About Float Participation
The OneLegacy Donate Life Float’s Riders, Walkers and Floragraph Honorees represent millions of people touched by organ, eye and tissue donation. As participants, they become family members of the most inspiring float in one of the most-watched events in the world. An estimated 700,000 parade spectators and over 45 million U.S. television viewers saw last year’s OneLegacy Donate Life float. Millions more heard about the Donate Life mission in broadcast and print news stories about the float and its participants. The 136th Rose Parade will take place on January 1, 2025 at 8:00am PST.
If you are interested in participating as a rider or walker, or having a loved one represented on the float as a floragraph, the first step would be to contact the institution that facilitated the transplant or the recovery (transplant center or organ procurement organization) and ask if they participate in the parade. Each sponsor has their own criteria by which honorees are selected and those institutions can let you know how to apply. OneLegacy, as a sponsor and not the producer of the OLDLRP float, has organ, eye and tissue donors, recipients and living donors selected from the seven counties we serve. Please visit our website at www.OneLegacy.org to view the floragraph application (deceased donor) and the Ambassador Rider/Walk (transplant recipient/living donor) application.