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The Walt Disney Company donates one million dollars to the Boys & Girls Club for a new Clubhouse.

Drive down any sun-soaked Burbank neighborhood street and you’ll see well-manicured lawns, drought tolerant landscapes and charming homes, many built in the 1940s and 1950s. What you won’t see is what happens behind some of those doors.

After 74 years, Bellarmine-Jefferson High School has officially closed its doors. However, the building will soon take on a new life as “St. John Paul II STEM Academy at Bellarmine-Jefferson.”

State Senator Anthony Portantino honored Burbank’s Family Service Agency as 2018 Non-Profit of the Year at the State Capitol on Wednesday, June 6, it was both in recognition for the exceptional work the 65-year-old Agency does in his district and it was personal.

Paul Clairville has been Pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Burbank for 22 years and has turned to FSA time and time again when his congregants are in need of assistance. “In our mission work and the way we try to connect people to support systems, FSA fits hand and glove,” he says.

UMe Credit Union is collecting canned goods to support Burbank’s less fortunate. Donations benefit the Burbank Temporary Aid Center

Burbank Police Officers along with Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run teamed up Wednesday evening to help raise funds for Special Olympics serving food and drinks at California Pizza Kitchen.

On Saturday, April 21, the Burbank community filled Johnny Carson Park with compassion, generosity and physical fitness as they took to the paths and over the bridges of the recently renovated park for a 5k power walk or a casual stroll in support of Family Service Agency’s 11th Annual CareWalk.

The Burbank Arts For All Foundation held its “Party for the Arts” gala fundraiser last Friday at the Globe Theatre at Universal Studios Hollywood, honoring NBCUniversal, Guy Myers, and Penny & Michael Zambrano.

On the afternoon of April 19, families and city officials gathered at the ribbon cutting ceremony of the South Hills Children's Center located at 222 S. Victory Blvd.