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Dazzle
Light
parade
goal:
litter free
PUTNAM — The Holiday Dazzle Light Parade committee has named The Last Green Valley as this year’s parade Grand Marshal. In honor of The Last Green Valley, the parade committee will attempt the first “litter-free parade.”
Before the parade begins, an army of volunteers from The Last Green Valley, High Pointe Church in Thompson and the Quinebaug Valley Young Marines will hand out trash bags. During the parade, just before the fire truck division, volunteers will walk the parade route picking up trash bags from the crowd and depositing the bags into a Willimantic Waste truck. According to parade organizer Gary Osbrey, “Each year, approximately 20,000 people view the Holiday Dazzle Light Parade in Putnam and inevitably, there is lots of trash in the streets at the conclusion of the parade. We think this is a great opportunity to underscore the important work of The Last Green Valley and initiate a potential teaching moment for children and families who attend the parade.”
The 12th annual Holiday Dazzle Light Parade will step off at 5 p.m. Dec. 1 at the Grove Street monument and will travel through downtown Putnam, past Rotary Park and Riverfront Commons on Kennedy Drive and will end at the Owen Tarr Sports Complex on Providence Street. Rain date is Dec. 8. Entry forms are available at WINY Radio, the Putnam Town Hall on online at www.winyradio.com.