W e e k l y RIALTO RECORD
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December 1 3, 2018
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City hosts holiday parade THIS WEEK Gloria’s Cor ner Pg. 3
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The City of Rialto Community Services Department presented the Holiday Parade & Tree Lighting Ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 8 in Downtown Rialto. Hundreds attended the family friendly event that featured a vendor fair, live entertainment, winter crafts, photos with Santa, and a visit from Mr. & Mrs Claus.
Rialto businesses get into holiday spirit by giving back By David Phillips
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nland Empire Explorer, the television show and allaround guide to everything awesome in the Inland Empire brought back their 12 Days of Christmas giveaways this year and Rialto businesses big and small jumped at the chance to get involved.
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Show host Joel Greene said during a live kick-off in the new Renaissance Marketplace shopping center that the first year the team looked at their remaining freebies they could give away during December before many of the items expired, and has since morphed into a giveaway event that takes an “all hands on deck” mentality to manage. The 12 Days of Christmas ran on the show’s Facebook Page, and consistsed of a combination of gifts people can randomly win themselves, opportunities to nominate a deserving person or family, and new this year - an effort to raise money for victims of the recent wildfires in California.
One of the things that Joel Greene says he loves most about the 12 Days of Christmas is how the show’s fans (over 67K on Facebook) are giving virtual high fives to the ones who win each day. In the mixture of NASCAR tickets, Mall Gift Cards and Christmas Trees that are part of the giveaways, Rialto businesses are getting into the exclusive gift giveaway extravaganza. In 2017 only two Rialto businesses were part of this holiday effort. This year that number has grown to 4 Rialto businesses that want to give back to the community this year. Rialto Flooring, a local home improvement store on Foothill Blvd and Lilac, is asking Inland Empire Explorer fans to nominate (2) deserving families to win $50 gift cards to Lucille’s Smokehouse and BBQ, and will also be giving away a couple of their popular company hats. Renaissance Marketplace, a major partner this year in making Giveaways, cont. on next page
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Inland Empire Explorer host Joel Greene, right, is spreading holiday cheer through the show’s 12 Days of Christmas. Joel is pictured with Santa at the Renaissance Marketplace during the live kick-off event.