Parade of Clubs History

The rich history of the Parade of Clubs dates back to 1992 during the Tuskegee National Alumni Association’s (TNAA) presidency of Arrilla Della McZeal. During national conventions, she would make impromptu appeals to delegates to make monetary donations to Tuskegee University.

From that act, Willie Shellman, past 3rd Vice President of TNAA introduced a formal giving event appropriately named the Parade of Clubs. The first event began in 1996 with national convention delegates and alumni that were not attending the convention giving as clubs. What a visionary idea!

The first Parade of Clubs event yielded $180,000.