OCTOBER 7, 2014
Panhandle PRIDE Photos ~ July 12, 2014
The Eastern Panhandle LGBTQ Alliance is now a 501-c-3 Tax Exempt Organization! Donations to support Panhandle PRIDE 2015 are Welcomed!
PO Box 1431, Charles Town, WV 25414-1431
ABOVE:: Drag Performer, Stephanie Micheals is one of many featured performers at the Second Annual Panhandle PRIDE Celebration at Morgan's Grove Park in Shepherdstown, West Virginia on July 11, 2015
RIGHT: Shepherdstown native, Kipyn Martin wass our featured musician at this year's Panhandle PRIDE Celebration on July 11 at Morgan's Grove Park in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. {photo by Cory Grace] Also featured Luscious Purr, Stephanie Micheals and others!.
WELCOME TO THE EASTERN PANHANDLE LGBTQ ALLIANCE OF WEST VIRGINIA HOMEPAGE
We celebrated our First Anniversary on June 12, 2014. and we continue as a busy LGBTQ Community Group on the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Our Alliance extends outside of West Virginia as far west as Hagerstown, Maryland, as far east as Frederick, Maryland, and as far south as Winchester, VA and even BEYOND! Please LIKE us on Facebook and TUMBLR, and invite your Friends, Family, and Allies to LIKE us as well!
We want Identity.
We want Equality.
We want Community.
We want Engagement.
We want Celebration!
We are found on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/EasternPanhandleLGBTQAlliance
We are found on TUMBLR at
www.PanhandleAlliance.tumblr.com
Our Most Recent Events
July 12, 2014
The First Annual Panhandle PRIDE was held at Morgan's Grove Park in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, after months of planning at Leetown Methodist Church. Attendance is believed to have exceeded 450 celebrants. The Celebration included over 40 vilunteers, including the seven members of the Panhandle Alliance Event Committee, a volunteer Deejay, JerrBear, and several drag performers. The Mayor of Shepherdstown sent a spokesperson, Lori Robertson, to kick off the festivities, and Delegate Stephen Skinner sent a representative, Kevin Carden to read a statement to congratulate the Alliance for all the work that went into planning the celebration.
September, 2013
The Annual "Farewell to Summer Picnic" at Moulton Park had The CLUB in Martinsburg provide music, te celebaret the change of seasons
November, 2013
The Eastern Panhandle LGBTQ Alliance President, John Mason, addressed the audience and joined several area LGBTQ Organizations that sponsored a Information tables at the juried presentation of "Dog Meet God" at Martinsburg High School
November 16, 2013
The Annual Panhandle LGBTQ Alliance Family Thanksgiving Dinner and Celebration was held at Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church
DID YOU KNOW?
UPCOMING EVENTS
CONTACT US
~~VOLUNTEERS NEEDED~~ Please join us for Panhandle Alliance Board Meetings, usually on 3rd Thursdays each month at Leetown United Methodist Church. RSVP the EVENTS on our Facebook page for more details and to make yourself familiar with what is happening in our Alliance
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PHONE
(304) 728-0247
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Eastern Panhandle Alliance
PO BOX 1431
​Charles Town, West Virginia 25414 ​
~~MARK YOUR CALENDAR~~ We are planning a Farewell to Summer Covered Dish Picnic in September. We also have planned an LGBTQ Family Thanksgiving Celebration in early November. In February, 2015, we are planning a Valentines Prom Night. RSVP ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE!
FUTURE PLANS
TUMBLR
PanhandleAlliance.tumblr.com
In November, 2014, The Eastern Panhandle LGBTQ Alliance participated in the "Peace Fest" at Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church. Alliance President, John Mason, spoke at the event about several support organizations for the LGBTQ Community, including Morelight Presbyterians, Fairness West Virginia, Baltimore Washington Area Reconciling Methodists (BWARM), and others. An Information table was manned by Alliance member, Marla Seymour..
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Shepherd ALLIES Weekly Meetings
Meetings for the 2014-2015 university year began September 3, 2014 in the Student Center at 7:00. Many Wednesdays in 2013, and Mondays in 2014, the Eastern Panhandle LGBT Alliance participated in the Shepherd University Allies (LGBTQ) Student Group
At Shepherd University
Marriage, Employment & Faith Equality for All
