This year's Kiwanis Danville 4th of July Parade will honor local community service organizations. Each year, the Kiwanis Club of San Ramon Valley raises funds though parade sponsorships, entry fees and community service projects. To date, over $1,000,000 has been raised and donated to local community service organizations in the San Ramon Valley.
The Kiwanis Club of San Ramon Valley has been the organizer of the parade in Danville since 1975. The parade current draws 30,000 to 40,000 people, making it the largest single event in the Bay Area.
The local community service organizations who were awarded grants from the funds generated by the 2012 parade were announced at our Grants Breakfast last May, where nearly $42,000 in Grants were awarded to 40 separate organizations, including:
The David Romano Memorial Grant
awarded to
San Ramon Education Foundation
The Heller Jeweler Grant
awarded to
Monument Crisis Center
Stone Valley Center Grant
awarded to
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano
Goldstein-Enright Accountancy Grant
awarded to
Bay Area Crisis Nursery
Pleasanton Auto Mall Grant
awarded to
Cancer Support Community
Home Consignment Center Grant
awarded to
Down Syndrome Connection
Alamo Ace Hardware Grant
awarded to
Senior Helpline Services
Pete's Brass Rail & Car Wash Grant
awarded to
Shelter Inc. of CC County
Fremont Bank Grant
awarded to
Agape Villages Foster Family Agency
Also including the followng recipients:
American Assn of University Women
Assistance League of Amador Valley
Assistance League of Diablo Valley
Blue Star Moms
Camp Camelot
Child Abuse Prevention Council of CC
Children's Skin Disease Foundation
Contra Costa Interfaith Housing
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
Danville Community Band
Discovery Counseling Center
Families Helping Families
Friends of the Danville Library
Gardens at Heather Farm
Hope Hospice, Inc.
Hospice of the East Bay
Loaves & Fishes of Contra Costa
Moment by Moment
Museum of the San Ramon Valley
Nayeli Faith Foundation
Ombudsman Services of CC
San Ramon Library Foundation
San Ramon Historic Foundation
STAND! Against Domestic Violence
Sonrise Equestrian Foundation
St. Timothy's Adopt-a-Family Bike Program
The Taylor Family Foundation
The Lucille Glass Mauzy Foundation
VESTIA, Inc.
We Care Services for Children
Youth Homes, Inc.
In addition to awarding grants to the worthy organizations above, the San Ramon Valley Kiwanis Foundation also honored all requests for funding for Grad Nights to our public high schools and supported the Kiwanis Key Clubs in each of our four area high schools.
Some key points regarding this year's parade: - Parade Start 9:00 AM and ends at approximately 11:30 AM - Online registration opens on Monday, April 1st and ends on Sunday, June 23rd at 11:59pm. ALL parade entrants must register online. - To register online, go to www.kiwanissrvcart.com and submit your parade entry information. - Questions? Send an e-mail to kiwanisparade@gmail.com or call the Kiwanis Parade Hotline at 925-791-2633. - A mandatory pre-parade meeting for ALL parade entrants will be held on Wednesday, June 26th at the Danville Town Meeting Hall, 201 Front Street. There will be two sessions: noon to 1:00pm and 6:00pm to 7:00pm. Parade participants may attend either the noon or 6:00pm meeting. - Shuttle bus service will be provided before and after the parade for all participants. Pre-parade pickups occur at the Sycamore Valley Road park n' ride with drop off at the parade staging areas (at the beginning of the parade route near San Ramon Valley High School). After the parade, pick-up at Sycamore Valley Road to the staging areas. - Donations to the San Ramon Valley Kiwanis Foundation are tax deductible. Please use our 501(c)(3) tax ID #27-0244834.
Please note that the July 4th Parade starts at 9:00am and that spectator chairs may not be put next to the parade route until 6:00pm on July 3rd.
The Kiwanis Danville July 4th Parade is an incredible event which attracts over 40,000 attendees including local community residents as well as friends and family from areas far beyond Danville. The 2013 Parade starts at 9:00am and runs from the corner of Hartz Avenue and Railroad Avenue, continues down Hartz and San Ramon Valley Boulevard and ends at the corner of San Ramon Valley Boulevard and Sycamore Valley Road.
Previous parade entries have included:
Cruisetones 1950's Band
California Historical Artillery Society (mounted living history from 1840-1918)
Chinese Lion Dance Team
Concord Blue Devils (band and precision drill team)
If you have parade related questions, please check out our Frequently Asked Questions. You may also contact our 2013 Parade Chairperson, Henry Kitajima, via e-mail at parade@kiwanis-srv.org (preferred) or 925-791-2633 for additional information. July 4th Parade participant check in time is 7:30 am.
