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.
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