While once it was de rigueur for charitable organizations to simply lease a ballroom at a local hotel or restaurant and request supporters to don either black tie or business attire, today’s anemic economy has seen many fundraising groups scale back and stage more casual and creative affairs. That was certainly the case as the Family Service Agency of Burbank passed on the usual formalities of its annual “Imagine a City” fundraiser and presented a touch football game at Johnny Carson Park followed by a homecoming dance in the gymnasium of Providence High School this past Friday.
To kickoff this year’s fundraiser, there was literally a kickoff as members of the Burbank Police Department took on the Burbank Fire Department in a gridiron challenge that saw the firefighters better the cops by five points.
Immediately following the game, supporters of the organization, which has assisted local families by providing low-cost and no-cost professional clinical and psycho-educational services for 57 years, gathered for the evening’s main event that saw the awarding of the Mary Alice O’Connor Vision Award.
