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On Friday evening October 5, at the outdoor terrace of Burbank’s newly renovated Town Center Mall, 325 guests enjoyed a spectacular sunset and dancing under the stars as they celebrated Family Service Agency’s 65th Anniversary at the annual IMAGINE A CITY Gala.

“We’re a wonderful melting pot,” said Burbank Mayor Emily Gabel-Luddy near the beginning of her State of the City Address..

The Centers are a small but important part of the agency’s work with the young people in Burbank’s public schools. FSA has separate contracts with BUSD to serve the social and emotional needs of special education students, as well as foster and homeless youth.

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.