A few weekends ago, we ventured out to the Chuys children giving to children parade. It is held in downtown Austin every year on Congress Ave. The parade is meant to help Operation Blue Santa (about 30% of all donations come from this parade). Basically you watch the parade and at some point the entire parade stops. There are trucks along the parade, called "toy trucks," and when the parade stops all the kids run to the toy trucks to donate the toys they brought. Its reverse giving in the best form! It was really cool to see all the trucks pass us full of toys.
The parade itself was really cool. They had big floats and even bigger balloons (think Mini-Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade). I can't remember all the characters they had, but I do remember the coca-cola bear-go figure! It was huge!
Other than the fact it was cold and wet, I am glad we went. Thanks Jenny and GFC for joining us!
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