Auto Club Begins First Day of Rose Parade Float Decorating at Rosemont Pavilion

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WHO:   Approximately 100 Auto Club members will converge on Rosemont 
       Pavilion to volunteer their cutting, gluing and climbing skills
       during the first day of decorating the Auto Club's float, 
       "Family Vacation."

WHAT:  The float is a fanciful depiction of the first "SUV" - 
       Supersized, Ultimate Vegetarian. It's a 35-foot-high dinosaur 
       with a vacationing family traveling on its back in a "mobile 
       home." Volunteer decorators will be cutting dried flowers and 
       gluing onion seeds, strawflower and other non-perishable 
       organic coverings to the float to get it ready for the Jan. 1 
       parade.

WHEN:  Saturday, Dec. 4, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
       (PHOTOGRAPHERS NOTE: Decorating is not likely to 
       start until 9 a.m. at the earliest, after decorator 
       check-in and orientation).

WHERE: Rosemont Pavilion (adjacent to the Rose Bowl)
       700 Seco St., Pasadena

WHY:   The Auto Club sponsors a float in the Tournament of Roses 
       Parade each year as part of its community service campaign to 
       raise money for charity. This year, Auto Club offices are 
       offering plush toy dinosaur replicas of the organization's 
       float in exchange for a donation of $5 or more to Orthopaedic 
       Hospital. Also, the Auto Club is conducting a toy drive in its 
       offices for young patients attending Orthopaedic Hospital's 
       annual holiday party.