These will be available for sale Saturday as well as matching bandanas with Mickey’s logo on them the T Shirt is $20 all proceeds will go to the family’s charity of choice. Also up for a bicycle a $250 tattoo session and many more prizes! ♥

Ride Fearless, Live Free: Bike Ride and Concert to Celebrate the Life of Mickey Shunick WTUL Presents
Rareluth, Sports and Leisure, Luxley, DJ Jenna, and England in 1819.

Though we don’t expect any rain until late in the day on Saturday, we want to assure everyone in Acadiana that the Community Celebration in Honor of Mickey Shunick and the bike ride afterward is 100% ready to go, rain or shine. So maybe pack a umbrella or poncho just in case, but don’t let grey skies keep you away from what we know is going to be an unforgettable event. Anyway, Mickey never let the rain stop her from having a great time, and neither should we.

University of Louisiana-Lafayette is providing a space on campus to create a pocket park and install a “ghost bike” to honor Mickey Shunick. Immediately following the Community Celebration in Honor of Mickey Shunick, a bike ride will lead to this pocket park location at St. Landry Extension and Dean Street. Bicyclists will leave Parc International at 4:00pm and arrive at the pocket park at 4:45.

For all those who want to celebrate Mickey in New Orleans:

Please join us in remembering the beautiful and amazing Mickey Shunick with a night time, candle lit bike ride from Jackson Square to The Howlin Wolf music venue where there will be a variety of entertainment, food, drinks and a raffle. All proceeds after cost will be donated to the charity of the Shunick family’s choice in honor of Mickey. More details coming soon so keep checking back! SPREAD THE WORD!!!

Date: Saturday, October 6, 2012

Official Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/414295471951758/

DJ JENNA, RARELUTH, SPORTS AND LEISURE, ENGLAND IN 1819 AND LUXLEY WILL BE PERFORMING.

If you would like to volunteer at Community Celebration in Honor of Mickey Shunick, please email celebratemickey@gmail.com by Thursday at noon.

Here is what we need:

General set-up

8:30am-11:30
3 volunteers

General set up includes hanging signs, hanging banners, situating tables, lining recycling boxes and garbage cans, checking bathrooms, directing food vendors and beverage/ice deliveries, setting up family tent and chairs, securing gates, assisting bike corral volunteers and general problem solving

Read more about the Community Celebration in Honor of Mickey Shunick here.

https://www.facebook.com/events/442809482424545/

Community Celebration in Honor of Mickey Shunick press release, updated on September 21:

(official event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/442809482424545/)

The family and friends of Mickey Shunick are announcing The Community Celebration in Honor of Mickey Shunick. This is a public celebration that will take place at Parc International in Lafayette, Louisiana on September 29, 2012. Gates will open at 11:30 am, with the event beginning at noon. The Shunick family wants to emphasize that this is truly a celebration in every sense of the word, as well as a show of thanks to everyone in our community who helped to bring Mickey home. All who have been touched by Mickey’s story are invited to attend. IDI Workspace Solution will make a public art wall available for the public to share art inspired by Mickey. The Little Paint Brush Art Studio will will be providing children with an opportunity to create their own butterfly bracelets. Beer and soft drinks will be sold. Food will be available for purchase from Carpe Diem Gelato, BiBi’s Patisserie, Freetown Fries, and Zeus. T-shirts with a new, celebratory graphic will be sold by Absolutely Monogramming and Gifts for the cost of printing.

The Community Celebration in Honor of Mickey Shunick will begin with several friends sharing their memories of Mickey. The Acadiana Symphony String Quartet will join us on stage during the formal remembrance. City-Parish President Joey Durel will speak to join family and friends in recognition of law enforcement officers, volunteers, donors, university officials, the district attorney’s office, Texas Equusearch, Special K-9s and our community as a whole for this incredible effort and outpouring of love to the Shunick family. Finally, the Shunick Family will give a personal statement to the community.

The next portion of the celebration will consist of live performances from three of Mickey Shunick’s favorite local bands. Whole Damn Town will perform first at 1:15, followed by imagineIAM at 2:15, and closing with Rareluth at 3:30. The Community Celebration in Honor of Mickey Shunick will culminate at 4:15pm with a public bike ride following the route Mickey took the morning of May 19th. We are encouraging attendees to either ride or bring their bicycles to Parc International so that they may join the ride. A free “bike corral” will be managed by Bike Lafayette. The ride will conclude with the permanent placement of a “ghost bike” at the end of St. Landry Street, and ninety live Monarch butterflies will be released as a tribute to Mickey. University of Louisiana-Lafayette President Joseph Savoie will join us for the dedication of the ghost bike.

The Shunick Family requests that the public continue on to the UL football game where Mickey will be honored with her family present, and the game will be dedicated to her strength and bravery. “This day will honor Mickey’s life and her impact on this community. This brave, young woman inspired us to action and we want her legacy to be that which will continue to inspire love and kindness toward one another,” says Barbara Alexander, friend of the Shunick family. For guidelines for contributions to the public art wall, please contact celebratemickey@gmail.com. Read more here on how you can volunteer on the day of the event.