Auto Club Begins First Day of Rose Parade Float Decorating at Rosemont Pavilion.

WHO:   Approximately 100 Auto Club members will converge on Rosemont
       Pavilion to volunteer their cutting, gluing and climbing skills
       during the first day of decorating the Auto Club's float,
       "Family Vacation."

WHAT:  The float is a fanciful depiction of the first "SUV" -
       Supersized, Ultimate Vegetarian. It's a 35-foot-high dinosaur
       with a vacationing family traveling on its back in a "mobile
       home." Volunteer decorators will be cutting dried flowers and
       gluing onion seeds, strawflower and other non-perishable
       organic coverings to the float to get it ready for the Jan. 1
       parade.

WHEN:  Saturday, Dec. 4, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
       (PHOTOGRAPHERS NOTE: Decorating is not likely to
       start until 9 a.m. at the earliest, after decorator
       check-in and orientation).

WHERE: Rosemont Pavilion (adjacent to the Rose Bowl)
       700 Seco St., Pasadena

WHY:   The Auto Club sponsors a float in the Tournament of Roses
       Parade each year as part of its community service campaign to
       raise money for charity. This year, Auto Club offices are
       offering plush toy dinosaur replicas of the organization's
       float in exchange for a donation of $5 or more to Orthopaedic
       Hospital. Also, the Auto Club is conducting a toy drive in its
       offices for young patients attending Orthopaedic Hospital's
       annual holiday party.