2026 LULAC Scholarship Fund

Our LULAC Council 5285 Scholarship Application will be open March 1st, 2026 to March 31st, 2026. Link below to apply and info on requirements to apply.

Additional LULAC Council 5285 requirements: Must reside within 50 mile radius of Moline, IL; Must volunteer 3 hours of Community Service at our Annual LULAC Mexican Independence Day Parade & Fiesta on Sept. 13, 2026. If you are not able to volunteer due to school location, you may have someone from your family volunteer on your behalf.

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East Moline Parade/Fiesta 2026

Our 16th Annual LULAC Council #5285 Hispanic Heritage Parade & Fiesta this year will be on Sunday, September 13th, 2026 at Runner's Park, 742 15th Avenue, East Moline, IL 61244 and on 15th Avenue between 7th St. & 9th St. Parade will start at 12pm on15th Avenue, East Moline, IL 61244. Starts at 3rd St. and ends on 10th St. Fiesta ends at 9pm.

We are now accepting sponsors, volunteers, food vendors and non-food vendors / exhibitors and parade participants for our 16th Annual LULAC Council #5285 Hispanic Heritage Parade & Fiesta! Links below to the apps and registration forms. Please read all rules and regulations listed on the app. Food vendors must be accepted before they can pay (we will notify you of the approval) because we are limiting the food vendors to just 10-12 food vendors this year and apps fill up very quickly and they will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. We want our food vendors to succeed and have sales. We are expecting 3,000 - 4,000 guests throughout the day. VENDORS / PARADE PARTICIPANTS: PLEASE NOTE PRICES HAVE CHANGED AND WE ARE OFFERING AN EARLY BIRD SPECIAL DISCOUNT OF $15 OFF NOW UNTIL FEB. 28, 2026! Non-food vendors / exhibitors: Filling out the application with no payment received WILL NOT reserve your spot. You may pay online or mail check to our P.O. box. If you sell the same items as other vendors, we will try very hard to place these vendors in different areas of the event. But, if there are 3 or more vendors who sell the same item, we may notify you to let you know as a courtesy.

As always, your contribution will help us send more students to college! Our parade / fiesta is our biggest fundraiser of the year to help us raise for money for our LULAC 5285 scholarship fund. If you are or know a High School senior or college student, please let them know that our scholarship application goes live on March 1st, 2026 , here in this website, so they can apply for a college scholarship!

East Moline Parade/Fiesta 2023