Submitted by Piru Neighborhood

The Piru Christmas Parade is scheduled for Saturday, December 8th. The Parade will start at 12pm with sign ups beginning at 10am. Festival follows parade and is over at 6pm. Music - Santa - Booths! The Grand Marshals of this year’s Christmas Parade are Tomas and JoAnn Torres.

Tomas and JaAnn’s Bio
Tomas and JoAnn Torres are both proud Piru natives. Tomas grew up the cowboy way of roaming the hills of Piru Canyon as the son of the caretaker of the Piru Dam and enjoyed hunting, fishing and working cattle. While growing up, Tomas participated in local sports activities and was a proud football player for the Fillmore Flashes. JoAnn grew up in a family that ran the local market, Sanchez Grocery, and volunteered their time to the community of Piru. JoAnn began her community work as a summer youth program coordinator at Piru’s Warring Park before she left to pursue her college career that included attending New York University.
In 2009, due to no sports programs offered in the town of Piru, Tomas and JoAnn worked with a group of community members to create Piru Youth Baseball. Later established as Piru Youth Sports (PYS), Tomas and JoAnn work to help coordinate a program that currently serves over 350 youth a year in baseball, soccer and softball as well as adult softball programs.
Tomas and JoAnn both work for the County of Ventura, Tomas almost completing 20 years of County service. Both have participated in Piru Neighborhood Council meetings, and Tomas completed the Piru emergency response program CERT. When not serving their local community, Tomas and JoAnn enjoy camping trips with their three children James, Thomas and Lily Jo and weekend BBQ’s.