Regional Library in Garner from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. All interested parties are invited. We are in the final planning stages and need solid input from all areas to make sure we have everything covered. I have a larger room booked, so guests are welcome. Please RSVP through our contact page. See you soon! Johnson |
(Raleigh) Pagan Pride July Planning Meeting Invite
 The next Pagan Pride Planning Meeting is tomorrow, July 19 at the Cameron Village Regional Library, Room 202, from 7pm-8pm. All interested parties are invited. We are getting into the final planning stages and need solid input from all areas to make sure we have everything covered. I have a larger room booked, so guests are welcome. Please RSVP through our contact page. See you soon! Johnson  The annual festival attracts nearly 2000 pagans, pagan friends and the pagan curious every year. Open to the general public, this autumn celebration offers two days of both entertainment and education through social, commercial and spiritual activities. All are welcome to join or observe rituals, attend workshops, meet local groups, and much more, all in a festival environment full of vendors, music, and fun. Sept. 15 and 16, 2012, NC State Fairgrounds Gate 5, 974 Youth Center Dr, Raleigh, NC Gates open 10:45am, Saturday and Sunday |
(Raleigh) Pet Adoption Drive at Pagan Pride 2012
 This year Pagan Pride Raleigh would like to welcome the Wake County Animal Center and their Mobile Adoption Unit! They will be here both days with animals available for adoption and collecting goods for the creatures! How can I help? ... Donate money. ...... Sponsor a pet. .........Donate pet food. ............Donate products (such pet crates, leashes collars). Here is a list of specific needs for the Wake County Animal Center
  The annual festival attracts nearly 2000 pagans, pagan friends and the pagan curious every year. Open to the general public, this autumn celebration offers two days of both entertainment and education through social, commercial and spiritual activities. All are welcome to join or observe rituals, attend workshops, meet local groups, and much more, all in a festival environment full of vendors, music, and fun. Sept. 15 and 16, 2012, NC State Fairgrounds Gate 5, 974 Youth Center Dr, Raleigh, NC Gates open 10:45am, Saturday and Sunday |
Welcome American Red Cross and Wake County Animal Center!
We are pleased to announce that we will have the American Red Cross Triangle Chapter at the festival on Sunday to collect blood. We are also pleased to welcome the Wake County Animal Center and their Mobile Adoption Unit! Come check out some of the animals available for adoption and help us raise donations for the Animal Center! This year you can help save a human life by donating blood and a creatures life by giving to the Animal Center. For more information check out our website! |
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