Big weekend for Burbank Sunrise at the Rotary District 5280 Conference! We were honored as the 2021-2022 Club of Excellence for small clubs and were awarded the banner for 100% Sustaining Paul Harris Fellows!! Congratulations President Maye on an amazing year!!
 

Burbank Sunrise Rotarians we’re fortunate to travel with others in District 5280 on a humanitarian trip to Puerto Rico. Our district completed a number of global grants and special projects in partnership with District 7000 in Puerto Rico. Over $230,000 was spent on 14 projects. We donated computers and training to a school to help with learning and also to teach their parents marketable skills. We provided baseball equipment to a specialized baseball community school where children use the sport to develope social skills, learn discipline, avoid gangs and drugs, and to provide structure. We provided new equipment and upgraded facilities at a homeless center where the clients are taught agricultural practices to provide for themselves, to feed other homeless or low income people, and to sell their excess inventory so that the center is self sustainable. We provided a photocopier to a center that provides a variety of services to a low income community. We rehabilitated parks, beaches, and playgrounds that had been devastated by hurricane Maria. We created an inclusive playground with adaptive recreational equipment where both physically able and challenged children could play together. We provided upgrades to center for domestic  violence victims including books and educational materials for the associated school. We expanded a recycling operation that funds treatment and therapy for recovering addicts. We provided children’s bedroom furniture to a local shelter. We provided funding that will help transform a vacant lot into a park that residents and families can enjoy. We provided for women to learn marketable skills and retrofit a storage container into a center to serve disabled children.
We also had fun with all our fellow Rotarians while enjoying this beautiful island. 
 

 

Burbank Sunrise Rotarians were up early to greet teachers as they arrived for their day at Roscoe Elementary School in Sun Valley! We gave each teacher a goodie bag with electric pencil sharpeners, post-it notes, whiteboard markers, colored markers, and folders. A shout out to our Interact Club for hand writing thank you cards for each teacher. Did you know the average teacher spends about $500 of their own money for supplies for their kids each year? The teachers were very appreciative! Great project!

Great Sunday Morning at our Breakfast Fundraiser at the VFW! Fun event! We had a great breakfast and fabulous raffle prizes that helped us raise money for our community service projects. Members had a fun time visiting with the folks who attended. A special shout out to our Interact Club for participating! Thank you everyone for coming and spending the morning with us and congratulations to all the winners!

 

Love was in the air with Burbank Sunrise Rotary’s Young at Heart event! About 130 of our community’s seniors spent a lovely afternoon at the Joslyn Center listening to the music of Rat Pack Ricky and Elvis. It brought back a lot of great memories! Guests went home with goodie bags, teddy bears, scarves and roses. Some even won prizes! Everyone was so happy, singing along and moving to the music! Another amazing Rotary moment! Check out the event on MyBurbank.com and the Burbank Leader!
 

 

 

It’s not all work and no play for Burbank Sunrise! We had a great club outing to Descanso Gardens for the Enchanted Forest of Light show followed by dinner at Damon’s Steak House in Glendale!

 

What an amazing night we had spreading holiday cheer to our low income Seniors in Burbank with carolers from the John Burroughs High School Vocal Ensemble. Along with our friends at the Rotary Club of Burbank, we presented them each with a Christmas stocking filled with handwritten notes and goodies and served them dinner thanks to The Cusumano Real Estate Group.