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Shirt/bib pickup is tomorrow (Wed.), 4-5:30 p.m. or Thurs. morning. Please bring canned goods.

WED., Nov. 27: PACKET PICKUP & FOOD DRIVE, 4-5:30 p.m.

Please bring mac n cheese, breakfast cereal, canned fruit, tuna, or peanut butter for the AIDS FOOD STORE.

Long Beach Turkey Trot & Kids 1/2-Mile Wingding for charity

Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28; 22nd annual; 5000 E. Ocean Blvd. @ Granada Ave. (on the beach path).



Packet pickup and food drive is Wed. from 4-5:50 p.m. at the start line. Details at JustinRudd.com/trot PACKET PICKUP is WED. You can pick up your shirt and bib TOMORROW (WED.), 4-5:30 p.m. at the start line (or on race morning at least 30 minutes before your start time).


TWO 5K/10K START TIMES (run/walk)

• 7:30 a.m.

• 9 a.m.



SAVE. RATES GO UP TONIGHT.

• $40 5K/10K, til Nov. 26 (TONIGHT)

• $45 5K/10K, on/after Nov. 27 (cash-only at packet pickup and day-of)



KIDS 1/2-MILE WINGDING

• 8:40 a.m. (ages 8-12)

• 8:45 a.m. (ages 7 & younger) If you are running with your child, please also register yourself and wear your bib on your front. Rain or shine event.



No dogs on the course, no bikes, no inline skates, no skateboards, no scooters, no Native American costumes. Wheelchairs welcome. Service animals welcome.



Strollers and those who are walking are asked to start at the back of the pack.



THE CHARITY 100% raised goes to this charity. We will raise thousands for the 501c3 nonprofit Community Action Team (C.A.T.) for their events/projects that include the monthly 30-Minute Beach CleanupHaute Dogs, the $1,000 National Kids Spelling Bee, the National Adult Spelling Bee, the Fourth of July Kids' Bike ParadeOperation Easter BasketOperation Santa Paws, Long Beach Touch-A-Truck, the Belmont Shore Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest, Miss Long Beach and more. The group puts on more than 30 annual projects/events/contests focused mostly on animal, environmental and youth welfare.  MORE ABOUT C.A.T.


Questions about your payment or the Long Beach Turkey Trot, please email communityactionteam24@bradandbrad.com.



Volunteer for the Long Beach Turkey Trot


TEENS AND ADULTS: Can you help on the evening before Thanksgiving, and/or the morning of Thanksgiving? Sign up at www.JustinRudd.com/trotvolunteers

OTHER UPCOMING JUSTIN RUDD/ COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM (CAT) EVENTS:



• Operation Santa Paws

For the month of Dec. 2024, please collect pet toys, treats, cleaning supplies, and take them to your favorite shelter or rescue at a convenient time/date for you. We are not transporting items this year, nor gathering as a group to visit any shelters. Hosted by Justin Rudd, his nonprofit Community Action Team and Haute Dogs. 

JustinRudd.com/santapaws




• 30-Minute Beach Cleanup

Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024; 930 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



• Joy to the World! free Christmas concert - TICKETS AVAILABLE LATE NOV.

Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024; 5 p.m., 10th annual; Bay Shore Church sanctuary, 5100 E. The Toledo, free with donation of a pack of men's black athletic socks, or canned goods or non-perishables for a local food bank. Justin Rudd and his nonprofit Community Action Team present this free 26-piece professional brass and percussion group from the Southern California Brass Consortium.

JustinRudd.com/concert


• Long Beach Christmas Cookie Contest & Long Beach Bake-off

Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024; 6:30 p.m., 12th 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

Long Beach Turkey Trot registration: JustinRudd.com/trot

23 YEARS OF ROSIE'S DOG BEACH


CELEBRATE June 24, 2024, was the 23-year anniversary of dogs being allowed to legally play off-leash on the beach in Long Beach. 

HISTORY WAS MADE when, for the first time in more than 30 years, dogs were permitted to play on a Long Beach city beach on Sun., June 24, 2001, despite complaints from nearby residents that the pooches would leave a mess behind when the day was done. In order to both comply and defy existing ordinances banning unleashed dogs, the city allowed some K-9 freedom on the beach in what was called a "special event" to qualify for the one-time status. Local resident Justin Rudd and his bulldog Rosie organized and hosted that special event -- and the next 20 or so monthly, Sunday dog beach special events that continued successfully through the summer of 2003. 


Then, after a 15-month Rudd-led pilot program, daily beach off-leash access began in August 2003 and ended Oct. 31, 2004, when the Long Beach City Council unanimously approved the permanent "Dog Beach Zone." This beach area was officially renamed "Rosie's Dog Beach" on Aug. 3, 2010, to honor the life of Rosie the Bulldog, the dog who inspired this canine wonderland. It remains the only off-leash dog beach in L.A. County (10 million inhabitants). 


MORE

11-year anniversary: Free books for kids and adults, daily. Book donations welcome.

Riley's Red Wagon Book Swap is open daily 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, and can keep those forever or bring them back to exchange for five more. This project is hosted by Justin Rudd. Book donations are welcome.
Justin Rudd's Community Action Team (CAT)
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