A free, kids’ Fourth of July bike parade may sound like your grandparents’ memories of another time and place.
But, it’s also happening in Long Beach this upcoming Thursday morning, July 4th. And it’ll be followed by free events that include a watermelon-seed spitting contest, patriotic-speech competition, and patriotic costume contest.
The Great American Kids’ Bike Parade is courtesy of community activist Justin Rudd. Now, he’d like your help.
Justin needs volunteers to help with parade monitoring, T-shirt sales, refreshments, parking and photography. Volunteers need to show up at 1 Granada Avenue (Granada and Ocean, right near the bike path!) in Long Beach at 9 a.m., this Thursday, July 4th.
Can you help? Send Justin an e-mail (on his homepage is a “Contact Justin” bar) and let him know in what area you’d like to volunteer. Then, plan to be there in red, white and blue (literally or figuratively) at 9 o’clock this Thursday morning!
The Great American Kids’ Bike Parade starts at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 4, 2013, at the bike path at 1 Granada Avenue in Long Beach.