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Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Alee Shriners in the 2025 St. Patrick's Day Parade
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — The Alee Shriners showed up big time for the 2025 St. Patrick's Day Parade! 'We love being out with the crowd and the people. They just love us,' Alee Pirate Mike Morris said. Potentate Danny Fries had the honor of leading the Alee parade. He says this parade is something they look forward every year. 'I'm around all my brothers, friends and the community that supports us. We enjoy every parade that we're in, but especially Savannah since we're hometown boys,' Fries said. Being in the parade helps the Shriners spread the word about their mission, funding 21 Shriners Children's Hospitals. 'That's our heart… all the kids with their smiling faces. It doesn't get any better,' Morris said. Check them out here! Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
14-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Alee Shriners: Putting smiles on children's faces
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — Whether you hear music, the rev of an engine, or a pirate's canon, you'll know when the Alee Shriners show up in the Savannah St. Patrick's Day Parade. The Shriners are represented all over Georgia, with 14 units and 17 clubs from Augusta down to the Florida line and out to Vidalia. 'It never gets old,' Alee Temple Potentate Danny Fries said. 'Every year is a great year when it comes to the St. Patrick's Day parade, because you get to see people from all over the country. They come here for this festivity, and we are lucky to be a part of it. We can also show the community what we do and the support that we want to give them as well.' Their mission is something Fries says many people don't know about, supporting children and their families through 21 Shriner hospitals. 'We are active in our community just like we are with the hospitals, because there are several times that if a child is sick, we'll take the busses around or floats around to go visit that child at their house,' Fries said. 'Our main function is to raise money to help children and support our hospitals.' Chief Rabban David Armstrong said it's heartwarming to visit one of their hospitals and see kids receiving needed care. 'They shouldn't go without care just because they don't have the insurance that somebody else might have,' Armstrong said. 'That's why the Shriners are here, so we can help get them the care that they need regardless of their background.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
