Parade day begins at 12:00 PM with a march down Maple Avenue. The Rockville Centre St. Patrick’s Parade first stepped off on March 22, 1997 and has over the course of 19 years become one of the best-attended and supported parades outside of New York City. The Rockville Centre St. Patrick’s Parade annually shares its success with three worthy charities, which are National, Irish, and local focused. Since the parade’s inception in 1997, $932,000 has been distributed to 58 individual charities. Rockville Centre’s St. Patrick’s Parade is “The Parade that Cares and Shares”