Mid April - Fullerton Observer

Page 20 SPECIAL EVENTS FULLERTON OBSERVER MID APRIL 2013
11th Annual Faces of Fullerton Festival
Downtown Sat., April 20th
by Pam Keller
The 11th Annual Faces of Fullerton will
be held in the Downtown Plaza (next to
the Museum Center on E. Wilshire
between Harbor and Pomona) on
Saturday, April 20th from 10am to 2pm.
Come spend the day with us! How can
you resist? So many Friendly “Faces” and
everything is FREE!
•8:30am Exercise: This year the event
begins with a free 5K walk from Richman
Park (corner of S. Highland and W. Elm
avenues in Fullerton) to the plaza on E.
Wilshire in Downtown Fullerton where
everyone will be treated to a free Zumba
class! The first 200 people to register will
receive a free t-shirt. The 5K is sponsored
by St. Jude Medical Center, City of
Fullerton and the Fullerton Collaborative.
•9:30am Breakfast: The YMCA will
start serving a free pancake breakfast at
9:30am at the plaza. Coffee has been
donated by Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf and
juices donated by the Taqueria de Anda.
Some Features of the Day
•Davis Barber from Fullerton Stories
will be collecting your stories orally. What
will you tell him?
•Dr. Barnett from Nicolas Junior High
- stop by and say hello. Ask him about his
plans for a new STEM program at his
school!
•Ellis Cha will bravely prepare the 400
pounds of Korean BBQ - a Faces of
Fullerton tradition and favorite!
•Sponsor Wells Fargo will host a “spin
the wheel and see what you win”!
•Leanna Forcucci-Herron will lead the
entertainment all day long. Come and
take a break under the giant canopy. Grab
a free Rubios Fish Taco, a free bottle of
water and get out of the sun for a bit!
•At the Fullerton Collaborative area
greet Fullerton School Board Trustee
Beverly Berryman, and add your thoughts
to the Tree of Life.
•Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva
will be hosting her own activity area.
•Spin Art will be all the craze at the
Monkey Business Café booth.
•Get your hands into clay at the
Muckenthaler booth!
•The Habitat for Humanity booth will
provide an opportunity to work on wood
•Origami will keep you busy at the
Fullerton Baha’i booth.
•The Fullerton Police Department
booth will have radar to find out how fast
you can throw a baseball
•Jerry Padilla’s Fullerton College
Students will serve a Turkey Dog lunch.
•Polly’s Pies will serve up pie!
Main Stage Entertainment includes:
9:30am: Zumba class
10am: Blue Grass Jam Band
10:30am: Eastside Christian Dancers
11am: Raffle
11:15am: Martial Arts Academy
11:30am: Nicolas Jr. High Choir/Band
Noon: Raffle
12:15pm: Ballet Folklorico
12:45pm: CF Dance Academy
1:15pm: Raffle
1:30pm: Fullerton Garage Band
This year’s theme, “Fullerton Growing
Together,” was selected as Fullerton comes
to the two-year mark of really hard times
in our community. We know that many
positive things have happened in the past
year and our community is ready to begin
a healing process. What better way than to
come together at Faces of Fullerton and
renew friendships with others in the community?
Pam Keller is the executive director of the
Fullerton Collaborative which puts on the
annual Faces of Fullerton event.
FULLERTON RAILROAD DAYS
Sat. & Sun., May 4th & 5th
The 13th annual Railroad Days event
features free admission from 9am to 5pm
on Saturday and Sunday, May 4th and
5th, and a great lineup of exhibits and
vendors.
PANCAKES & CREPES: The fun begins
with a pancake breakfast served by
Fullerton Boy Scout Troop 292 from 8am
to noon, and crepes served from noon to
closing on both days.
TOURS: Amtrak’s Exhibit Train, stretching
520 feet along the tracks; a BNSF
modern diesel freight locomotive;
Disneyland Railroad’s Ernest S. Marsh
Locomotive #4; and three vintage cabooses
will offer free tours.
DISPLAYS: A 330-foot by 40-foot covered
space packed with 12 extensive
model-train layouts in all gauges, plus an
outdoor Garden Railroad are included in
the many displays.
TRAIN RIDES: A trackless train ride, free
for ages 12 and younger, and the Buddy
Young train layout that youngsters can
operate themselves in the Welcome
Center.
VENDORS: Over 60 groups include railrelated
collectibles and souvenirs for sale,
nonprofit information booths, and an
expanded food court on Santa Fe Avenue,
complete with a large “dining car” tent.
LOCATION & PARKING: The Fullerton
Train Station is in the 200 block of Santa
Fe Avenue, east of Harbor Blvd. Free
parking is available throughout the downtown
area, including in the new 800space
parking structure on W. Santa Fe. A
pedestrian bridge connects the structure
to the Transportation Center event
grounds on the other side of Harbor and
a walkway through the Fullerton Train
Station Depot leads to the Railroad Days’
main gate on Pomona Avenue.
MORE INFORMATION: For more information
go to www.SCRPA.net or leave a
message at 714-278-0648.
Fullerton College Foundation Fundraiser
Train Station BBQ May 3rd & 4th
This year’s Railroad Days kicks off with
a BBQ evening fundraiser on Friday and
Saturday May 3rd and 4th for the
Fullerton College Foundation. The foundation
is partnering with the Southern
California Railway Plaza Association to
sponsor the Train Station BBQ dinners
which include private, after-hours tours of
railcars, exhibit viewing and a delicious
dinner provided by Brian’s Big B Barbecue
of Fullerton. Also scheduled each night is
a silent auction that will offer many gift
certificates from local eateries, tickets to
regional events, Disneyland Resort memorabilia
and Disneyland park-hopper tickets.
Reservations, at $50 per person, are
available with three dinner-and-tour
options of 5pm, 6pm or 7pm on both
nights. Proceeds support the foundation’s
scholarship program that annually awards
over $200,000 in scholarships to
Fullerton College students and provides
emergency loan support to students as
well. In its 53 years, the program has
awarded more than 10,000 students over
$3 million in scholarships, loans and
emergency grants.
Tickets for Train Station BBQ are available
at the foundation office at 315 N.
Pomona Ave., which is open 9am to
4:30pm, Mon. through Thurs. and 9am
to 1pm on Fridays. Or you may call the
office at 714-525-5651. For more information,
check out Train Station BBQ at
www.facebook.com/trainstationbbq