{"id":1605,"date":"2013-07-01T14:10:31","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T20:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/?p=1605"},"modified":"2013-07-02T05:31:21","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T11:31:21","slug":"afc-wins-best-organization-float-in-pride-parade-july-4-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/01\/afc-wins-best-organization-float-in-pride-parade-july-4-party\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC Wins Best Organization Float in Pride Parade; July 4 Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Asians &amp; Friends Chicago, Popcorn Dress designer Kevin Vong, float riders (Joel, Craig, Val, Asian Human Services and Val&#8217;s pals and their family) and everyone who donated to help AFC&#8217;s float win the prize for Best Organization in the 2013 Pride Parade (Scroll down to see photos). In addition, Kevin made the front page of today&#8217;s <em>Chicago Tribune<\/em> and the float made it to the Channel 7 Pride Parade coverage. [Another shout out to FINC, Filipinos and Friends in Chicago, which won best overall float!]<\/p>\n<p>Also remember our July 4 party at Angel and Bob&#8217;s, 555 N. Artesian Unit i, just west of Western and north of Grand starts at 5 p.m. BYOB and potluck (We have cats so take your allergy medicine!). And again, congrats to AFC and its Pride Parade float win!<\/p>\n<p>Link to Windy City Times video!\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fb7TNTuvyFY\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fb7TNTuvyFY<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/01\/afc-wins-best-organization-float-in-pride-parade-july-4-party\/pride-parade-winners-0613\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1624\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1624\" alt=\"Pride Parade Winners 0613\" src=\"http:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Pride-Parade-Winners-0613.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Pride-Parade-Winners-0613.jpg 540w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Pride-Parade-Winners-0613-300x533.jpg 300w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Pride-Parade-Winners-0613-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/01\/afc-wins-best-organization-float-in-pride-parade-july-4-party\/img_0148\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1628\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1628\" alt=\"IMG_0148\" src=\"http:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0148.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0148.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0148-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0148-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/01\/afc-wins-best-organization-float-in-pride-parade-july-4-party\/img_0149\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1629\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1629\" 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rel=\"attachment wp-att-1636\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1636\" alt=\"IMG_0142\" src=\"http:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0142.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0142.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0142-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0142-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/01\/afc-wins-best-organization-float-in-pride-parade-july-4-party\/img_0146\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1637\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1637\" alt=\"IMG_0146\" src=\"http:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0146.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" 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