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THE MAIN PURPOSE of the Community Action Team (CAT) is to promote social well-being among the general public. As a 501c3 nonprofit corporation governed by a board of directors, contributions to CAT are tax deductible and are used to help produce quality events within our community that benefit children, animals, and the environment.
GET INVOLVED ON THE TEAM
I AM A FIRM believer in the collective power of individuals joined in a spirit of goodwill and generous giving to bring about the success of an organization. That's why we need you to get involved. - Justin Rudd!
Community Action Team, California, Inc. 3040 E. First Street, Long Beach, CA 90803
501c3/Fed. Tax ID# is 05-0545777
g TAX-DEDUCTIBLE
Please Support CAT • a 501c3 Nonprofit
 RIGHT NOW, while the need is in your mind, won't you please donate? We receive no government monies, and depend entirely on people like you.
WE HOPE YOU share our love for animals, kids and the environment, and our wish is that you'll consider a gift of $25, $50, $100 or another amount so that we can continue to bring you and our community fun events and meaningful projects.
CHECKS can be made payable to CAT, Attn. Justin Rudd, 3040 E. First Street, Long Beach, CA 90803.
501c3/Fed. Tax ID# is 05-0545777
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C.A.T. IS AN UMBRELLA organization that includes:
| • 30-Minute Beach Cleanup |
| • Belmont Shore Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest |
| • Bulldog Beauty Contest |
| • Camp Justin! |
| • Great American 4th of July Kids Bike Parade |
| • Haute Dog Howl'oween Parade |
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| • Interfaith Blessing of the Animals |
| • Joy to the World! Christmas concert |
| • Long Beach Bake-Off |
| • Long Beach Christmas Cookie Contest |
| • Long Beach Father/Daughter Dance |
| • Long Beach Mom Prom |
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| • Long Beach Touch-A-Truck |
| • Long Beach Turkey Trot 5K/10K |
• Miss Long Beach Pageant
• Miss Southern California Pageant |
| • National Adult Spelling Bee |
| • National Kids Spelling Bee |
| • Operation Easter Basket |
| • Operation Santa Paws |
| • Say Cheese Long Beach! photo contest |
| • Sock-It-To-‘Em sock drive |
• Full event list and calendar HERE. |
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Some of the Justin Rudd/C.A.T. upcoming events and projects
• OPEN DAILY Riley's Red Wagon Book Swap
Open daily (unless it's raining) from about 9 a.m. until just before dark at 3040 E. First Street in Bluff Park. First-time guests can have five free books. They can keep those forever or bring them back to exchange for four more. This project is hosted by Justin Rudd.
JustinRudd.com/redwagon
 • $1,000 National Kids Spelling Bee
Sunday, March 9, 2025, 2 p.m., 23rd annual, Bay Shore Church fellowship hall, 5100 E. The Toledo. Justin Rudd's Community Action Team hosts students in grades 3-5 from across North America as they try to spell correctly to win the $1,000 cash prize.
JustinRudd.com/bee
•$1,000 National Adult Spelling Bee
Sunday, March 9, 2025, 4:30 p.m., 19th annual, Bay Shore Church fellowship hall, 5100 E. The Toledo. Justin Rudd's Community Action Team hosts teens and adults from across North America as they try to spell correctly to win the $1,000 prize, and half of that will go to the speller's favorite charity.
JustinRudd.com/adultbee
•30-Minute Beach Cleanup
Saturday, March 15, 2025, 10 a.m., or arrive at 9:30 to get a head start, 1 Granada Ave. Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team have been hosting the monthly cleanup since June 1999. Approx. 175 volunteers of all ages attend to help rid the sand of debris, so our beach remains clean and safe.
JustinRudd.com/cleanup
•Operation Easter Basket
April 6, 2025, 11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at Bay Shore Church's youth center, 5100 E. The Toledo. 21st annual. Baskets include items like art supplies, school supplies, hygiene items, toys, and candy and should be valued about $20. Please bring items to donate. Sign up to volunteer at
JustinRudd.com/easter
• 30-Minute Beach Cleanup
Saturday, April 19, 2025, 10 a.m., 1 Granada Ave. Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team have been hosting the monthly cleanup since June 1999. Approx. 175 volunteers of all ages attend to help rid the sand of debris, so our beach remains clean and safe.
JustinRudd.com/cleanup
• Long Beach Touch-A-Truck
TO BE CONFIRMED: Sun., April 27, 2025, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at 1 Granada Ave. This 8th annual event is free, and it's CAT's largest event with about 4,000 kids of all ages who get to sit in the drivers' seats. It is hosted by Justin Rudd, his nonprofit Community Action Team (CAT), the Port of Long Beach and Councilwoman Kristina Duggan. About 100 large vehicles are expected to be stationed in the beachfront parking lot. Come climb aboard and explore. Some of previous years' vehicles included a street sweeper, garbage truck, cement mixers, a John Deere tractor, firetrucks, 18-wheelers, police cars, motorcycles, a city bus, cranes, forklift, and more. Free tickets available:
JustinRudd.com/truck
• 30-Minute Beach Cleanup
Saturday, May 17, 2025, 10 a.m., or arrive at 9:30 to get a head start, 1 Granada Ave. Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team have been hosting the monthly cleanup since June 1999. Approx. 175 volunteers of all ages attend to help rid the sand of debris, so our beach remains clean and safe.
JustinRudd.com/cleanup
• FREE Community Pasta Dinner on Sat., June 8, 5-6:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall of Bay Shore Church, 5100 E. The Toledo, Belmont Shore. All ages, groups welcome. Dine-in only. Two entree choices: 1. alfredo penne pasta w/ chicken and 2. spaghetti w/ marinara and veggies. Both include breadsticks, salad, cheesecake and non-alcoholic sodas/waters/tea. Can you join me for food and conversation? Limited to 150 people, so RSVP now at JustinRudd.com/pasta.
•30-Minute Beach Cleanup (26th anniversary year!)
Saturday, June 21, 2025, 10 a.m., or arrive at 9:30 to get a head start, 1 Granada Ave. Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team have been hosting the monthly cleanup since June 1999. Approx. 175 volunteers of all ages attend to help rid the sand of debris, so our beach remains clean and safe.
JustinRudd.com/cleanup
• Camp Justin!
June 17-20, 2024;
13th annual. For a few days each summer, Justin Rudd takes about a dozen deserving incoming high school seniors on day trips around Southern California and beyond. In previous years, the group: flew to Las Vegas for an overnight and stayed in a 5-star hotel; flew to San Francisco; toured college campuses; rode horses in Griffith Park; toured movie studios; dined with county commissioners, mayors and councilpeople, spent the night on the Queen Mary, and much more. The goal of the Camp is to help the students to "explore, dream and discover" while showing them more of the world outside the neighborhood and school in which they spend most of their time.
JustinRudd.com/campjustin
• Clothing & Shoe Drive for Homeless
June 1-6, 2025. 12th annual. Deliver items directly to Christian Outreach in Action (COA), 515 E. 3rd St. (there is a chute to put the items in; the chute is low to the sidewalk on the left of the double doors on 3rd St.) or to Bay Shore Church office on weekdays before 2 p.m.(or Sunday mornings). For Justin Rudd's birthday (June 6), he asks the public to give the gift of used clothes and shoes. Each year,
several truckloads of goods are collected and donated to area homeless service agencies.
JustinRudd.com
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