It’s Saturday! It’s a busy holiday weekend. There are holiday related events and unusual holiday gifts on today’s “Gayle on the Go!” report.
Let me suggest you take a look at the broadcast and then scroll down this page for more information I did not have time to tell you during the broadcast.
Enjoy! Please Stay safe! Merry Christmas!
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Register Now!
AARP Holiday Scam Prevention
Monday, December 18th
Zoom Workshop
events.aarp.org
According to the National Council on Aging, scams targeting older adults are on the rise. Last year the NCOA reported 88,262 complaints of fraud resulting in $3.1 billion in losses from people age 60 and older.
The agency reports the most common financial scams targeting older people include government impersonation scams, sweepstakes scams, and robocall scams.
So, you might want to register right now for the AARP Holiday Scam Prevention Workshop. The Zoom session is scheduled Monday, December 18th at 4pm. Register at events.aarp.org.
Christmas Around the World
Tree Exhibition
Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
40 Presidential Drive
Simi Valley
805 522 2977
reaganfoundation.org
All sides of the exquisitely decorated Christmas trees at Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley are featured in the holiday exhibit “Christmas Around the World.” They represent the 26 countries President Ronald Reagan visited as well as a White House Tree and a “Gold Star Family Memorial Tree. Gold Star families are invited to come to the library to add an ornament of their loved one. Details are on the reaganfoundation.org website.
Deadline Sunday, December 17th
Habitat for Humanity
Christmas Tree Lane 2023
Promenade Temecula
40820 Winchester Road
Temecula
951 296 3362 x 210
habitativ.org
This is the last weekend we can see the beautifully decorated Christmas trees, all 28 of them, for the annual Habitat for Humanity fundraising raffle. Tickets are only one dollar each. Increase your chances to own one of the gorgeous evergreens. 25 tickets are only 20-dollars. 60 tickets for 50-dollars. The habitativ.org website we can buy our tickets online or check out the trees and get your raffle tickets in person at Promenade Temecula. The deadline is Sunday, December 17th.
Kip’s Toyland: L.A.’s Oldest Toy Store
“Best Toy Store in Los Angeles” : 2023 Quality Business Awards
kipstoyland.com
Kip’s Toyland at the Original Farmers Market in the Fairfax District is the place find diverse and distinctive toys to put under the tree this Christmas. L.A. Oldest Toy Store specializes in classic toys, toys that do not plug in, and durable toys.
Learn more about the recipient of the 2023 Quality Business Award as THE BEST TOY STORE IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA on the kipstoyland.com website.
A Christmas Carol directed by Jesse Corti
First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood
1760 North Gower Street
Hollywood
323 928 7452
achristmascarolhollywood.com
Ohhh! Cranky! That’s Ebenezer Scrooge, the miserly protagonist of the Charles Dicken’s 1843 novella A CHRISTMAS CAROL. You can see him, cast and crew in the longest running Hollywood production of this holiday classic. The achristmascarolhollywood.com website this is the last weekend to experience this Hollywood holiday tradition.
Closing Weekend!
2023 Winter Fantasy
Sawdust Art & Craft Festival
Every Friday, Saturday, & Sunday
10am to 7pm
949 494 3030
Laguna Beach
sawdustartfestival.org
This is it! The last weekend of the Sawdust Art & Craft Festival’s Winter Fantasy in Laguna Beach. More than 160 Laguna Beach artists are here with their one-of-a-kind treasures from art to jewelry and more! Ticket information is on the sawdustartfestival.org website.
Hot Rod Power Tour West
Irwindale Speedway
Pomona
motortrend.com/hot-rod-power-tour-west
Hot rodding comes home for the holidays. The Hot Rod Power Tour West takes over the In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip today. The hotrodpowertourwest.us website says the four-wheel holiday fun begins at 11am.
Street Legal Dragway
Southern California Fairgrounds
18700 Lake Perris Drive
Perris
951 349 4027
streetlegaldragway.com
This is new! It’s the Street Legal Dragway in Perris, California, a drag strip facility specifically made for street legal cars, designed to deter the dangerous, illegal local street drag racing. Racing details are on the streetlegaldragway.com website.
The Negro Motorist Green Book
Smithsonian Institution
Petersen Automotive Museum
6060 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles
323 930 CARS
petersen.org
When I ask people if they know about the “Green Book” to people, folks reference the 2018 Academy Award winning movie. We can learn the real story at the Petersen Automobile exhibit THE NEGRO MOTORIST GREENBOOK. This new exhibition takes a look at the reality of African American travel during the Jim Crow Era in America. The 1936 Green Book listed businesses that would accept African Americans during segregation and highways that could be safely traveled without the danger of physical harm. The petersen.org has exhibition and ticket information.
2024 Rose Parade Volunteer Decoration Schedule
Dry Decoration
Saturday, December 16th @ 8am & 4pm
Saturday, December 23rd @ 8am & 4pm
Phoenix Decorating Company
Irwindale
phoenixdeco.com
Music is the theme of the 2024 Tournament of Roses Parade. Celebrating A World of Music: The Universal Language. All of the companies and volunteers producing the 40-floats we will see January 1st at the Rose Parade. Construction and float testing means volunteers are desperately needed.
According to the phoenixdeco.com website, click volunteer tab, dry material decorating happens every Saturday in December at Phoenix Decorating Company Please know you must register in advance. Be prepared to work a complete eight-hour shift. Volunteer decorators must be 13 years of age and older. Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty.
Get Involved!
Volunteers for Fiesta Parade Float Decorating
floatdecorators.com
Volunteer dry material decorators are need at Fiesta Parade Floats in Irwindale. Yes, you must register in advance and learn the rules of the road when it comes to this huge commitment. The floatdecorators.com website will tell you what you need to know.
Volunteer Rose Parade Float Decorators
Artistic Entertainment Services
aescreative.com/volunteers
Azusa’s Artistic Entertainment Services needs volunteers for the dry decorating process for its nine Rose Parade floats including the one they’re building for our Little League World Series Champion El Segundo Baseball team.
The little league champions were welcomed home with that hometown parade in August. Next for them, the internationally renowned, iconic New Year’s Day tradition of the Rose Parade. Again, volunteer decorators must register in advance. The aescreative.com/california website has all of the volunteer decorating dates and details.
Self-Built Float Organizations
*Burbank
*Cal Poly Universities
*Downey
*La Canada-Flintridge
*Sierra Madre
*South Pasadena
tournamentofroses.com/about/float-decoration-volunteer
There are six organizations of self-built float volunteers, who completely design and assemble their Rose Parade Float presentations. They are Cal Poly Pomona, Downey, Burbank, Sierra Madre, La Canada-Flintridge and South Pasadena. They all need volunteers. If you would like to help, check the website: tournamentofroses.com/about/float-decoration-volunteer.
Urgent Appeal for Pet Food Donations
Pet Food Shortage at spcaLA Shelters
Monetary Donations: spcaLA.com
Pet Food Donations: spcaLA.com/neededitems
You might want to put pet food on your holiday shopping gift list. spcaLA shelters are short food supplies to meet the nutritional needs of animals the nonprofit organization protects. A surge of homeless and abandoned pets is the cause according to spcaLA officials.
We can donate financially at spcaLA.com, where we can also find a wish list needed items and spcaLA drop off locations.
Holidays of Hope 2023
Guide Dogs of America / Tender Loving Canines
Sylmar
guidedogsofamerica.org
This holiday consider giving more than a store bought item, consider giving hope, the kind of hope offered by Guide Dogs of America and Tender Loving Canines. Donations make it possible for the nonprofit organization to provide service dogs for free to the visually impaired, veterans coping with PTSD, as well as families who have a child on the Autism spectrum.
It’s expensive to train puppies to become indispensable service dogs. The raising, care, and teaching ranges from 60-to 80-thousand dollar for each service dog provided to someone in need. That’s why the Holidays of Hope 2023 fundraising campaign is so important. Find details on the guidedogsofamerica.org website.
So, let’s make this “a HOLIDAYS OF HOPE” Saturday. Gayle Anderson, KTLA 5 News.