Justin Rudd's Community Action Team (CAT) | Long Beach, Calif.

<UPDATED APRIL 26, 2026	COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM (CAT)

THE MAIN PURPOSE of the Community Action Team (CAT) is to promote social well-being among the general public. As a 501c3 nonprofit corporation governed by a board of directors, contributions to CAT are tax deductible and are used to help produce quality events within our community that benefit children, animals, and the environment.

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I AM A FIRM believer in the collective power of individuals joined in a spirit of goodwill and generous giving to bring about the success of an organization. That's why we need you to get involved. - Justin Rudd!

Community Action Team, California, Inc. 3040 E. First Street, Long Beach, CA 90803

501c3/Fed. Tax ID# is 05-0545777

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Please Support CAT • a 501c3 Nonprofit

RIGHT NOW, while the need is in your mind, won't you please donate? We receive no government monies, and depend entirely on people like you.

WE HOPE YOU share our love for animals, kids and the environment, and our wish is that you'll consider a gift of $25, $50, $100 or another amount so that we can continue to bring you and our community fun events and meaningful projects.

CHECKS can be made payable to CAT, Attn. Justin Rudd, 3040 E. First Street, Long Beach, CA 90803.

501c3/Fed. Tax ID# is 05-0545777

C.A.T. IS AN UMBRELLA organization that includes:

• 30-Minute Beach Cleanup

• Belmont Shore Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest

• Bulldog Beauty Contest

• Camp Justin!

• Great American 4th of July Kids Bike Parade

• Haute Dog Howl'oween Parade

• Interfaith Blessing of the Animals

• Joy to the World! Christmas concert

• Long Beach Bake-Off

• Long Beach Christmas Cookie Contest

• Long Beach Touch-A-Truck

• Long Beach Turkey Trot 5K/10K

• Miss Long Beach Pageant
• Miss Southern California Pageant

• National Adult Spelling Bee

• National Kids Spelling Bee

• Operation Easter Basket

• Operation Santa Paws

• Say Cheese Long Beach! photo contest

• Sock-It-To-‘Em sock drive

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Some of the Justin Rudd/C.A.T. upcoming events and projects

• DAILY Riley's Red Wagon Book Swap
Open daily (unless it's raining) from about 8 a.m. until just before dark at 3040 E. First Street in Bluff Park. First-time guests can have five free books. They can keep those forever or bring them back to exchange for four more. This project is hosted by Justin Rudd.
JustinRudd.com/redwagon

• 30-Minute Beach Cleanup
Saturday, May 17, 2025, 10 a.m., or arrive at 9:30 to get a head start, 1 Granada Ave. Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team have been hosting the monthly cleanup since June 1999. Approx. 175 volunteers of all ages attend to help rid the sand of debris, so our beach remains clean and safe.
JustinRudd.com/cleanup

• Clothing & Shoe Drive for Homeless
June 1-7, 2026. 13th annual. Deliver items directly to Christian Outreach in Action (COA), 515 E. 3rd St. (there is a chute to put the items in; the chute is low to the sidewalk on the left of the double doors on 3rd St.) or to Bay Shore Church office on weekdays before 2 p.m.(or Sunday mornings). For Justin Rudd's birthday (June 6), he asks the public to give the gift of used clothes and shoes. Each year, several truckloads of goods are collected and donated to area homeless service agencies.
JustinRudd.com

• Camp Justin!
June 16-19, 2025; 14th annual. For a few days each summer, Justin Rudd takes about a dozen deserving high school seniors and graduates on day trips around Long Beach and beyond. In previous years, the group: flew to Las Vegas for an overnight and stayed in a 5-star hotel; flew to San Francisco; toured college campuses; meeting with elected officials; rode horses in Griffith Park; toured movie studios; dined with county commissioners, mayors and council people, spent the night on the Queen Mary, and much more. The goal of the Camp is to help the students to "explore, dream and discover" while showing them more of the world outside the neighborhood and school in which they spend most of their time. Presenting sponsor: Christie Peck.
JustinRudd.com/campjustin

•30-Minute Beach Cleanup (26th anniversary!)
Saturday, June 21, 2025, 10 a.m., or arrive at 9:30 to get a head start, 1 Granada Ave. Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team have been hosting the monthly cleanup since June 1999. Approx. 175 volunteers of all ages attend to help rid the sand of debris, so our beach remains clean and safe.
JustinRudd.com/cleanup

• Great American 4th of July Kids Bike Parade
Fri., July 4, 2025, 10 a.m., 21st annual, 1 Granada Ave., Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team host a few hundred kids on their patriotic-decorated bicycles, plus their parents, for a 2-mile ride along the beach bike path and the closed-to-auto-traffic-for-the-summer Bay Shore Ave. The day also includes patriotic speeches, and patriotic costumes. Free.
JustinRudd.com/bikeparade

• Kenya Service Trip
July 5-14, 2025. A 9-member team from Long Beach will help with various humanitarian projects in very rural areas outside Nairobi and outside Mombasa.
JustinRudd.com/kenya

• 30-Minute Beach Cleanup
Saturday, July 19, 2025, 10 a.m., 1 Granada Ave. Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team have been hosting the monthly cleanup since June 1999. Approx. 175 volunteers of all ages attend to help rid the sand of debris, so our beach remains clean and safe.
JustinRudd.com/cleanup

• 30-Minute Beach Cleanup
Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, 10 a.m., 1 Granada Ave. Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team have been hosting the monthly cleanup since June 1999. Approx. 175 volunteers of all ages attend to help rid the sand of debris, so our beach remains clean and safe.
JustinRudd.com/cleanup

• 30-Minute Beach Cleanup - California Coastal Cleanup Day
Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, 10 a.m., 1 Granada Ave. Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team have been hosting the monthly cleanup since June 1999. Approx. 175 volunteers of all ages attend to help rid the sand of debris, so our beach remains clean and safe.
JustinRudd.com/cleanup

• 30-Minute Beach Cleanup
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, 10 a.m., 1 Granada Ave. Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team have been hosting the monthly cleanup since June 1999. Approx. 175 volunteers of all ages attend to help rid the sand of debris, so our beach remains clean and safe.
JustinRudd.com/cleanup

• Interfaith Blessing of the Animals
Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, 5 p.m. 23rd annual, 5200 E. 2nd St. in front of Chase Bank, 90803. Free to participate and/or spectate. Justin Rudd's nonprofit Community Action Team (CAT) hosts about 250 people with their animals as they get "blessed" by about five various faith leaders.
JustinRudd.com/blessing

• $1,000 Belmont Shore Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest
Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 21st annual. 5200 E. Second Street. Justin Rudd and his nonprofit Community Action Team host about 50 adult artists who use the sidewalks of trendy Second Street to work on their large paper canvases.
JustinRudd.com/chalk

• Haute Dog Howl’oween Parade
Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, 2:30 p.m., 25th annual, beachfront grassy park and path in front of former Belmont Pool, 4000 E. Olympic Plaza (just west of Rosie's Dog Beach), Long Beach, 90803. Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team (CAT) host the biggest Halloween pet event in the world. There is a vendor and pet adoption fair from 12:30-4:30 p.m., but the highlight of the day is the 350+ costumed dogs as they parade a few blocks in front of a few thousand gawkers and a panel of judges. $10/advance/dog. There is no charge for humans to walk in the parade (with or without pets), and it's free to spectate. Front-row chairs can be rented on-site for $6/cash.
JustinRudd.com/howloween

• Teen/Miss/Ms./Mrs. Long Beach pageant and Teen/Miss/Ms./Mrs. Southern California pageant
Sat., Nov. 7, 2026: 7 p.m., concert hall/fellowship hall at Bay Shore Church, Belmont Shore. The Miss Long Beach Pageant was created in 1950 and is now produced by Justin Rudd and his nonprofit Community Action Team (CAT). The eight titleholders each receive $1,250 appearance contracts to volunteer at CAT events.
JustinRudd.com/pageants and
MissLongBeach.com and MissSouthernCalifornia.com

• 30-Minute Beach Cleanup - RAIN OR SHINE
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, 9:30 a.m.: 1 Granada Ave. Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team have been hosting the monthly cleanup since June 1999. Approx. 175 volunteers of all ages attend to help rid the sand of debris, so our beach remains clean and safe.
JustinRudd.com/cleanup

• Long Beach Turkey Trot & Kids 1/2-Mile Wingding for charity
Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, 2025; 23rd annual; 1 Granada Ave. is the start and finish. Two start times: 7:30 and 9:10 a.m. Walk/run. Also, Kids 1/2-mile Wingding
JustinRudd.com/trot

• Joy to the World! free holiday concert - TICKETS REQUIRED
Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025; 5 p.m., 11th annual; Bay Shore Church sanctuary, 5100 E. The Toledo, free with donation of a pack of men's athletic socks, or canned goods or non-perishables for a local food bank. Justin Rudd and his nonprofit Community Action Team present this free 25-piece professional brass and percussion group from the Southern California Brass Consortium.
JustinRudd.com/concert

• Long Beach Christmas Cookie Contest & Long Beach Bake-off
Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025; 6:30 p.m., 13th annual Bake-Off and Christmas Cookie Contest, Bay Shore Church fellowship hall, 5100 E. The Toledo. Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team host a few dozen bakers and checks to charities on behalf of the top-6 bakers with the best homemade holiday cookies and baked goods. The free awards/tasting reception follows the free, ticketed Christmas Concert by Southern California Brass Consortium (see concert listing above).
JustinRudd.com/cookiecontest

• Operation Santa Paws
For the month of Dec. 2025, please collect pet toys, treats, cleaning supplies, and take them to your favorite shelter or rescue at a convenient time/date for you. Hosted by Justin Rudd, his nonprofit Community Action Team and Haute Dogs.
JustinRudd.com/santapaws

• 30-Minute Beach Cleanup
Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025; 9:30 and 10 a.m. start times, 1 Granada Ave. Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team have been hosting the monthly cleanup since June 1999. Approx. 175 volunteers of all ages attend to help rid the sand of debris, so our beach remains clean and safe.
JustinRudd.com/cleanup

• 30-Minute Beach Cleanup
Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, 9:30 and 10 a.m. start times: 1 Granada Ave. Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team have been hosting the monthly cleanup since June 1999. Approx. 175 volunteers of all ages attend to help rid the sand of debris, so our beach remains clean and safe.
JustinRudd.com/cleanup

• Sock-It-To-‘Em sock drive for the homeless
Jan. 1-31, 2026; 24th annual. Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team (CAT) hold an annual collection of new pairs of socks with a goal to collect 25,000 pairs for area homeless men, women, and youth. The socks are distributed to area agencies. Most requested are men’s black crew socks. Wish lists at JustinRudd.com/target and JustinRudd.com/amazon
JustinRudd.com/socks

• Bulldog Beauty Contest & 12 more Haute Dogs Contests
Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, 9 a.m - noon, 21st annual, concrete boat launch ramp at 1 Granada Ave., at Rosie's Dog Beach. Justin Rudd and his nonprofit Community Action Team (CAT) host this event billed as one of the largest annual gatherings of English bulldogs in the world. Some of the other contests that day for all breeds/mixes include National Mutt Show, Best in Show, best large dog, and best small dog. The dogs will parade down the red carpet and get judged by real-life beauty queens, all to help raise money for CAT/Haute Dogs and animal welfare causes. $10/advance per dog; free to spectate. Register at
JustinRudd.com/hautedogs

• 30-Minute Beach Cleanup
Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, 9:30 and 10 a.m. start times, 1 Granada Ave. Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team have been hosting the monthly cleanup since June 1999. Approx. 175 volunteers of all ages attend to help rid the sand of debris, so our beach remains clean and safe. Rain or shine.
JustinRudd.com/cleanup

• $1,000 National Kids Spelling Bee
Sunday, March 8, 2026, 2 p.m., 24th annual, Bay Shore Church fellowship hall, 5100 E. The Toledo. Justin Rudd's Community Action Team hosts students in grades 3-5 from across North America as they try to spell correctly to win the $1,000 cash prize.
JustinRudd.com/bee

•$1,000 National Adult Spelling Bee
Sunday, March 8, 2026, 4:30 p.m., 20th annual, Bay Shore Church fellowship hall, 5100 E. The Toledo. Justin Rudd's Community Action Team hosts teens and adults from across North America as they try to spell correctly to win the $1,000 prize, and half of that will go to the speller's favorite charity.
JustinRudd.com/adultbee

•30-Minute Beach Cleanup
Saturday, March 21, 2026, 10 a.m., or arrive at 9:30 to get a head start, 1 Granada Ave. Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team have been hosting the monthly cleanup since June 1999. Approx. 175 volunteers of all ages attend to help rid the sand of debris, so our beach remains clean and safe.
JustinRudd.com/cleanup

•Operation Easter Basket
March 29, 2026, 11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at Bay Shore Church's youth center, 5100 E. The Toledo. 22nd annual. Baskets include items like art supplies, school supplies, hygiene items, toys, and candy and should be valued about $20. Bring items to go in the baskets. Sign up to volunteer at
JustinRudd.com/easter

• 30-Minute Beach Cleanup
Saturday, April 18, 2026, 10 a.m., 1 Granada Ave. Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team have been hosting the monthly cleanup since June 1999. Approx. 175 volunteers of all ages attend to help rid the sand of debris, so our beach remains clean and safe.
JustinRudd.com/cleanup

• Long Beach Touch-A-Truck
Sun., April 26, 2026, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at 1 Granada Ave. This 10th annual event is free, and it's CAT's largest event with about 4,000 kids of all ages who get to sit in the drivers' seats. It is hosted by Justin Rudd, his nonprofit Community Action Team (CAT), the Port of Long Beach and Councilwoman Kristina Duggan. About 100 large vehicles are expected to be stationed in the beachfront parking lot. Come climb aboard and explore. Some of previous years' vehicles included a street sweeper, garbage truck, cement mixers, a John Deere tractor, firetrucks, 18-wheelers, police cars, motorcycles, a city bus, cranes, forklift, and more. Free tickets:
JustinRudd.com/truck

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THE MAIN PURPOSE of the Community Action Team (CAT) is to promote social well-being among the general public. CAT is a 501c3 is governed by a board of directors. Contributions are tax deductible and are used to help produce quality events within our community that benefit children, animals, and the environment. Some monies also go towards event permits, insurance, Web hosting, refreshments, prizes, printing, advertising, salary and office administrative costs.

THE GOAL OF CAT is to implement programs, events, education, support and advocacy that will focus on such relevant issues as youth, education, the environment, our beaches, health/fitness, and animal welfare. CAT's mission is to embrace humanity with care and compassion, while encouraging those around us to explore, dream and discover the tenets of civility, kindness and understanding of all people.

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