Beaches Easter Parade to go ahead —virtually online with your photos

Although this year’s Beaches Easter Parade had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 protocols, the Beaches Lions Club, which stages the annual march along Queen Street West to celebrate the holiday, has come up with an innovative alternative: a “Virtual Easter Parade”!

The “virtual parade” will take place on three social media platforms from Friday April 10 through Sunday, April 12 and residents are encouraged to participate by entering six online photo contests with cash prizes of $50 for each.

All entries will be displayed as part of a video “parade” that will be posted on the organization’s website on Easter Sunday.

Entries can be sent to the platforms up till early Sunday afternoon, Lions Club member David Sheffield told East York Chronicle.

Entries can be posted on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram but you must make sure you include the hashtag for the category in which you are submitting a photo. Here are the hashtags and categories:

#EasterBonnetLVP – Wear your best hat, bonnet, or headgear;

– Wear your best hat, bonnet, or headgear; #EasterEggLVP – Decorate our lives with Easter eggs;

– Decorate our lives with Easter eggs; #EasterBunnyLVP – Share your costumes or bunny pictures;

– Share your costumes or bunny pictures; #EasterBasketLVP – Show off your baking or special treats;

– Show off your baking or special treats; #SpringCelebrationLVP – Celebrate Passover, Persian New Year, or any other Spring holiday;

– Celebrate Passover, Persian New Year, or any other Spring holiday; #FamilyTimeLVP – Pictures of your family time together.