FREE Community Celebration on May 9!
Pontiac Rx Kids is hosting its first-ever Baby Parade from 3-6 p.m. on Friday, May 9, at Wisner Memorial Stadium (441 Cesar E Chavez Ave) in Pontiac.
The event will include family-friendly games and activities, food trucks, ice cream from the Michigan State University Dairy Store, music, short remarks from Rx Kids leadership and funders, and culminating with a parade around the track in the stadium – all to celebrate Pontiac babies, moms, and families as we launch the historic Rx Kids program in the city in May.
In 1918, the United States government recognized ‘Children’s Year,’ an effort to “save 100,000 babies” by addressing issues that impact child welfare, including a lack of data on maternal and child health, the effects of poverty on health, lack of educational resources, and a lack of safe spaces for children to play.
A visual way that advocates for child and maternal health raised awareness of these issues across the country was by hosting “baby parades,” which celebrated and showcased the lives and activities of healthy kids in their communities.
Just a little over a century later, Rx Kids was launched in January 2024 to address many of the same issues the Children’s Year hoped to bring awareness to. Rx Kids hosted its first baby parade in Flint in the summer of 2024, and plans to make baby parades an annual tradition in all Rx Kids communities.
Check this page for more updates as entertainment and vendors for the May 9 Pontiac Baby Parade are added!
Baby Parade Details
- WHAT: Pontiac Rx Kids Baby Parade
- WHEN: Friday, May 9, 2025; 3-6 p.m.
- WHERE: Wisner Memorial Stadium, 441 Cesar E Chavez Avenue
- DETAILS: Music, food, ice cream, games, and other family-friendly activities!