The Greeley Stampede annually has one of the largest 4th of July Independence Day Parades. Community members traditionally stake out their spots days before to watch and cheer for their favorite marching band, floats & community organizations. Unfortunately, the parade is cancelled this year for the health & safety of our community. To keep the parade tradition alive, the Greeley Stampede is hosting a virtual shoebox parade.

Thanks to everyone who submitted floats for our Shoebox Parade - there is truly no shortage of creativity in our community! The Greeley Stampede is now creating a parade video that will premiere live on Facebook Saturday, July 4, 2020 at 9am. Tune in to watch the parade!

The Greeley Stampede will award prizes courtesy of SCHEELS that includes a $50 gift card and family prize bag for the following categories:

• Red, White & You - most patriotic presented by Pepsi
• Celebrating Our Heroes of the Front Lines presented by Banner Health
• myGreeley - best represents our community presented by TBK Bank
• Spotlight - most entertaining & creative presented by Greeley Area Realtors Association
• A+ Award - best K-12 student-made award presented by Xcel Energy. The winner of the A+ Award will receive a prize from SCHEELS and $500 for your school!

Following the virtual parade, viewers can vote for their favorite float in the Facebook photo gallery. The photo with the most likes will be recognized as the All Pro Fan Favorite presented by SCHEELS. The winner of the Fan Favorite award will receive a $250 gift card complete with an exclusive shopping spree with the SCHEELS experts to get the gear you want.

• Community (non-commercial) parade entries are FREE to enter. Commercial parade entries to promote a business cost $25 each. Proceeds of the shoebox parade will benefit the Weld Recovers COVID-19 Relief Fund.
• One entry per household, organization, or company. Family entries can have multiple floats in the same photo/entry.
• There are no size restrictions for floats, but all floats should be decorated and homemade.
• Entries and themes must be appropriate for a family audience. Entry should not focus on religious, political, ideological, or controversial themes or issues. Use of any political or social material is not permitted.
• All submissions must be received by 5pm on Wednesday, June 24, 2020.
• Greeley Stampede reserves the right to edit photos as needed.
• Registration for the Greeley Stampede Shoebox Parade and/or tagging @thegreeleystampede or using #greeleyshoeboxparade with related photos or videos on social media grants the Greeley Stampede permission to use your images and footage on any platform.
• Greeley Stampede reserves the right to exclude any submissions that do not meet our guidelines or that feature content not aligned with our mission.
• Parade category winners will be chosen from eligible entries and decided at the sole discretion of the Greeley Stampede. Winners will receive prize notifications via email and any physical awards must be picked up from the Greeley Stampede by August 1, 2020.
• The A+ Award category is available to Colorado students currently in grades K-12.