It's time for our annual neighborhood tradition!
The 2025 Block Party
Saturday, June 21st, 12 – 4 pm
on Claremont
between Marengo and Garfield
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Enjoy FREE FOOD: Tacos, hotdogs, popcorn, Snow-cones, and cotton candy! Get into the swing with the Gem City Jazz Cats! RAFFLE for Rose Parade tickets! Our MC is the sonorous Steve Preston! Our contest wrangler is the inimitable Danny Parker! Bake Sale and Book Give-away! Water Balloon Fight! Costume Relay! |
Check out pics from the 2024 Block Party below!
THANK YOU generous 2025 Block Party Sponsors:
MUSIC + BOOKS + GENERAL FUND
The Gem City Jazz Cats: Cindy Stone & Dave Kronberg, Janet Whaley & Steve Preston, Carmen Heath
General Operating Fund: Laura Stewart, Danny Parker, Wigglewag Dog Training, Anna Yeager
Comfort Station: Sandra & Terrance Davis
BOOTHS
Skye's Book Give-Away: Martha Little & Braidy
Frankenstuffers: Renee Rubalcava
Disaster Prep: Renee Rubalcava
Duck Pond: Emily Wright
Paint-A-Pot: Michael, Meriel, and Nat Stern
Cupcake Walk: Zoot and Monette
Temporary Tattoos: The Reynolds Family
WiggleWag Training and Dog Care: Cynthia and Nestor Escobar
Armory Center for the Arts: Anna Yeager
FOOD
Taco Stand: Grandview Foundation
Popcorn: The Slattery Family
Sno-cones: Ilana and Hector
Cotton Candy: Felix Pizza
Water: Renee Rubalcava
Bake Sale: Una and Karl Martin
Hotdogs: Una and Karl Martin
Veggie Dogs: Una and Karl Martin
Buns and Chips: Dawn Eastin and Brian Allison
Ice for sno-cones: Axel, Joel, and Marie
CONTESTS
Best in Atomic Dog Show: Renee Rubalcava
Limbo: Matt, Jackie, and Mila
Egg & Spoon Relay: Mann-Endieveri Family
Costume Relay: Mann-Endieveri Family
Hula Hoops: The Cota Family
Water Balloon Toss: The Cota Family
Water Balloon Fight: Jaime Kalenik and Evan Julien
Big Foot Relay: Danny Parker
Contest Prizes: The Reynolds Family
RAFFLE DONATIONS:
Rose Parade seats!
The Post Climbing Gym - day passes
Pasadena Heritage - Walking Tour tickets
Deluxe 1717 restaurant - $100 gift certificate
Garfield Heights Staycation - An Afternoon of Swim, Spa, and Snacks - $200 value
A set of Una Martin's watercolor notecards depicting homes on the GHNA Home Tour - $200
Assorted GHNA merch: water bottles, recipe books, tote bag, and T-shirts
50-50 raffle - split 1/2 the pot with GH
VOLUNTEERS
All food, booths, and contests are now sponsored!
Way to go GHNA!!!
What we need now are volunteers, baked goods for the Bake Sale,
and items for the Raffle!
HURRY! Times running out!
It takes an entire neighborhood to make the Block Party a success! PLEASE VOLUNTEER!
Volunteer Sign Up: Click HERE!
A large part of the fun of the BP is volunteering! If you can spare an hour or two, please sign up to set up or clean up the Block Party, assist at one of the game booths, sell cookies at the Bake Sale, serve snow-cones or cotton candy, and much more! Teens, do you need volunteer service hours? (We know you do!) Sign up to work at the BP!
Baker Sign Up: Click HERE!
Drop off your baked goods at the Bake Sale booth on Claremont between 11:30am – 12 noon (ideally) or until 1:00pm. Text or email Jeni Shin to coordinate earlier drop off at an earlier time. Text 949-302-1348 or email [email protected]
Donate RAFFLE Items!
We're looking for complimentary tickets to theater performances, concerts, and sporting events; garden, museum, and gym memberships; movie passes; hi-end electronics; retail and restaurant gift cards; spa gift baskets; etc. To donate a raffle item, please email: [email protected]
Donate Clean Stuffed Animals!
Do you have a pile of plush toys taking up space? Want to give them a second life? Well, the Block party is the answer. They'll be lovingly cut into pieces and stitched into an original, combo animal at the Frankenstuffers booth! We are just looking for stuffed animals with the fluffy fill inside. No beanie babies or pellet-filled plushies. Please bring your washed stuffed animals in good condition to 1185 N. Marengo Ave. by Friday, June 20. Please leave them on the front porch.
Donate Books for the Book Giveaway!
Please drop off NEW/gently used books in excellent condition at 1186 N. Marengo Ave by June 15.
If you have any questions, please email: [email protected]
If you have any questions, please email: [email protected]
To sponsor the 2025 Block Party:
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1. Zelle
Open your banking app and find "Send Money with Zelle." Select "Send Money" and enter the phone number: 310-591-4785. The recipient name is "Schoene Mahmood." Under "What's this for?" please write "BLOCK PARTY" and the booth, contest, food, or music that you wish to sponsor. And please include the names we should acknowledge on the sponsor signs. |
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2017 Block Party trailer by Michael e. Stern
Click HERE to see many more pics of the annual GHNA Block Party, dating way back....