6th Community Cleanup Day June 15 at Sierra Vista Park

The public is invited to the 6th Community Cleanup Day on June 15 to help brighten a Monterey Park neighborhood from the ground up. This June, the Monterey Park populace is encouraged to celebrate the summer season with a show of civic pride:

Saturday, June 15, 2013

7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Sierra Vista Park

311 N. Rural Drive, Monterey Park, CA 91755

RSVP 626-307-1388.

Check-in will begin at 7:30 a.m. with work starting at 8 a.m. RSVP by contacting the Recreation and Community Services Department at 626-307-1388 or recreation@montereypark.ca.gov.

Volunteers are asked to wear work clothes and gloves to pull weeds and trim branches as well as help paint retaining walls, handrails, picnic tables and playground equipment. Students will have the opportunity to earn service hours. Juice and donuts will be available in the morning and lunch will be served at the end of the event.

Monterey Park Community Cleanup Days are open to individual participants 14 years and older, as well as supervised groups such as scouts or service clubs. Participants under 18 years of age are required to have a waiver signed by a parent or guardian. Forms are available on the cleanup day page of the website or on the day of the event.

Because of the overwhelming success and attendance at previous cleanup days at parks such as Sunnyslopes, La Loma, and Garvey Ranch as well as the Cascades waterfall, volunteer space is limited and RSVPs are required.

For more information, please contact the recreation department at 626-307-1388 or visit the Community Cleanup Day page of the city website at www.ci.monterey-park.ca.us.

Monterey Park Celebrates Fourth of July with Free Entertainment and Fireworks

Happy Birthday America! Bring out that lawn chair, picnic basket, ice chest and invite the family to Barnes Park on July Fourth. Monterey Park’s annual U.S. Independence Day celebration will feature live entertainment, delicious food, activities for the entire family and the annual spectacular fireworks show.

Residents are invited to spend a festive day at the park filled with food, fun and the nighttime firework show. Kids can enjoy an afternoon of arts, crafts and games. The fabulous fireworks spectacular is scheduled for 9 p.m. Musical entertainment and the fireworks show are free, food is nominally priced.

2013 schedule of events at Barnes Park Amphitheater

3:00 p.m.  Food booths open

4:00 p.m.  Monterey Park Concert Band

5:15 p.m.  New citizen, military families recognition; dignitaries

6:30 p.m.  Rudy Macias Band (classic rock and R&B hits)

9:00 p.m.  Fireworks spectacular. (Ramona Avenue will be closed from 8 p.m. until the conclusion of the fireworks.)

Recognition of new citizens and military families

In addition to the food, games and entertainment, the Fourth of July Committee would like to encourage all new citizens and military families to contact the city in order to be recognized during the celebration for their achievement and sacrifice and receive a special certificate from the Monterey Park City Council. If you are a Monterey Park resident and a new U.S. Citizen, or part of a military family and would like to be included, please contact the Recreation and Community Services Department at 626-307-1388 by June 20.

Sponsors welcome

To conduct an event of this size requires the support of the entire community. Corporate, group and individual sponsorship is always greatly appreciated and donors will be recognized in the event program as well as in a future issue of the monthly Cascades newspaper. Individuals and groups who can make a financial contribution are encouraged to send their donations to: City of Monterey Park, Fourth of July Committee, 320 W. Newmark Avenue, Monterey Park, CA 91754. For more sponsorship information please contact Robert Aguirre, recreation superintendent, at 626-307-1390 or raguirre@montereypark.ca.gov.

For information about Monterey Park’s annual Fourth of July Celebration at Barnes Park please contact the Recreation Department at 626-307-1388 or search for “Fourth of July” on the city website at www.ci.monterey-park.ca.us. Barnes Park is located at 350 S. McPherrin Avenue, Monterey Park, CA 91754.