Thousands of individuals have contributed about 7,000 hours of volunteer time so far – with an additional 6,000 hours anticipated – helping build the City’s 2009 Rose Parade float entitled “Making a Splash.” The volunteer support has illustrated passion for the community float-decorating activities leading up to the 120th Tournament of Roses Parade.
With New Year’s Day quickly approaching, volunteers have been busy cutting strawflowers and purple-statice confetti; crushing coconut; constructing tree vials; and cleaning rice at the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center in town and Fiesta Parade Floats in Irwindale, where the float is being built. Volunteers will spend the week of Dec. 26-31 in Irwindale putting the finishing touches on the community’s flower-bedecked float.
Building the float is a labor of love, requiring thousands of donated man-hours and support from the entire community. City officials are grateful for the heartfelt support and are elated by the volunteers’ enthusiasm for building this community’s float that will make a splash with its 5-foot-deep, 20-foot-long “lake” feature representing Lake Mission Viejo.
The public is encouraged to visit the City’s blog at http://missionviejolife.org and signup for its E-news at www.cityofmissionviejo.org to stay apprised of upcoming activities and news leading up to the Rose Parade.
