Library: Outreach 4th of July Parade Walkers 2026

Join the fun representing the library in the annual Hillsboro 4th of July Parade, the second largest parade in Oregon (only the Rose Festival beats us)!  Be part of the historical legacy of this community tradition.  You'll walk with the Library on the Loose van promoting the library!  You might wear a costume, you might throw candy, you might hold a sign, and you will be an enthusiastic representative promoting our Hillsboro Library!  The ability to walk the entire parade route (from Grant Street down 2nd Ave to Main to Cornell, back to Grant's Hare Field), keep a smile on your face, wave enthusiastically to the adoring crowd, wear your library tee shirt, lanyard, unless you are in an assigned costume, and report to the van's staging location (somewhere along Grant Street) by 8:30 AM on July 4.  Tons of fun and something you can say you've done (like building a rose festival float, ya gotta do it at least once as an Oregonian).  Pre parade snackage and beverages provided by the Volunteer engagement office.  Full details of where the staging area is, where you can park etc provided prior to the 4th.