Petal Pushers® Decorate 'The Lutheran Hour®' Float for the Tournament of Roses Parade

Petal Pushers ® is a group of more than 4,000 volunteers who decorate The Lutheran Hour float and other floats for the New Year's Day Tournament of Roses Parade. Each year, these volunteers travel to Pasadena, California, from across the nation. Individuals, church groups, teenagers, families, senior citizens, and Girl Scout troops are just a sample of the people who come together each year to volunteer and witness to others around them. Many volunteers "urban camp" on floors of local Lutheran churches. Volunteers not only decorate The Lutheran Hour float, but other floats as well to raise enough money to pay for our float entry fees and supplies.

The Lutheran Hour float is the longest-running-and currently the only-Christian-themed float in the Tournament of Roses parade, appearing since 1951. The mission of The Lutheran Hour float is to provide a Christian witness and the message of hope in Jesus Christ, to those who view the float in the media. In 2008, the parade was seen by more than one million people along the parade route and by 450 million more through worldwide television coverage.

The Lutheran Hour Float is a project of the Southern California District of the International Lutheran Laymen's League, the volunteer movement of Lutheran Hour Ministries.

Visit www.petalpushers.org to register online, view the current year's float, find lodging, information, a map of the area, confirmation information, and much more!