Please e-mail info@backtoschoolparade.org.  We can use parade organizers, beginning and ending cleanup and setup crew, school supply packagers, school supply distributors, public relations, etc.

Please visit the registration page and enter your information or you can send an e-mail message to info@backtoschoolparade.org

FREE—School Groups (bands, cheerleaders, chess club, FBLA, etc.)
$50 - Adult Social Club (softball teams, kickball teams, biker clubs, etc.)
$200 - Community Organization (charity organizations, churches)
$300 - Small Business (less than 40 employees)
$1500 -  Medium Business (41—100 employees)
$2500 - Large Business (101 + employees)
$5000 -  Title Sponsor ($5,000 -  maximum of 2 or 1 for $10,000)

In-kind Sponsorships are acceptable as well.  For example, a company can host a school supply drive for the 3rd grade and raise 100 backpacks filled with grade appropriate school supplies (a value of $1500).  That company has just sponsored the 3rd grade and has the privilege of being in the parade and has the first right to distribute the backpacks to the 3rd grade at the end of the parade.  Equally, sponsorship of advertisement through radio, newspaper, TV, etc., for example, will equally qualify a business to participate in the parade.  We really want people and companies to participate in the parade itself as well as the festivities.

Frequently Asked Questions

No. The parade is open to all school districts in the Austin metropolitan area, such as Pflugerville ISD, Round Rock ISD, Manor ISD, etc.  Almost any organization can participate in the parade since the return of school effects everyone, such as churches, softball teams, Pathfinders, Adventurers, fraternities, sororities, Boy Scout Troops, Girls Scout troops, etc.

1. Is this parade for Austin Independent School District only?

2.  How much does it cost to participate?

3.  How can I register?

4.  Can I volunteer to help?

KT’s Deli
300 W. 15th St.
Austin, TX  78701
512.495.9313

Capital One Bank (12 Branches of Austin Area) - through August 6, 2010

5.  Where can I drop off the school supplies?

To contact us:

Gregory Harrington

info@backtoschoolparade.org

512.799.0093

The Back To School Parade is a program of the Austin Alpha Foundation, which is an incubator for non-profits.  The Austin Alpha Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization.

6.  Is this organization a 501(c)3?

Delco Center (4601 Pecan Brook)
Autozone (6500 Springdale)
Alpha Seventh-Day Adventist Church (3016 E. 51st)
Bartholomew Park (5201 Berkman)
Promiseland Church (1504 E. 51st)

7.  Where can I park for the parade?

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