Rose Parade Float Decorating
with
the Trailmates!

Sunday, December 28, 9:00am-1:00pm
-- OR --
Tuesday, December 30, 1:00pm-5:00pm

Experience the magic of decorating these amazing, beautiful, rolling floral gardens and having your work seen by millions of people on New Year's Day! This is always one of our favorite Trailmates events and one that you won't want to miss!

Festival Artists are counting on 70 to 90 volunteers from the Trailmates program to show up, so please attend even if the weather isn't sunny. The floats are basically indoors, so you won’t get too wet or too cold. (Well, maybe just not too wet.)  We usually get to work on the Disney float, so it's really cool!

Note that the minimum age for flower preparation is 8, minimum for working directly on the floats is 11, and that only 13 and up are allowed to work up on the scaffolding.

Click here to see pictures of last year's fun!

 
Where:     Festival Artists
120 North Aspan Avenue
Azusa, CA 91702
(626) 334-9388
 
Directions:     Take the 5 Fwy north to the 57 Fwy north towards Pomona until it dead-ends into the 210 Fwy. Be careful not to get sucked into the 60 in Diamond Bar -- they're combined for a few miles, but stay on the 57! Take the 210 west towards Pasadena (exit on the left side of the 57). Take the Vernon Avenue exit and turn left onto North Vernon Avenue. Turn right onto West 3rd Street and then left on North Aspan Avenue. The float buildings will be on the left side of the street.
Let's meet up at the entrance gate at 12:45 and we'll be checked in and given our assignments then.
Click here for maps, suitable for framing printing.  
Bring:     Scissors; pruning shears; "dikes" (wire cutters); gardening gloves; old clothes that are warm that you don’t mind getting glue or other stain-able stuff on; a warm hat.
Cost:     This is a no cost event -- tell your chief you're coming, but no need to register.
Feel free to bring the whole family to join in this great (and fun!) volunteer opportunity!!!
 


Places to eat afterwards:

Marie Calendar’s (3.24 miles away)
1175 East Alosta Ave
Azusa, CA 91702
(626) 963-9475

Go north on Aspan Street towards 3rd Street (0.2 miles)
Turn right on 3rd Street (0.2 miles)
Merge onto 210 Fwy East towards San Bernardino (1.3 miles)
Exit on Citrus Ave exit towards Covina (0.2 miles)
Turn left onto South Citrus Ave (0.6 miles)
Turn right onto East Alosta Ave/US Hwy Historic Route 66 (0.4 miles)
End at 1175 East Alosta Ave.


Sizzler (2.79 miles away)
900 East Alosta Ave.
Azusa, CA
(626) 334-3443

Go north on Aspan Street towards 3rd Street (0.2 miles)
Turn right on 3rd Street (0.2 miles)
Merge onto 210 Fwy East towards San Bernardino (1.3 miles)
Exit on Citrus Ave exit towards Covina (0.2 miles)
Turn left onto South Citrus Ave (0.6 miles)
Turn right onto East Alosta Ave/US Hwy Historic Route 66 (0.1 miles)
End at 900 East Alosta Ave.


Shakey’s Pizza (7.38 miles away)
2520 South Azusa Ave.
West Covina, CA
(626) 581-4646

Go north on Aspan Street towards 3rd Street (0.2 miles)
Turn right on 3rd Street (0.2 miles)
Merge onto 210 Fwy East towards San Bernardino (1.3 miles)
Take the CA-39/Azusa Ave exit towards Azusa (0.2 miles)
Turn right onto South Azusa Ave/CA-39. Continue to follow South Azusa Ave (6.1 miles)
End at 2520 South Azusa Ave.

Outback Steakhouse (2.08 miles away)
1476 North Azusa Ave.
Covina, CA
(626) 812-0488

Go north on Aspan Street towards 3rd Street (0.2 miles)
Turn right on 3rd Street (0.2 miles)
Merge onto 210 Fwy East towards San Bernardino (1.3 miles)
Take the CA-39/Azusa Ave exit towards Azusa (0.2 miles)
Turn right onto South Azusa Ave/CA-39. Continue to follow South Azusa Ave (0.8 miles)
End at 1476 North Azusa Ave.

Old Spaghetti Factory (4.32 miles away)
1431 Buena Vista Street
Duarte, CA
(626) 358-2115

Go north on North Aspan Ave towards 3rd Street (0.2 miles)
Turn right onto West 3rd Street (0.2 miles)
Turn left onto North Vernon Ave. (0.1 miles)
Merge onto 210 Fwy West via the ramp on the left towards Pasadena (3.4 miles)
Take the exit toward Buena Vista Street (0.2 miles)
Turn left onto Central Ave. (0.1 miles)
Turn right onto Buena Vista Street (0.1 miles)
End at 1431 Buena Vista Street
 

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