Applications still being accepted for Annual Flagler Beach Holiday Parade Dec 5th in Flagler Beach

PALM COAST, Fla. - Nov. 21, 2015 - PRLog -- The Rotary Club of Flagler Beach is accepting applications for the Holiday at the Beach Parade “Celebrating the Holidays at the Beach”, Saturday, December 5th.

The much anticipated Santa will parachute onto the beach at 1PM just north of the pier.  The parade will start immediately after “touchdown”.  Santa will jump on the back of the Flagler Beach Fire Department Fire truck as he welcomes in the Holiday Season in Flagler County.  The parade, as well as the Parachuting Santa, is a tradition in Flagler County and we invite all organizations and businesses to participate.

Attendees are encouraged to bring a toy for Project Share.  Project Share has been the major service project of the Rotary Club of Flagler Beach for 16 years.  Christmas toys, clothes and bicycles are provided to local children through this project.  In the parade there will be pickup trucks donated by Tom Gibbs Chevrolet for spectators to put their toy donations.

There will be a performance area at the intersection of A1A and SR100 and groups or marching bands are invited to perform.  The parade route runs from A1A North at 6th Street to A1A South at 6th Street.  The application can be downloaded from www.FlaglerBeachRotary.org, www.cityofflaglerbeach.com and www.flaglerbeachmuseum.com.  Questions can be emailed to info@ FlaglerBeachRotary.org.

Immediately after the parade trophies for Best of Parade, 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place for Best Marching Unit, Best Holiday Theme and Judge’s Choice will be given out at Veteran’s Park.

The Flagler Beach Fire Department will be hosting a children’s party with Santa.  The party will take place in the Fire Department located at 320 S. Flagler Avenue in Flagler Beach.

On Friday evening, join the City of Flagler Beach for Music in the Park with Christmas music and the lighting of the Christmas tree in Veteran’s Memorial Park. There will be lots of children’s activities and vendors from 6p-9p.

About the Rotary Club of Flagler Beach:   The Rotary Club of Flagler Beach was chartered in November 1991 and currently has 32 members; we are part of Rotary District 6970.  The Club is a service club that raises funds for local scholarships for adults and students, Project Share which provides holiday gifts and food for needy families, Flagler County Education Foundation, world-wide polio eradication, and a local project building multipurpose fields in Bunnell just to name a few.The Club received The United Way of Volusia Flagler’s ‘Service Club Volunteer of the Year Award’ earlier this year at the United Way’s Outstanding Volunteers of the Year Awards Luncheon.