LGBRC
Community Involvement Activities

Los Gatos Children's Holiday Parade

Approximately 30 LGBRC members and their families attended the 50th annual Los Gatos Children's Holiday Parade on the first Saturday in December. It is the oldest children’s parade in the nation. Although parade entrants are “required” to line up at 9:30 AM for the 11:00 parade start time, most of us gathered at 10:30, banner and coffees in hand. Due to our relatively low, i.e., good, start number (e.g., 48) we hit the North Santa Cruz Avenue parade route by 11:30. We walked and rode our bikes past the large and hardy crowd informing the town about their great cycling team and our next race. The approximate 25 word maximum LGBRC tag line “Los Gatos’ biggest annual sports event, the world famous Cat’s Hill Classic bicycle race, sponsored by SugarCRM. This bicycle race is part of the Lance Armstrong Junior Olympic Race Series” was read by announcers dispersed along the route. After a highly successful march down North Santa Cruz Avenue and Main Street we subsequent met at Tomato Thyme in Los Gatos for our annual carbo-loading pizza party.

Silicon Valley Marathon

LGBRC members volunteer to escort the leaders of the Silicon Valley Marathon from the start of the race in downtown San Jose along the route (typically the Los Gatos Creek Trail) and back to the start. The event is held mid-October.

Los Gatos Carriage Rides

Los Gatos Carriage Rides As part of our membership in the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce, we volunteer annually to work the annual Town of Los Gatos Carriage Rides on a weekend evening in December between 5:00 and 10:30 PM. (This year's date will be announced.) This event is the largest fundraiser for the LGCOC. While knowledgeable LGCOC people administered the finances of the rides, the LGBRC escorted riders to and from the carriages.