COMMUNITY & CLUBS -- jim de boom

It’s a busy time of the year for all of us, but especially for service

club members as they do extra outreach programs and help decorate their

organizations’ Rose Parade floats.

Led by Eric Burton, members of the Newport Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis

Club are serving as volunteers at Share Our Selves weekday mornings,

helping with food distribution. To raise funds, Joel Carlson has club

members selling entertainment books and See’s Candy certificates. And

they enjoyed an early Christmas party on Dec. 3 at the home of Nancy

Bell while planning for a Jan. 15 tour of the Getty Museum.

After receiving a letter from Marc Katz, a teacher at Back Bay High

School who notes the direct contact Newport Beach Sunrise Club members

had with that school’s students during the summer and fall, club members

are signing up to volunteer on an additional monitor, mentor and tutoring

program.

Katz notes students “are so much more at ease and confident at school.

There is no amount of money that can buy that kind of improvement in

their self-esteem. Thank you. Thank you again and again.”

Members of the Harbor Mesa Lions Club are celebrating the success of

their recent fourth annual Holiday Boutique. They too had an early

Christmas party that included family members bringing food and gifts for

needy Costa Mesa families.

It’s a Chinese Christmas dinner for members of the Newport-Balboa Rotary

Club and the Costa Mesa Orange Coast Breakfast Lions Club as they hold

their respective parties this week at May Garden and the Golden Dragon

restaurants.

At the party, members of the Newport Balboa Club will decorate a

Christmas tree which will be donated to the Adult Day Services of Orange

County, and next week they will prepare food and gift basket for a needy

family.

The Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club recognized Athletes of the Month from

Estancia High School -- football player Sean Freeman and volleyball

player Lauren Cassity, who were introduced by their respective coaches,

Jeremy Osso and Lewis Carletta. Members are volunteering for the Costa

Mesa High School girls basketball Winter Classic to be held Dec. 27-30.

They too are selling See’s Candy and are preparing for the Jan. 15 White

Elephant Auction.

The Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club held two Christmas parties --

one for their adult members and spouses, and the other for children. Some

75 members and spouses of the Exchange Club of Newport Harbor enjoyed a

Christmas party at the home of Bill DeMeulle.

In their spare time between Christmas and New Year’s, members of

Exchange, Kiwanis, Lions, and Rotary and their families will spend time

in Pasadena putting the finishing touches on their organizations’ Rose

Parade float. Some 400 million people will see and enjoy the results of

their work on Jan. 1, 2000, on worldwide TV.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SERVICE CLUBS: D. Todd Anderson, Classification

Financial Services and Russell Williams, Classification: Stock Broker

NYSE., both of whom joined the Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa.

WORTH REPEATING: From the newsletter of the Newport Beach-Corona del Mar

Kiwanis Club, the Scuttlebutt ... “Love is like the five loaves and two

fishes. It doesn’t start to multiply until you give it away.”

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK: Want to get more involved in your

community, make new friends, network, or to give something back to your

community? Try a service club! You are invited to attend a club meeting

this week. Many clubs will buy your first guest meal for you.

TUESDAY -- 7:30 a.m.: The Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets at the

Balboa Bay Club for a craft talk by Lisa Miller and Tom Rockefeller. 6:30

p.m.: The Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club will hold its annual

Christmas party aboard the yacht Paradiso.

WEDNESDAY -- 7:15 a.m.: The South Coast Metro Rotary Club will meet at

the Center Club. Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club meets at the University

Athletic Club. The Exchange Club of Orange Coast meets at the Newport

Beach Yacht Club. 6 p.m.: The Newport Balboa Rotary meets at May Garden

for its annual Christmas party. The Costa Mesa Orange Coast Breakfast

Lions Club meets at the Golden Dragon for its annual Christmas party.

THURSDAY -- Noon: Kiwanis Club of Newport Beach-Corona del Mar meets at

the Bahia Corinthian Yacht. The Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club meets at the

Holiday Inn for its annual Christmas party. The Exchange Club of Newport

Harbor meets at the Riverboat for the Fireman of the Year presentation.

The Newport-Irvine Rotary Club meets at the Irvine Marriott for election

of officers and directors.

* COMMUNITY & CLUBS is published every Saturday in the Daily Pilot. Send

your service club’s meeting information by fax to (949) 660-8667, e-mail

to o7 jdeboom@aol.comf7 or by mail to 2082 S.E. Bristol, Suite 201,

Newport Beach 92660-1740.