Editing Temple City, California (section)

==Events==

===Camellia Festival===
'''History''': In 1944 a contest held by the Woman's Club of Temple City brought forth a slogan "Temple City, Home of [[Camellia]]s", from which stemmed the annual Camellia Festival. It was in recognition of the significance of family life that the Camellia Festival was founded. The festival, which has attracted national recognition in ensuing years, is sponsored by the City of Temple City. Its purpose is to encourage every youngster in the community to belong to one of recognized youth organizations and to participate in the affairs of their community. Only members of recognized organizations are eligible to enter the Camellia Festival Parade. The Royalty Coronation of two first graders is held the first Friday of February.

The annual Temple City Camellia Festival takes place the last weekend in February. A parade begins the celebration on Saturday morning. The parade commences at the corner of Las Tunas Drive and Rosemead Blvd. Commercial floats are not allowed in the parade, all work is done by the youth and carry the theme of the year.   A carnival is part of the three-day festivities, where the public may enjoy the hometown atmosphere in Temple City Park, while they participate in games booths and food booths, run by local service and youth organizations. Varied Cultural entertainment events are open to the community and welcomed guests.<ref>http://74.6.146.127/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=temple+city+camellia+festival&fr=moz35&u=www.ci.temple-city.ca.us/Camellia%2520Festival/2009%2520Camellia/2009%2520Camellia%2520History.pdf&w=temple+city+camellia+festival&d=d4-3RO8_U5Cq&icp=1&.intl=us&sig=lazKXxuPLzbdNentgxQwEw--{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref>

What began in 1944 started by the Women's Club of Temple City as a small parade of youngsters who tossed camellia blossoms to parade watchers, has now become a signature event in Temple City attracting an estimated 5000 children and more than 20,000 visitors to Temple City each year. The Camellia Festival is held on the last weekend in February which is only a part of the three-day festival. A carnival in Temple City Park as well as an Art show.<ref>{{cite web|last=Miller |first=Terry |url=http://templecitytribune.com/community/67th-camellia-festival-kick-off-breakfast-announces-grand-marshal-and-other-dignitaries/ |title=67th Camellia Festival Kick-Off Breakfast Announces Grand Marshal and other dignitaries |publisher=Temple City Tribune |date=November 6, 2010 |access-date=August 17, 2012}}</ref>

===Parish Fiesta===
The annual Saint Luke's Parish Fiestal takes place at the St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church in April. Located at Broadway and Cloverly Avenue, for three days, game booths, rides and food stalls are open to the community. Today, approximately 900 volunteers, young and old, work in the food and game booths throughout the weekend. Many of the volunteers worked when the first bazaars began more than 50 years ago. Every year, approximately 10,000 people enjoy the good food, rides, and entertainment throughout the weekend.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stluketemplecity.org/id152.html |title=St. Luke Catholic Church |access-date=June 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429043500/http://www.stluketemplecity.org/id152.html |archive-date=April 29, 2010 }}</ref>

===Farmers Market===
The Temple City's Farmer's Market is open every Sunday from 8:30&nbsp;a.m. to 12:30&nbsp;p.m. at the parking lot between City Hall and Temple City Park.