Burbank Noon Rotary Casino Night Fundraiser April 18
Burbank Noon Rotary Club hosts Casino Night on April 18 at 2006 W. Magnolia Blvd. Tickets are $150, with proceeds benefiting scholarships and literacy programs.
The Burbank Noon Rotary Club brings its Casino Night fundraiser to the Burbank Association of Realtors on Saturday, April 18, with doors opening at 6 p.m. Tickets are $150, and the evening’s proceeds go directly to the Burbank Noon Rotary Foundation.
Guests can expect poker, blackjack, and roulette tables set up inside the second-floor venue at 2006 W. Magnolia Blvd, right in the heart of the Magnolia Park corridor. The Road Kings of Burbank will handle bar service for the night, adding some local flavor to the mix.
The charitable work behind the event is broad. The Foundation funds scholarships for Burbank students, supports literacy programs, and contributes to international health and sanitation projects. Casino Night is one of the club’s signature annual efforts to keep that work funded and to pull the community into the room together.
The sponsor roster for this year’s event reflects deep roots in Burbank’s civic and business community. The Burbank Association of Realtors stepped up both as the venue host and as a top-tier Poker Sponsor. Longtime Rotary member Kevin Knapp and his wife Marina, along with current club secretary Lynn Lipinski and member Steve Arakawa, round out the Poker Sponsor tier.
At the Blackjack level, College Help Squad, a local college admissions consulting firm co-founded by Burbank Noon Rotary President Cynthia Wagner, signed on as a sponsor. The Road Kings of Burbank, already pulling double duty behind the bar, also hold a Blackjack sponsorship.
The Roulette tier drew a strong lineup. Albert and Elizabeth Hernandez of HomeAgain LA are among the sponsors at that level. Albert Hernandez is a Past President of the Burbank Noon Rotary and a Past Rotary District Governor. The Volpei Gussow Real Estate Group, the Burbank Sunrise Rotary Club, Dr. and Mrs. Keith Sanneman, and the Akuin family also hold Roulette sponsorships. Jessa Markham, a past club president and the club’s current Member of the Month, and her husband Jared, contributed a Roulette sponsorship as well.
That level of buy-in from former club presidents, sitting officers, and longtime members signals something about how the club operates. This is not a fundraiser assembled by a small planning committee. The people writing the checks are the same people who have been running the organization and building relationships across Burbank for years.
The Burbank Noon Rotary Club has been a fixture in local civic life for decades. Its projects span the immediate neighborhood and reach internationally, which is typical of Rotary’s structure but requires consistent fundraising to sustain. Casino Night is one of the more visible ways the club keeps that pipeline moving while giving residents a reason to show up and spend an evening with neighbors they may not see outside of events like this one.
For anyone who has attended previous Casino Nights, the format is familiar. For newcomers, it’s a straightforward community fundraiser with table games and a bar, held at a central Burbank location. The $150 ticket price reflects the event’s fundraising purpose rather than a cover charge.
Tickets and remaining sponsorship opportunities are still available at burbanknoonrotary.org/events/casino-night-fundraiser-2026. The event runs Saturday, April 18, starting at 6 p.m. at the Burbank Association of Realtors, 2006 W. Magnolia Blvd, Second Floor.
