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mypapernow > The Greater Brandon Fourth of July Parade for many years has been run by the Roundtable Charities of Greater Brandon Inc., more commonly known as the Community Roundtable and formerly known as the President's Roundtable.
mypapernow > CIVIC LIFE / EventGreater Brandon's Fourth Of July Parade: "United We Stand" (July 4, 2009) photo
mypapernow > Click Here for "Fifty Years Young," a retrospective view of the Brandon Fourth of July Parade. Click Here for coverage of the July 8 parade awards ceremony at the Center Place Fine Arts & Civic Association. Sean Humphrey gets patriotic for the 2009 Greater Brandon "United We Stand" Fourth of July Parade, a huge community event that this year drew more than 100 entries. Organizers said the Great Recession has caused more people to stay closer to home this holiday season and they were glad to have them at the parade, which has been held annually for more than 50 years. Brandon as a much smaller town grew up with parades and the Fourth of July Parade is the last one remaining. Its scope and size surprises newcomers each year. The parade is run by the Roundtable Charities of Greater Brandon Inc., more commonly known as the Community Roundtable and formerly known as the President's Roundtable. The parade kicks off at the corner of Lumsden Road and Parsons Avenue, where B. Lee Elam, president of the Roundtable, has his law office. It was in his office the morning of July 4, 2009, that donations were counted and Connie Smaldone was named the newest Honoray Mayor of Brandon. For coverage of the mayoral announcement, Click Here. For coverage of last year's parade, Click Here.
mypapernow > B. Lee Elam, pictured with his grandson Joey White, said he and Dick Cimino helped launch the Brandon chapter of the American Cancer Society in the 1980's. The branch today is called the Southeastern Hillsborough Unit and through it numerous Relays for Life are held every year to raise awareness for cancer causes and prevention, to support survivors, and to fund research for a cure. "Sandy Rodriguez kept pestering me. He would say, 'Lee, you've got to start an American Cancer Society unit out here in Brandon,' " Elam recalled. "I just didn't think I had the time, but we did." As for Rodriguez, the namesake of the Sandy Rodrgibuez Center on Vonderburg Drive, which houses both the Brandon Regional Library and the Center Place Fine Arts & Civic Association, Elam added: "He couldn't help but do good things." Coincidentally, all three -- Dick Cimino, Sandy Rodriguez, and B. Lee Elam -- have shared in the honor of receiving the Alice B. Tompkins Community Service Award, in the years 1981, 1987, and 1988, respectively. (For MyPaperNow.com coverage of the award, click here.) Elam is the owner of the sign touting Brandon's oldest law firm, which can be seen at the corner of Lumsden Road and Kings Avenue. It's the spot where the annual Brandon Fourth of July Parade takes off. The parade is run by the Roundtable Charities of Greater Brandon Inc., more commonly known as the Community Roundtable and formerly known as the President's Roundtable. Elam this year serves as the group's president.
mypapernow > Bill Wolfe, left, and Chuck Slowey, recipients of the Alice B. Tompkins Award in 1999 and 1978, respectively.
mypapernow > Past honorees of the Alice B. Tompkins Community Service Award met at the Center Place Fine Arts & Civic Association in Brandon to vote on this year's recipient. They voted for three recipients: Chris Scogin Snook, John Paton and James S. Young Jr. All three were former honorary mayors of Brandon and all three received the award posthumously. The Alice B. Tompkin honorees, from left, are: Randy Wolfe, Earl Haugabook, Lisa Rodriguez, Steve Saunders, Nancy Hilbert, Mark Proctor, Evelyn Sanchez, B. Lee Elam, Alice Storms, Dick Weaver, Bill Wolfe, Dick Stowers and Chuck Slowey.
mypapernow > Bill Wolfe in 1999 was named the Alice B. Tompkins honoree.
mypapernow > Past honorees of the Alice B. Tompkins Community Service Award met at the Center Place Fine Arts & Civic Association in Brandon to vote on this year's recipient. They voted for three recipients: Chris Scogin Snook, John Paton and James S. Young Jr. All three were former honorary mayors of Brandon and all three received the award posthumously. The Alice B. Tompkin honorees, from left, are: Randy Wolfe, Earl Haugabook, Lisa Rodriguez, Steve Saunders, Nancy Hilbert, Mark Proctor, Evelyn Sanchez, B. Lee Elam, Alice Storms, Dick Weaver, Bill Wolfe, Dick Stowers and Chuck Slowey.
mypapernow > Evelyn Sanchez and Dick Stowers take seriously this year's voting for the Alice B. Tompkins Community Service Award. Sanchez received the honor in 1995; Stowers, in 1976.
The Greater Brandon Fourth of July Parade for many years has been run by the Roundtable Charities of Greater Brandon Inc., more commonly known as the Community Roundtable and formerly known as the President's Roundtable.
mypapernow > The Greater Brandon Fourth of July Parade for many years has been run by the Roundtable Charities of Greater Brandon Inc., more commonly known as the Community Roundtable and formerly known as the President's Roundtable.
The Greater Brandon Fourth of July Parade for many years has been run by the Roundtable Charities of Greater Brandon Inc., more commonly known as the Community Roundtable and formerly known as the President's Roundtable.
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