The Burbank Kiwanis For Fun Aktion Club has been very busy indeed this year.
They've been right alongside their sponsor, Kiwanis For Fun, at various events lending a helping hand or selling popcorn and lemonade to raise funds for one of their fantastic projects.
Club Secretary Karen Young and Treasurer Sandy Saenz recently attended their first Kiwanis Convention where they ran the Aktion booth and were the featured speakers at one of the seminars.
Coming up on Nov. 4, the Aktion Club will be going to the Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House to help its sponsor club serve Happy Meals to the house's residents.
If that's not enough, the Aktion Club is planning its first fashion show to benefit the new Roy and Patricia Disney Cancer Center at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center. Members will end the year singing Christmas carols at convalescent homes on Dec. 9. In January, the Aktion Club will celebrate its second anniversary and installation of new officers.
The Aktion club is a community-service group for adult residents living with a disability. Burbank Kiwanis For Fun meets at 6:30 p.m. the first and third Thursday of every month at the Hillstreet Café, 3301 N. Glenoaks Blvd.
For more information, call Isabel Adams at (818) 824-7359.
Youth's Vision of Peace
Peace seems to be something everyone is searching for these days and the Lions Clubs International is providing Burbank's preteens with an opportunity to express their vision of peace on earth in the 19th annual International Peace Poster Contest.
This year's theme is "Celebrate Peace," and youth are encouraged to express their views on what peace means to them. The contest was established by Lions Clubs International to promote the awareness of world peace internationally among youth. For the past 11 years, the Burbank Lions Club has sponsored the local middle schools and the Boys and Girls Club of Burbank for this competition.
Winners of the contest will be honored at an awards presentation attended by Burbank officials, students, teachers, Lions and parents at 4 p.m. Friday at the Burbank Central Library.
The winner of this competition has the opportunity to proceed to the next round of competition. Burbank Noon Lions meet at noon on the second and fourth Thursday of every month at the Burbank Holiday Inn, 150 E. Angeleno Ave.
For more information, call (818) 955-8018.
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