PRIDE PLANNING

A Gift of Serenity is planning a PRIDE vending event in Tumwater in 2025

I am a queer small business owner, who has been open since 2019. I have participated in lots of vending events, a number of which have been various PRIDE events in the local PNW. Lately, I have become increasingly frustrated at the number of non queer identifying businesses at these events, capitalizing off of the LGBTQA+ community, while some small queer business owners are being overlooked and unable to get their businesses highlighted. 

I am putting together a PRIDE vendor event in Tumwater in 2025. At this event I will make it my priority to highlight our local queer owned small businesses ONLY. 

It is my hope that you will join us as a vendor at this vending event. I have secured two dates, and will have a finalized choice between these two dates in mid September. Either June 8th or June 22nd of 2025. Set up will be 8:30-10am, and the event will go from 10-3pm. There will be food for sale and local queer entertainment. 

If you are a queer owned small business and would like to participate in this event please respond to me and let me know, and/or fill out this interest form; 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYtGPABv1LbAAS-anXsLfvc6IRKYqpC5BceimmmXJtnq3Omg/viewform?usp=sf_link