The organization, formerly Clinton County Women’s Center, decked out Triangle Park in various pride flags and invited local organizations to sell their products and provide resources and information to the public Friday afternoon from 3 to 7 p.m.

This event, the first in the county’s history, was the brainchild of Roads to Peace employees Cheyenne Brickley and Jenn Grubb. And they managed to pull it off within a month or so.

“I was just got this job a month ago. I started in May and hit the ground running,” Brickley, domestic violence prevention education and volunteer coordinator, said.

She and Grubb, the LGBTQ+ medical advocate at Roads to Peace, worked together to make it happen.

LAURA JAMESON/THE EXPRESS Booths for Hope’s Dream Rescue and Sanctuary, at top, and Fire Sphere Media, saw quite a number of customers during Friday’s Pride event held by Roads to Peace.

Roads to Peace provided a variety of informational pamphlets as well as books approved by the Caucus Library for visitors to take. The books provide information about LGBTQ+ history and the community and many of the pamphlets provided insight into what Roads to Peace does for the community.

The booth also offered free pronoun stickers, pins and the chance to enter into a raffle. A compliments tree was also on display, where visitors could write down something kind and place on the tree.

Grubb noted another booth would be set up at the East Main Street Parking lot during the Pedestrian Mall.

Other booths at the event were Hope’s Dream Rescue & Sanctuary, Aides Resource Center and Fire Sphere Media.

Hope’s Dream provides foster care for animals in the Bellefonte and State College area. However, public relations volunteer Katrina said they also have helped foster and rescue pets as far as Jersey Shore.

LAURA JAMESON/THE EXPRESS Booths for Hope’s Dream Rescue and Sanctuary, at top, and Fire Sphere Media, saw quite a number of customers during Friday’s Pride event held by Roads to Peace.

Katrina noted the organization also is very involved in the trap and release (TNR) program, offering clinics and spay and neuter vouchers.

“We’re an all-volunteer organization,” she said. The organization sold a variety of products, all which simply cost a donation.

Chloe Crab, outreach coordinator for the Aides Resource Center in State College, was offering information about what the organization offers along with free reusable straws, stickers, pins and more.

“We offer a variety of services including clinical case management for those with HIV as well as free HIV and STI testing,” Crab said.

Fire Sphere Media, based out of Bellefonte, was on-hand selling t-shirts, graphic novels and paintings too. Kara Ballenger and their partner began the company by publishing a graphic novel in 2017. In 2018 the pair published another series, “Foust” with proceeds from the book sales going to help prevent suicide in the LGBTQ+ community.

Fire Sphere Media is on social media and has a booth set up at Titan Market in Bellefonte each week.

The Clinton County LGBTQ network was also at the event, although they didn’t have a booth. The organization held rock painting and continued to sell chances for its gift card basket raffle.