The Veterans Networking Alliance will honor police officers, firefighters, paramedics and other emergency workers with a vehicle parade through Tamarac and Coral Springs on Tuesday, Oct. 27. The event is the group’s seventh annual VNA National First Responders Day Salute.
The lineup starts at 11 a.m. at Tamarac City Hall, 7536 NW 88th Ave. The procession leaves the Tamarac Police Department, 7515 NW 88th Ave., at 11:10 a.m. and resumes in Coral Springs at 11:45 a.m. from the backstage lot of the Coral Springs Center for the Arts, near Fire Station 80 at 2825 Coral Springs Drive. It ends at noon at the Coral Springs Police Department, 2801 Coral Springs Drive.
Coral Springs Mayor Scott Brook, Tamarac Mayor Michelle Gomez, Parkland Mayor Richard Walker and Pastor Randal Cutter, chaplain of the Veterans Coalition of Coral Springs, are among the community leaders invited to take part.
Residents who are not driving in the parade can watch. Spectators can gather at the Tamarac Police Department by 11 a.m. or at the Coral Springs Police Department by 11:40 a.m.
Drivers must register in advance and arrive at Tamarac City Hall between 10:30 and 10:45 a.m. Vehicles must be decorated and in line by 11 a.m. Organizers said the drive between the two cities along Pine Island Road and Coral Springs Drive is not part of the official parade, and all traffic laws apply. Parade vehicles must leave Tamarac by 11:25 a.m.
To register a vehicle or ask questions, email VNAParade@gmail.com.
