Fairfield Wins Excellence Award

Fairfield Wins Excellence Award
By Daily Republic staff

FAIRFIELD - Fairfield won a statewide award for a charitable program created by the city's Community Services Department.

The Community Heroes program received more than $100,000 in donations from community organizations, which allowed the department to deliver services to the most underserved neighborhoods in town. Some of the money went toward the Fun on the Run program, a mobile recreation program for after-school and summer hours.

For the program, Fairfield received the League Partners Award for Excellence, which is given to "cities that deliver the highest quality and level of service in the most effective manner possible."

The award is handed out by the League of California Cities. Fairfield is one of 28 winners for 2006.