Patrons of Pride: for Northshore Businesses
Participate in Pride Month. Promote Your Business. Support Your Community.
Join dozens of Northshore businesses participating in a region-wide Pride Month campaign that helps customers intentionally support businesses giving back to Queer Northshore.
An easy, flexible way for local businesses to participate in PRIDE Northshore while gaining visibility throughout June.
Join dozens of Northshore businesses turning Pride Month into a celebration that benefits the entire community.
WHAT IS PATRONS OF PRIDE?
Patrons of Pride is a community-wide Pride Month initiative that allows local businesses to participate in Pride in a way that fits their business.
Businesses choose a product, service, event, or special offer to feature during June and pledge a percentage of related sales to Queer Northshore at the end of the month.
You decide:
what you want to feature
what percentage you want to contribute
how your business participates
Simple. Flexible. Designed for local businesses.
Your business can feature:
a single product or menu item
a specific service
a collection of products or services
a special event
or even all sales during a designated time period
HOW PARTICIPATION WORKS
1. Choose What to Feature
Product • Service • Event • Promotion
2. Pick Your Percentage
You decide what portion supports Queer Northshore.
3. We Promote Your Business
Across our website, social media, email list, Facebook Group, and Pride event calendar.
That includes:
The official Shop Pride Guide (click to see last year’s edition)
Pride Month social media spotlight
Facebook Group Spotlight (4,000 members)
Our email subscriber list
The official Pride event calendar (for participating events)
Priority placement in our Biz Directory (the most visited page on our site)
Customers use these guides to intentionally support businesses participating in Pride Month, knowing they’re also supporting our organization.
Flexible. Community-driven. Designed for local businesses.
WHY BUSINESSES PARTICIPATE
• Gain targeted local visibility during Pride Month
• Drive traffic, customers, and event attendance
• Reach thousands of engaged community members
• Publicly demonstrate support for LGBTQ+ inclusion
• Participate in one of the Northshore’s largest Pride initiatives
• Join a growing network of community-minded local businesses
YOUR BUSINESS VISIBILITY
Participating businesses are promoted throughout Pride Month across the Queer Northshore community ecosystem.
7,000+ People connected through our social media channels
2,600+ Local subscribers on our community email list
2,400+ Monthly visitors to Queer Northshore’s website
6,000+ Estimated attendees across Pride Month events
Regional Audience Promotion and participation across St. Tammany Parish and surrounding Northshore and Southshore communities
EXAMPLES FROM PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES
Every business participates differently based on what fits their audience and operations.
Tandem Coffee & Cocktails
10% of Featured Pride cocktail sales throughout June + 5% of sales from their Pride Game Night
Berry Hill Farm
10% of all farmer's market sales for the month of June
NOLA’s Finest Pets
15% of every sale of Love Wins pet bowls during Pride Month
Escape Warehouse
Use promo “PRIDE” when booking and Escape Warehouse will donate 30% of the sales
JOIN PATRONS OF PRIDE
Participation is simple and flexible.
Tell us what you’d like to feature, and we’ll help promote your business throughout Pride Month.
Participation takes approximately 3–5 minutes to complete.
Questions about our Patrons of PRIDE Program? Email info@queernorthshore.org.