Petal Pushers^® Decorate the Lutheran Hour Ministries Float for the Tournament of Roses Parade

Petal Pushers ^® is a group of more than 4,000 volunteers who decorate the Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) Float and other floats for the New Year's Day Tournament of Roses Parade. Each year these volunteers travel to Pasadena, California, from across North America to help decorate the floats. 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 Ministries Float, but other floats as well to raise enough money to pay for the LHM Float entry fees and supplies.

The Lutheran Hour Ministries 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 LHM Float is to provide a Christian witness and the message of hope in Jesus Christ, to those who view the float in the media. Each year the parade is seen by more than one million people along the parade route and by approximately 450 million more through worldwide television coverage.

The Lutheran Hour Ministries 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 to volunteer online, view the current year's float, find lodging information, a map of the area, confirmation information, and much more!