Future Voters Ride in MLK parade

If you haven't ridden in at least one MLK parade with the League, you're missing out. Don't get me wrong, it's no Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, but the camaraderie is something special. The spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. seems channeled into the parade-goers, and as League members and their kids pile in a truck we've adorned in red, white, and blue, our own League pride starts to swell.



This year, the parade ran like clockwork... we started right on time (indeed so early that members had to run to catch up with the "float"!) and progressed through the parade route waving our "Vote" signs, MLK posters, and American flags in just over an hour.

Our favorite part? Parade organizers (probably intelligently on their part) don't allow candy to be thrown from vehicles, so the League hands out "Future Voter" stickers to hundreds of kids (and a few sticker-loving adults!) along the route.

We left feeling great about the role the League plays in the Charleston community, and the next day, got a gratifying surprise when Post and Courier photographer Wade Spees' picture of Leaguer Rose Davis was featured in the paper's MLK Day special section:



Rose's smile says it all!