Families impacted by pediatric cancer will participate in the annual Children's Gasparilla Parade on Saturday. Caroline Wai and her family will join the Krewe of the Nautilus on a float. Other families with the 1Voice Foundation will also be on the float.

First, let’s go over the parade route. The Children’s Gasparilla Parade runs along Bayshore Boulevard, stepping off at Bay to Bay and ending at Edison Ave. It’s shorter than the Gasparilla Parade of Pirates which is the following weekend.

FOX 13's Aaron Mesmer reports on what to expect ahead of Saturday's 2025 Gasparilla Children's Parade, which organizers said Friday will be bigger and better than ever.

The city of Tampa has an interactive parking map that displays neighborhood parking for Children's Gasparilla. According to the city, "No Parking" and "Parking By Permit Only" signs will be posted and enforced Friday and Saturday beginning Jan. 17 at 12:01 a.m. - Jan. 18, and at this time, illegally parked vehicles may be ticketed and/or towed.

The city of Tampa is ready to kick off the week of Gasparilla with the Children's Parade. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said statements in President Biden’s farewell speech came much too late in a Thursday statement,