Uptown Westerville is a Place to Gather for Great Parades!

This Saturday's July 4th Parade has a new start-time: 1 p.m.

Here is the 2009 Westerville Independence Day Schedule:

6:00 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. Registration for all Run, Walk & Children’s Run Events at Alum Creek Park

8:00 a.m. Rotary 5k Run & Walk

9:00 a.m. Rotary Children’s Fun Run 400 & 800 yard dash

9:15 a.m. Awards Ceremony at Rotary Amphitheater

1:00 p.m. Rotary Parade: Community Pride, Country Proud & W.A.R.M. Community Food Drive

▪ Estimated Parade Length: 3 hours
▪ The route: Heatherdown Dr. & State Street, then North on State to St. Paul’s Church.
▪ Bring non-perishables for the food drive! WARM volunteers will collect your donations during the parade!

If you'd like to volunteer to help WARM collect food in the parade, click here for more info or call WARM and talk with Karan Stempo 614.899.0196 (karan@warmwesterville.org).

The Westerville Uptown Merchants Association highly recommends Uptown Westerville as a place for most excellent parade watching!!

10:00 p.m. Rotary Fireworks Display

▪ Supported by The City of Westerville
▪ Launched from Alum Creek Park South and Behind Alliance Data.

(Fireworks Rain Date: Sunday July 5th - same time, same place!)

Click here to visit Rotary Club of Westerville online.




Original start-time for the parade was 1:30 p.m.