Long Beach Kids Connection plans to stage a fundraiser to benefit Children Today, an organization that provides daycare services to homeless children so their parents can work or look for work.
The second annual Taste of the Coast event will take place from 3 to 7 p.m.Sunday at the Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier, 15 39th Place.
The event will feature a Children's Fun Zone with face painting, balloon animals, art activities and other activities.
Two Long Beach bands, King Salmon and Lil Albert and the Blue Stars, plan to perform.
The event will feature food from more than 40 Long Beach restaurants.
Food and nonalcoholic beverages are included with admission. Beer and wine will be sold.
The event features a raffle with a grand prize of airfare for two and seven nights at the Manhattan Club in New York City.
Presale adult tickets are $50, teens $20, children 12 and under, $10.
To purchase tickets, visit http://www.lbkidsconnection.org/ or send a check to Long Beach Kids Connection at 6444 E. Spring, No. 223, Long Beach, CA 90815.
For information, call L.B. Kids Connection at 562- 233-4338.
john.canalis@presstelegram.com, 562-499-1273
