Club hosts annual St. Patrick's Day brunch

The Burbank Civitan Club will hold its 41st annual St. Patrick’s Day Champagne Brunch on Sunday, March 11, 2012 in the Starlight Room at the Castaway Restaurant, 1250 E. Harvard Road. Burbank. The buffet brunch will include corn beef and cabbage and will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Doors open at 10 a.m. (remember to set your clocks to daylight saving time).

The entertainment will be provided by the very popular young Irish dancers from the O’Connor School of Irish Dance. There will be music for dancing, a silent auction, door prizes and fun for guests of all ages.

Proceeds from the event provide necessary funds that allow the club to help the many organizations they support like: BCR “A Place to Grow,” the annual Baseball Jamboree which features hundreds of young Hap Minor Baseball players, Special Olympics, the Civitan International Research Center for Mental Diseases, as well as other local projects as needed.

Tickets are $40 for adults and $20 for children under 12. To purchase tickets or for more information call Elaine Paonessa at (818) 845-6851 or DeeDee Ruhlow at (818) 843-6950.

The Burbank Civitan Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the first (at a member’s home) and third Thursday of the month at the Holiday Inn, 150 E. Angeleno Ave., Burbank. For more information contact Elaine Paonessa at (818) 845-6851 or at elainepaonessa@gmail.com.

Magnolia Park Optimists

I recently had the opportunity to visit our friends of the Magnolia Park Optimist Club and learn some of the good deeds they have been doing. One of their recent featured speakers was Barbara Howell, Director of the Burbank Temporary Aid Center, who impressed upon them how desperate BTAC is for food and personal items in order to continue to provide services to those who are in such dire need. The day of my visit, the club had filled a table top with canned goods, cereal, and more. It is my understanding that next week they will all bring toothbrushes and toothpaste. All these donations will go to BTAC.

They are also very busy planning their upcoming fundraising Golf Tournament to be held on May 18, 2012. For more information, contact Terry Scott at (818) 842-7950.

The Magnolia Park Optimist Club meets at 6 p.m. the first and third Thursday of the month at the Burbank Elks Club, 2232 Hollywood Way, Burbank. For more information contact Terry Scott at (818) 842-7950 or at tscott@earthlink.net.

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