Cypress Community Festival to honor sponsors at mixer on July 26

The following information was released by the Cypress Community Festival Committee.

The Cypress Chamber of Commerce, in association with Cypress College, will host the annual Cypress Community Festival Mixer at the college from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 26. The mixer, presented by VANS, serves as a prelude to the annual Cypress Community Festival which will be held this year on July 28 at Oak Knoll Park.

What started out as a very small community festival 32 years ago to celebrate the city’s incorporation has turned into Orange County’s largest one-day event. As many as 30,000 area residents attend the admission-free event.

Festival attendees are treated to a Kiwanis Club-sponsored pancake breakfast starting at 7 a.m. The 5K and 10K Walk/Run begins at 7:30 a.m. There are exhibit booths, arts and crafts, food and games, a classic car show, an award-winning chili cook-off and salsa contest and spectacular entertainment on four stages throughout the day.

Cypress Community Festival sponsors will be honored at the Mixer. The official sponsors for 2012 are:

Platinum Sponsors

Aleshire & Wynder, LLP
Consolidated Disposal Service
Event News
Go Country 105 FM
News-Enterprise
Orange County Breeze
UnitedHealthcare
Yamaha Motor Corp USA

Gold Sponsors

Celebrations Party Rentals
Southland Credit Union
Warland Investments Company

Bronze Sponsors

Forest Lawn Mortuaries
Knott’s Berry Farm
Orange County Breeze
West Anaheim Medical Center / La Palma Intercommunity Hospital

Patron Sponsors

Bowman Real Estate
Chick-Fil-A
Courtyard by Marriott
Cypress Church
The Family Plumber
George & Lynn Pardon
Salon 25

Contributing Sponsors

Bob & Jean Koehler
Costco
Maderas Steak & Ribs
Savanna School District

Additional Festival information, applications, forms and history are available at www.cypressfestival.com. There is a $5 charge for the mixer.

Featured photo

File photo by C.E.H. Wiedel of Cypress College President Michael Kasler, recently retired; and North Orange County Community College District Trustee Dr. Barbara Dunsheath at the 2011 Cypress Community Festival mixer at Cypress College.