Who remembers Giggles?

How many of you remember Giggle's? Remember several years back when Giggle's was open to all ages - I believe it was on Tuesday nights during the summers (and spring break). Man, Emily and I loved going to Giggles and doing our thing - of course, it was a whole bunch of Jr High/HS drama but you gotta admit, we had fun. And for most of us, it was our first chance to go to a "club."

Well, what I bet you didn't know all this time was that Giggle's student nights were put on by two community activists (one of them being Dick Seeley - you may remember the name if you keep up with Glendale politics) and the money raised from the event over the years was donated to the Glendale Community Foundation for Scholarships!

So, all that "partying" was actually productive and thanks to us, some high school students will get a couple bucks towards college. Doesn't that make you feel all warm and fuzzy?


(Excerpt from the Glendale Community Foundation website:)

When Marilyn Wiechmann and Dick Seeley began their "Giggles Dance Nights" in 1995, they could hardly anticipate the legacy they would be creating.

And when area students began dancing their brains out at the Brand Blvd. nightclub they could never have imagined that they would be helping future area students.

But that's exactly what they ended up doing by selling enough tickets to the periodic Wednesday night student dances that they were able to contribute more than $3,500 to the Glendale Scholarship Fund at the Glendale Community Foundation.

And when Edmond and Garnik Galoostian began donating the use of their Brand Blvd. business as a safe and secure place for local high schoolers, they simply wanted to help today's kids. But they put in motion the means by which as many as 1,500 kids a year attended the dances, paying $10 at the door for a night of dancing, pizza, soda and pool.

A mixture of students from both public and private high schools in La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta, and Glendale, the dances made an inadvertent profit. When their administration was turned over to the Glendale Family YMCA earlier this year, Wiechmann and Seeley turned to the Community Foundation.

"We felt that the kids who have come to the dances over the years would want the profits to be used for other students," said Wiechman. "So, after talking with staff of the Community Foundation, we found that Chuck Sambar had started an endowed scholarship fund that would provide a steady stream of earnings for future kids. And we liked that these scholarships would be for either college or vocational students."

Seeley added, " The history of the Community Foundation gave us peace of mind that the money will be well used for many years to come."