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CAN WE COUNT ON YOU and four friends to put together five Easter baskets - one for each of you - for needy Long Beach-area kids? In 2005, the project's first year, the goal was 350 baskets.
OUR GOAL in 2026 is 2,400 essentials-filled baskets. Please let us know if you can commit to help bring hope and cheer this Easter season.
g TAX-DEDUCTIBLE
Please Support Operation Easter Basket
RIGHT NOW, while the need is in your mind, won't you please donate? We receive no government funds, 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, $250 or another amount so that we can continue to bring you and our community fun events and meaningful projects.
CHECKS to Community Action Team, CA, Inc., or simply "CAT," Attn. Operation Easter Basket, 3040 E. First Street, Long Beach, CA 90803.
TAX ID: 05-0545777
• Each basket averages $25.
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Donations are tax deductible.
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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.
C.A.T. IS AN UMBRELLA organization that includes
4Halloween Kids' Costume Contest
4July 4 Kids' Bike Parade
4Interfaith Blessing of the Animals
4$1,000 National Kids Spelling Bee
4Nat'l Adult Spelling Bee
4Belmont Shore Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest
4Haute Dog Howl'oween Parade
4Operation Easter Basket
4Operation Santa Paws
45k/10k Long Beach Turkey Trot
4monthly 30-Minute Beach Cleanups
4Clothing giveaways to the underserved
4Bulldog Beauty Contest
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 a community.
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Justin Rudd!
Justin's motto:
MARK TWAIN once wrote: "Twenty years from now you will be more
disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you
did. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover."
MY MOTTO IS "EXPLORE. DREAM. DISCOVER."
I WANT TO Explore, Dream and Discover as much as possible in my
life here on earth, and I want my Web sites to empower, equip and
incite others to do the same.
I WANT TO help folks to find something
new and exciting to do and experience. That's why I I formed
my charitable organization and named it the "Community Action
Team"— a name that I feel encompasses all the varied activities
and events that I have (and will continue to) organized for the
good of our community.
WHAT CAN I DO to help you explore your potential, make a dream
come true or discover new frontiers? I hope to hear from you.
Yours
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Presenting sponsor: Christie Peck
Registration now open for volunteers:
2,400+ Baskets will be distributed March 29-April 5 at low-income schools in Long Beach.
22nd ANNUAL
SUNDAY, March 29, 2026, 11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. We are having a one-day volunteer effort to put together again about 2,400 gender-neutral baskets (for kids age 4-12) at Bay Shore Church. We welcome donations of products for baskets beforehand, and at the event. Volunteers of all ages welcome. See our product wish list below, and consider a tax-deductible financial donation at www.JustinRudd.com/donate
2026 Candy bar sponsor, Amanda & Kevin Johnson, in memory of Amanda's mother Mary Turner, affectionately known as Madam Sucre because she loved sweets!
 2026 Sponsors: Christie Peck, Amanda & Kevin Johnson, Port of Long Beach, Patrick & Elizabeth Schirmer
Wish List
Full-size body wash and/or body wash, 24-count crayons, large bags of individually-wrapped candy, boxes of granola bars, coloring books for ages 4-12. Boxes of full-size, popular candy bars from Costco, Sam's or Smart & Final.
Drop off items and/or completed baskets to the church's youth center, 5200 E. The Toledo, on Sunday, March 29, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Email Justin@JustinRudd.com with any questions.
Best way to help: Donate online now.
• Each basket should average $20.
• Please consider a gift of $25, $50, $100, $250 or more.
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Donations are tax deductible.
Will you drop off some completed baskets for Easter?
 Baskets should average about $20 and contain small toys, school supplies (i.e. pens, pencils), art supplies (i.e. crayons, markers), hygiene products (i.e. toothbrushes, full-size toothpaste, full-size shampoo and full-size body wash), essential clothing items (i.e. socks), and some full-size candy bars and granola bars.
NO TOY GUNS: Please do not put toy guns or toy water guns/sprayers in baskets for this program.
Host Committee 2026 Members Wanted
Will you serve on the host committee for Operation Easter Basket ? RSVP to Justin@JustinRudd.com if you can commit to:
• posting about it on social media, and
• donating (or getting donated by your friends, family, teammates, and co-workers) at least 20 completed baskets or $500 (or more) in cash or in-kind donations, and
• NOTE: there are no host committee meetings.
Contact Justin@JustinRudd.com
FILL A BASKET. FEEL THE LOVE.
Operation Easter Basket Delivers Hope and Cheer & Needs Your Help
 CAN WE COUNT ON YOU and four friends to put together five Easter baskets - one for each of you - for needy Long Beach kids?
OPERATION EASTER BASKET seeks to bring joy and hope to children in desperate situations right here in the Long Beach area through gift-filled Easter Baskets containing items such as:
• school supplies, (pens, pencils
• hygiene products, (toothbrush, full-size toothpaste, full-size body washes, and full-size shampoo)
• art supplies (Crayons, coloring books, markers)
• essential clothing items (socks)
• and some Easter candy and granola bars.
• Become a fan on Facebook.
Sign-up to volunteer at other CAT events here: JustinRudd.com/volunteer
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TELL A FRIEND
JustinRudd.com/easter
CONTACT
Justin@JustinRudd.com
EMAIL UPDATES
If you'd like to receive updates on this program, please SIGN-UP HERE.
 SINCE 2005, this program, began by Justin Rudd and his 501c3 nonprofit Community Action Team (CAT) in 2005, provides an opportunity for people of all ages to be involved in a simple, hands-on project while focusing on the true meaning of love -- the greatest gift.
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"Justin Rudd makes the Energizer Bunny look about as speedy as a fire hydrant."
-- Tim Grobaty, columnist, Long Beach Press-Telegram
"The best friend of Long Beach dogs." --Tom Hennessy, Long Beach Press-Telegram; April 5, 2005
"Meet Mr. Tireless. Sometimes we think that if Justin Rudd never moved to Belmont Shore, the place would be overrun with feral cats and you'd be able to walk from Ocean Boulevard to the sea at Granada on a luxurious blanket of Styrofoam and cigarette butts. Instead, thanks to his work and the word "tireless' didn't exist until Rudd began walking and talking with dogs and clean-ups and education and miscellaneous pageantry, the Shore is a better place to live."
-- Tim Grobaty, columnist, Long Beach Press-Telegram; March 2, 2005 |
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