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More than 80 Burlingame residents gathered over plates full of pasta while raising funds Wednesday night in the .

The Community Spaghetti Feed, hosted by the Burlingame Youth Advisory Committee (YAC), benefitted the Burlingame Youth Scholarship Fund and .

"We want to bring to light the Burlingame Youth Scholarship Fund, which helps kids from underprivileged families [participate in] our in-house camps and afterschool classes," said YAC Advisor Andrew Cheney. "I want people to understand that even though this is a privileged community, there are still people out there that need help."

The idea for the Spaghetti Feed came from a couple of YAC members who previously volunteered at My New Red Shoes, an organizations that provides clothing and shoes to underprivileged children for the first day of school. The organization discontinued what had been an annual Spaghetti dinner, so the girls came up with a plan to continue the event, while simultaneously benefitting the Burlingame Youth Scholarship Fund. The two groups split Wednesday night's profits 50/50.

The event highlighted local performers--including a musical trio from Burlingame High School, the Millbrae Dance Academy, Burlingame Intermediate School Cheerleaders and Peninsula Gymnastics--a raffle and plenty of food donated from Burlingame eateries.

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