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Yes, the latest was a little boy who has been too sick to celebrate his birthday before. This year he is well. They did a car parade since he can't have a party. Police, fire trucks, shriner clowns, etc. They said it lasted 45 minutes. The birthday boy stood out in his front yard enjoying every minute.

What I liked was the local 83 year old lady holding up a sign at her front door stating she needs beer on Facebook . Some gentleman brought her 10 cases. Awesome.

Not that I know of.

Yes, several weeks ago the teachers from the local elementary school had a mobile parade. It was very exciting for everyone. The teachers packed their own kids in car seats and the back seat, decorated their cars and trucks with signs and balloons; the neighborhood students held signs to greet their teachers and clapped and hooted as the teachers passed. It was very heartwarming.

We did a drive by birthday parade last week and will do another on Friday. I didn't decorate the vehicle. We just honked and yelled happy birthday.

Not teachers here, but a a month ago, the first weekend we were shut down, was the little girl across the street’s 4th birthday. 4-5 cars, each with a sign and a balloon and her little friends inside, pulled up in front of her house honking horns. The little friends poked out of the sunroofs, the little girl and her brother ran around the yard, went on for 20 minutes or so. But we haven’t seen teacher parades, our town might be too big and spread out for that.

The woman who held up the beer sign was given the beer by Molson Coors company. https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/world/got-more-beer-93-year-old-pennsylvania-woman-receives-coronavirus-quarantine-gift-from-molson-coors/ar-BB12Bdha

Coors Light is arguably not beer but it's a nice PR gesture by the company.

Wow I thought they said 83 when I watched the news. She is doing great for 93. I got to start drinking beer.

We had several. Two of them were for kids who had just completed chemo; others were for birthdays.

My city has been doing the birthday greeting parades for kids. A couple of police cars and a fire engine show up, with lights and sirens. The mayor joined in one and stood up through the car's sunroof.

We've had a parade-- in the our 'hood and the one next door and it was delightful. The little kidlets across the street and right next door have been stuck in their yards & houses (bad weather.) It's finally drying out & warming up enough for them to go outside. Seeing the excitement on their faces, as much as I could from a distance, was wonderful.

Anything that brings joy to them (legal of course) in this difficult time that most of them don't even understand is okay in my book.

There have been parades in our area. Most have been elementary teachers cheering their students. A few have been for kids coming home after long stays in the hospital for injuries or illness.

Yes a few people on NextDoor have requested neighbors do them for kids who won't get parties this year. I think it's nice. Some even give little gifts.

Yes, they have done that in this area.

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Yes...and the one near my Blvd almost caused a huge wreck. The first car

pulled out without even looking and almost hit an on-coming car...the rest of

the line just automatically started to pull right out. Luckily...the on-coming

traffic had more sense than the paraders. I thought the idea was nice...but

please people, obey the traffic rules.

Yes -- each Wednesday afternoon, the city sets up a convoy of a city bus, a school bus, a couple police cars, a couple utility trucks, some fire trucks, even the city street sweeper truck! They honk and wave as they drive through neighborhood streets ... it is silly, but fun!

Yes, our town had the ems volunteers, some police and fire with trucks parade by an 8 yr old boy's home after his mother asked if they could help celebrate his birthday....lot of the neighbors enjoyed the parade too.

My friend is is a nursery school teacher. They organized a drive through at the schools parking lot. The teachers parked as the children drove by with their parents.

Yes, I hope someone can figure out a way to celebrate all the graduating seniors that are missing out on all the senior year fun.

Me too, Raye...all the missing Spring Sports, Senior Trips, Honors Programs,

Graduations, etc. The Sr. classes this year are losing so many things. And,

not even sure they will be starting College when they should.

It is nice that the children are excited to see their teachers. When young there was no way I would of wanted to see those nasty nuns when when school was out.

LOL Function...it always took my brother all summer to get rid of the pinch

marks on his upper arms. LOL (However, I would say he deserved every

one).

It isn't just the young ones that are getting and loving the birthday parades. The senior and supersenior youngsters are loving them as well.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/this-ontario-veteran-couldn-t-celebrate-his-105th-birthday-so-he-got-a-parade-instead-1.5533176

We'vs had one parade from the teachers going around our neighbourhood. We've also had a view "honk - it's so-and-so's birthday". signs up.

My grandson is a senior. Lots of thought is being given to how to salvage the "spice" of the missed last weeks of high school. Many of his friends are in limbo as to making their decision for college since visiting campuses is on hold. Many athletes have missed the final game. Luckily, DGS ran cross country and had his season and made his college decision already. He has not said much about prom and graduation but being a youthful optimist he is ready for whatever adjustments have to be made.

He enjoyed getting this sign yesterday.

I feel so bad for the teens who are going to miss out on prom, end of year trips, school play, awards programs, classroom parties and all those other end of school year things that kids look forward to all year long.

Personally I don't feel more sorry for any one age group than any other - everyone is adversely affected but in different ways. Little kids are maybe easier to deal with but maybe not. Teens, less so.

We're all, at least those of us following the public health directives, prohibited from most aspects of normal life. Those who have lost their jobs or incomes and their families are those I have the most concern for.

The "tragedy" of a teen who can't go to a dance or on a school trip pales in comparison to economic insecurity or death, as two examples of what others endure, children included. The situation is a tragic, unneeded and unwanted but unavoidable lesson in what being an adult can sometimes entail.

Yes there have been several car parades. Teachers, birthdays, graduation, and Easter. There were a few with people in Easter Bunny suits.

We've now had a few birthday car parades in our neighborhood. Very fun for the kids.

A classmate a couple of years younger than my son got one the other day. She is missing graduation ceremony and prom, so I'm pleased she got her own parade for get birthday. Not the same, but something!

No parades in my area, but I think it is a great idea. Where there is a will to make others happy, there is a way.

"Personally I don't feel more sorry for any one age group than any other - everyone is adversely affected but in different ways. "

But if it is in your power to do something, however small, to make this better, why would you not. Why would you begrudge the gesture. Whether it is a parade or sign, a package of toilet paper on the front porch. sidewalk chalk art, making fabric masks, or anything else.

This is not a competition for who is the worst off. Anything that lifts someones spirit is worth it. However small the gesture or however insignificant the sorrow is perceived to be.

Knowing how many teens never go to prom or do any of those other things that some are thinking are Senior things I have to agree with Elmer. There are always some that for one reason or another but generally it is expenses or having to work. Nice if you are fortunate to go to those but it is a privilege and not all are fortunate to be that privileged.

Is missing the pomp and circumstance of your senior year the worst thing in the world? of course not. And no one said that; Elmer I don't know why you chose to escalate "sad" into "tragic".

It's just one of many unfortunate turns of this unfortunate year that we all have to deal with.

I don't begrudge anything or anyone, tigereye. I think keeping things in perspective (and maybe identifying what are the REAL experiences and opportunities to give the right take-aways for teens under these circumstances) are much more important. Missing a school trip or a prom are so trivial compared to EVERYTHING ELSE going on. Calling them a Right of Passage overstates their relative importance. That was what I said. Even small gestures to "make up" for such things gives the wrong message, when you're speaking about high schoolers.

Younger kids - fine, have a parade and throw balloons.

Our school has set delayed dates for prom and graduation. I felt bad for the kids, but some of the parents had me flabbergasted. There were moms throwing at home proms for the daughters back in March about two weeks after spring break got extended. Prom is usually an April thing and it hadn't been cancelled or postponed. And now everyone has seen the dress... OMG!

I guess I was raised in a different world from most so although I feel sorry for all the disappointing things that everyone is experiencing, most of it is way down the ladder in importance to me. All the touchy, mushy stuff that people are doing such as the parades,
etc. are trivial and useless activities to me but I don't begrudge people
from participating in them if it helps them or others cope better. It doesn't take any energy or sacrifice to "care". I have a lot more respect for people who are actually doing something that requires sacrifices of their time or resources such as helping in a food bank or donating to a charity that is helping really needy people in their community. Personally, this really hasn't affected us because we aren't
involved socially that much. We don't belong to any social or religious
groups and since we live in a rural area we don't even see neighbors
very much. So this hasn't affected us as much as more gregarious people. My biggest personal sadness about this is that it looks like our plans for something really special for our golden anniversary coming later this year aren't going to happen. But I'm not losing sleep over it. I'll be grateful that both of us are still alive after all this. We were so poor when we got married that we couldn't afford (and most definitely not our parents) a wedding and most of our lives have been spent working and making do without much traveling or fancy celebrations so this we can survive just as well. It's a disappointment but we will get over it.

So, I guess I can see that parades and all these mushy FB videos, etc. might be helping young children and even teens and adults with childish tendencies get through the day - I think that beyond that there is more need of real help and sacrifice right now - IMO.

Yes we've done a few. Ours our more to get a teen the heck out of bed but it's the same idea. The four of (short parade) cause quite a ruckus in the neighborhood!!!

I haven't seen any, but police cadets jog down our street in Los Angeles at least once a week - partly because we are close to the police academy and partly because our street has almost no traffic, since it is in the shape of a half loop, and no one drives on it unless it is their destination. I'm not in L.A. right now, and so I don't know what's going on there. Here in Riverside County, one cannot walk down the street in one's own neighborhood without a mask.

Teachers had a parade through the neighborhood here on Wednesday.