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27th Annual Holiday Parade “Home for the Holidays” Honors Troops
THE PALMS WEST CHAMBER invites you to celebrate with your family and friends at the 27th Annual “Home for the Holidays” Parade and Celebration Sunday, December 12th beginning at 1pm.This year’s Parade theme, “Home for the Holidays” ties in perfectly with this year’s focus on our soldiers, many of who will be home for the holidays for the first time since their deployment. Our Grand Marshalls this year will be a representative from each branch of our Armed Forces. One of the Marshalls representing the Army is Wellington’s own, 1st Sergeant Bobby Parlor, who just returned home from Iraq. This year’s parade will also feature a steel column from the World Trade Center which will be the centerpiece of the new park being built in Wellington, later this year, called the Patriot Memorial. The artifact is expected to arrive from Ground Zero just days before the parade. We are thrilled that it will be part of this special community holiday celebration.
The Holiday Parade is a favorite community tradition that will once again usher in the holidays for thousands of parade lovers who are drawn each year to view the creative floats, local high school marching bands, twirlers and dance troupes, magnificent horses, colorful clowns and costume characters, as well as the many celebrity guests. Besides ushering in the holiday season in the Western Communities, the Parade, also, raises thousands of dollars for scholarships awarded to deserving high school students. The route of the parade begins at Wellington Trace and cuts through the center of town, going down Forest Hill Boulevard, and ends at the new Wellington Town Center and Amphitheatre. And, much to the delight of the thousands of children lining the parade route, Santa Claus will undoubtedly makes his annual appearance before the day in done!
The 27th Annual Holiday Parade wouldn’t be possible without the invaluable co-operation of the Village of Wellington, the PBSO and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue and through the generosity of presenting sponsor Schumacher Family of Dealerships. Community partners include: South Florida Fair, Republic Services of Palm Beach, Southern Palm Crossing, The Village Shoppes at 441, Fidelity Investments, City of Greenacres, TKM Farms, Callery-Judge Grove, DiSalvo Trattoria, I’m Greek Today, Wellington Golf Cars, The Mall at Wellington Green, Wellington Regional Medical Center, J.J. Muggs, Two Men and a Truck, Whole Foods, Boynton Financial Group, Grapeseeker Advertising & Design, Christine Rose Photography, and Hill Audio Visual. Media Partners includeThe Palm Beach Post, Town-Crier, Wellington the Magazine, The Forum Group, Wellington Neighborhood News and Around Wellington. For more information and sponsorship opportunities call Mary Lou Bedford at 561-790-6200 for parade applications, please visit www.palmswest.com