What

CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN -- Safe Communities Festival

When

4/9/2016

Where

Rowland Heights County Park 1500 Banida, Rowland Heights

Sadly, we will be cancelling our 24th Annual Safe Communities Festival at Rowland Heights Community Park this year due to the wet weather.  We hope to re-convene next year for our 25th Annual Safe Communities Festival in the Spring of 2017. 

We apologize for any inconvenience to our community and we do want to offer you the option to be involved in other events in our community.  Here are a few:   

•  Family Resource Center Fair  on May 14 from 9 AM to 1 PM at Northam Elementary School located at 17800 E. Renault, La Puente, 91748.  This fair is focused on serving our RUSD families with resources.  All items are free to the families and we also offer a free lunch and lots of other goodies.  *Community organizations who would like to register for a booth, please contact the Family Resource Center at (626)854-2228.

• Rowland Heights National Night Out at Carolyn Rosas County Park at 18500 Farjardo St. Rowland Heights, CA 91748.  This event will occur in early August 2016.   If you are interested in this event, please contact Deputy Denver at [email protected]                                

CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN

The community is invited to attend the 24^th annual Safe Communities Health and Safety Festival on Saturday, April 9, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rowland Heights Community Park. The festival celebrates the role all facets of the community play in promoting a safe, secure and healthy environment for all to enjoy. The Safe Communities Festival will feature more than 25 health and safety information booths, entertainment, food and game booths, public safety displays and demonstrations by community groups, Rowland Unified schools and public service organizations. Public safety displays include “Shakey Quakey” and a “JAWS of Life” demonstration from the California Highway Patrol.

            The official program kicks off at 10:30 a.m. with Masters of Ceremony Deputy Louis Denver, from the Diamond Bar/Walnut Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. There will also be a presentation of two $250 service awards for students from Rowland and Nogales High Schools for their community service work. 

            The Festival comes as the conclusion of the community-wide celebration of Safe Communities Week, April 4 - 9, 2016. The event is sponsored by Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe’s Office, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation Department/Southeast Recreation District, California Highway Patrol – Santa Fe Springs Office, Operation Safe Community, the Rowland Unified School District and the Rowland Unified School District Safety and Drug Alcohol Tobacco Education (DATE) Program.