JOIN THE ARAB COMMUNITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

For The Fifth Annual
PALESTINE PICNIC DAY!!

SUNDAY July 17, 2011, 11:00 am
Food: 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm

El Dorado East Regional Park - Golden Grove
7550 East Spring Street, Long Beach, CA 90815

ALL WELCOME!

Picnic Menu
hot off-the-grill beef and chicken kebab, hummus, falafel, salad,
beverages, coffee, fruit, soft drinks, water and more!

Games for Adults and Children
Volleyball, Soccer, Backgammon, Prizes,
Fun and Free Face Painting for the Kids, and more!!!

Music, Dabke!

Come spend a nice summer afternoon and evening with the Arab community and our friends!

Suggested donation:
$10 per each adult plate, $5 per each child plate (child is 12 and under)

Sponsorship
We welcome sponsorship to help underwrite costs associated with the picnic.
Sponsors will be recognized at the picnic unless requested otherwise.
To submit your sponsorship donation, please go to http://al-awdacal.org/pic5sponsor.html

Directions
Exit from 605 at Spring St; Take Park entrance on right side off Spring St; Follow main road toward Train Ride; Go Under Wardlow Bridge and take left at fork in road (away from Train Ride); Enter Parking at 1st picnic area on right.

Parking
City of Long Beach $7 per car all day parking at the park. Street parking is free.

Supported by various community organizations including
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition Southern California Chapters; Palestinian American Women's Association of Southern California; Palestine Children's Relief Fund; Students for Justice in Palestine at San Diego State University; Beir Zeit Society; US Omen; Friends of Sabeel Los Angeles; Committee for a Democratic Palestine; International Action Center Los Angeles, The Syrian American Council; Bethlehem Association; House of Palestine; El Bireh Society; Arab American Friends of Nazareth; CAIR-LA; Arabic Culture & Entertainment (ACE) of Southern California; ANSWER Coalition; Orange County chapter of the American Civil Liberty Union (ACLU), Art Miles Mural Project and others.

For further information please call
Janan 619-228-5380, Mazen 323-350-0000, Amani 805-390-6480 or Lulu 760-408-2222 http://al-awdacal.org

I-405 Please Note
Between Interstate 10 and Highway 101, I-405 Northbound will be closed on the week-end of July 17, 2011 for a 10 mile stretch; and Southbound for a four-mile stretch between Highway 101 and Getty Center Drive. No other sections of I-405 are closed. For people in the closure area, please plan your travel ahead and use alternate freeways such as the 5, 105, 110, 134, and others depending on your exact location.