< UPDATED JAN 5, 2024

GREAT AMERICAN 4TH OF JULY KIDS BIKE PARADE

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RED, WHITE & YOUTH !


LET'S TEACH our kids about patriotism and creativity. It's that simple! With this patriotic bike parade we hope to do just that. I hope you'll make plans to attend. We've been doing it since 2004!

Warm regards,

Justin Rudd!
Exec. Director
Community Action Team (CAT)

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Please Support CAT - Justin's 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.

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


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.

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
• Halloween Kids' Costume Contest
• Haute Dog Contests
• 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 Father/Daughter Dance
• Long Beach Touch-A-Truck
• Long Beach Turkey Trot 5K/10K
• Miss Long Beach 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
 
• Southern California National Anthem Sing-Off



• Full event list and calendar: HERE.

 


 


Kids and adults welcome in the parade! In lieu of an entry fee, please bring some tuna, pasta noodles, breakfast cereal or peanut butter that will be donated to agencies serving homeless men and women in our community.
Bike Parade set for 10 AM, July 4, 2024

• 9:50 a.m., Kids patriotic speech contest (90-seconds max., per speech), free
• 10 a.m., Bike parade, all ages, free
• FOLLOWING PARADE: 10:30 a.m., Kids patriotic costume contest, free
• 10:35 a.m. Awards on the boat launch ramp, cash prizes!

All events take place at 1 Granada Ave., 90803.

Port of Long Beach







SPONSORS: Christie Peck and Port of Long Beach.

MORE THAN 400 kids expected in Justin Rudd's "Great American 4th of July Kids Bike Parade"

Great American 4th of July Kids Bike Parade
Sponsored by Justin Rudd's Community Action Team (CAT).

Beachfront parking at 1 Granada Ave. during the parade. And, free street parking.

Bike Parade entrants

When you arrive on July 4 (pay for your meter at the kiosk):
1. put your bike in the parade lineup first (in the parking lot)
2. get your entry number from a volunteer when you sign-in (volunteers will meet/greet you in the lineup for this)
3. parade begins at 10 a.m. sharp
4. After the parade, stay for the awards ceremony at the end of the concrete boat launch ramp (contests listed below).

OTHER CONTESTS The contests below are free for all kids age 12 and younger and will take place before the parade. There are no age categories.
• patriotic speech contest, 9:50 a.m.
• patriotic costume contest, 10:30 a.m.

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Enter the beachfront parking lot at the end of Granada Ave. for parking. MAP

  4th of July Kids Bike Parade
July 4
10 a.m.
Parade

Free kids bike parade entry. Adults, teens & kids encouraged to ride.
PARADE Magazine bike parade Long Beach As seen in PARADE and on the TODAY Show on NBC.

BIKE PARADE START/FINISH
Meet at the boat launch ramp: 1 S. Granada Ave. (@ Ocean Blvd.), Belmont Shore, Long Beach, 90803.

PARKING AREA & DRIVING DIRECTIONS
click, enter at 1 Granada only.

SPECIAL GUESTS
• Miss Teen Long Beach
• Miss Long Beach
• Ms. Long Beach
• Mrs. Long Beach
• Miss Teen Southern California
• Miss Southern California
• Ms. Southern California
• Mrs. Southern California


SPECTATORS
Free to spectate. The out-and-back, two-mile parade route travels east along the bike path and continues down Bay Shore Avenue to Second Street. Bring a chair and a cheering section for these youngsters.

bike paradaeRULES
Kids are required, by law, to wear helmets and be escorted by a parent or guardian during the parade. By law, motor driven cycles are not allowed on the beach bike path.
By law, no dogs on the bike path.






PATRIOTIC SPEECH CONTEST
Bring your 60-90 second patriotic speeches at 9:50 a.m. to read to our judges before the parade (ask for judges area when you arrive). $10 prizes
. Judges will take in to consideration the age of the child.

bike parade costume contestPATRIOTIC COSTUME CONTEST
At 10:30 a.m., kids can dress up in lots of red/white/blue, or dress like Betsy Ross, the Statue of Liberty, Lincoln, Washington, Uncle Sam, Obama or some other patriotic character, and you might win! About five finalists will each receive $10 in the awards ceremony after the parade.

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VIDEO: What Matt Lauer said about our parade on the TODAY Show; and KTLA-TV Morning News live w/ Gayle Anderson.

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The Great American 4th of July Kids Bike Parade in Long Beach

first place ribbonFANCY FOURTH OF JULY harbor cruises, spectacular theme park fireworks shows and lavish community parades have nothing on this simple annual event in Long Beach. The city's Fourth of July Kids Bike Parade & Contest has got to make everyone smile and cheer with its old-fashioned appeal as hundreds of local kids decorate their two-wheelers and ride the sunny beach boardwalk. Red, white and blue streamers, crepe paper, balloons and American flags are on display and cash and prizes will be awarded to the top ten young future designers for originality, creativity, spectator appeal, and display of red, white and blue. Parade starts at 10 a.m. on the beach bike path at the end of Granada Ave. in Belmont Shore. --Sheryll Alexander, AOL/Digital City

PARKING AND NOSHING TIPS
If you're not close enough to ride to the parade start, enter the parking lot at 1 Granada Ave. to drop off bikes and park for free along Ocean Blvd. Also, Second Street has tons of family-oriented restaurants and is only three blocks from the parade start/finish line.

PRIZES & JUDGING
The Community Action Team (CAT) will award prizes to the top young bicyclists based on the following criteria: display of red, white & blue; originality; creativity; and spectator appeal.
The top ten decorated entries chosen by the judges will recieve a $10 bill.

SPONSORS
Justin Rudd and his 501c3 nonprofit Community Action Team (CAT), Port of Long Beach.

 





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