Torrance firefighters' spaghetti dinner raises funds for burn survivors
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An annual spaghetti dinner at Ken Miller Recreation Center raised funds to support burn survivors and to send children to Champ Camp in Ojai, organizers said. City of Torrance staff and residents thanked volunteers and donors.
Torrance resident Mark Dutch and organizers at a community spaghetti dinner at the Ken Miller Recreation Center said the annual event raises money for burn survivors and sends children to Champ Camp in Ojai, California.
Organizers described the gathering as a longstanding fundraiser for the Alyssa and Rouch Burn Foundation. “It's a really special event that we're able to host and raise money for the Burn Foundation,” an event organizer said. The transcript records organizers saying proceeds “go to send children who have survived burn incidents to Champ Camp in Ojai, California.”
Volunteers associated with firefighters prepared desserts for the dinner, and organizers thanked families, spouses and other volunteers who donated baked goods. One speaker said the event is important both to the foundation and personally: the speaker said they grew up in the City of Torrance and have lived there most of their lives.
Alexandria Katsuridis, City of Torrance staff, directed listeners to the city fire department website for more information, saying, “Learn more about our fire department at torranceca.gov/fire.”
Details such as the event date, the exact anniversary year described in the transcript as the “50 first year,” and the amount raised were not specified in the transcript.