Irma Lemus
BURBANK -- For the past 10 years, the Burbank Health Care Foundation
has awarded grants to many of the city's nonprofit organizations.
The foundation, which owned and operated the former Burbank Community
Hospital, is now accepting applications for its 2001 grants disbursement.
The grants program began after the hospital closed in 1990.
The goal of the organization is to aid Burbank organizations that
provide health-related services to the community.
Recipients of past grants include the Burbank Center for the Retarded,
Boys & Girls Clubs of Burbank and the Burbank Family YMCA.
"Response from the organizations has been positive. We feel that this
is a way of helping nonprofit organizations better serve the community,"
said Robert Jensen, Burbank accountant and consultant to the foundation.
When the former Burbank Community Hospital, which had been existence
in Burbank since 1907, closed the foundation continued to assist Burbank
organizations, Jensen said.
In 1997, the foundation changed its name from the Burbank Community
Hospital Foundation to the Burbank Health Care Foundation since the
hospital no longer existed in the city, he said.
To be eligible for the grant, Burbank nonprofit organizations must
submit a completed application no later than Oct. 31. For more
information, call 848-5585.
