JIM DE BOOM -- Community & Clubs

Paul Salata, founder of Irrelevant Week, presented a check for $5,000

to the Orange County Youth Sports Foundation in recognition of the

group’s longtime charitable support of community youth athletic

organizations and graduating high school scholar-athletes.

The money represents part of the proceeds from the recent 25th annual

Irrelevant Week celebration honoring the last selection of the National

Football League college draft.

During the last 29 years, the Orange County Youth Sports Foundation

has contributed more than $700,000 in scholarships and aid to needy

community youth sport organizations, including $18,000 to 12 graduating

high school seniors from throughout Orange County this summer, said Ken

Purcell, president of the foundation. Irrelevant Week is relevant.

BREAKFAST ON THE BAY

Friends In Service to Humanity, also known as FISH, will be the

beneficiary of the Breakfast on the Bay, to be hosted by the Newport

Dunes Resort from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Oct. 7. For $10 a person -- children

12 and under are $5 each -- you will enjoy a sumptuous breakfast buffet

provided by the Dunes, live music, opportunity drawings for adults and

kids, a silent auction, free parking and a day pass to the Dunes Resort.

Friends In Service to Humanity, based in Newport Beach, serves all of

Orange County with the goal of “catching people before they become

homeless and hungry.” Tickets or information: (949) 642-6060.

MONTE CARLO NIGHT

People of all ages are invited to join the fun as the Costa Mesa

Senior Center holds its star-studded annual event, Monte Carlo Night,

Oct. 7 at 695 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa. Tickets are $25 a person, with a

$5 discount for seniors and includes a gourmet dinner, entertainment by

the Bob White Trio (formerly of The Platters), opportunity drawings and

$100 in playing chips. Funds raised will be used for the senior center.

Information: Saundra Abbott at (949) 645-2090

WORTH REPEATING

From the Newport Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis Club’s Scuttlebutt:

“Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now -- always.”

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS

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 coming week. Many clubs

will buy your first guest meal for you.

TUESDAY

7:15 a.m. -- The Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets at the Balboa

Bay Club to hear Mike Keyes and Ken Water discuss the International

Yachting Fellowship of Rotary.

6 p.m. -- The Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club meets at the Costa

Mesa Golf and Country Club for a business meeting.

WEDNESDAY

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

Club; the Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club meets at the University Athletic

Club.

Noon -- The Orange Coast Exchange Club meets at the Bahia Corinthian

Yacht Club for a business meeting; Soroptimist International of Newport

Harbor meets at the Santa Ana Country Club for a business meeting.

6 p.m. -- The Newport-Balboa Rotary Club meets the Bahia Corinthian

Yacht Club for a visit by District 5320 Gov. Price Shapiro.

6:30 p.m. -- The Newport Beach Lions Club meets at the Newport Beach

Yacht Club for a membership meeting.

THURSDAY

7:15 a.m. -- The Costa Mesa Orange Coast Breakfast Lions Club meets at

Mimi’s Cafe for a program on designing amusement parks.

Noon -- The Kiwanis Club of Costa Mesa meets at the Holiday Inn; the

Newport Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis Club meets at the Bahia Corinthian

Yacht; the Exchange Club of Newport Harbor meets at the Riverboat

Restaurant for a business meeting; the Newport Irvine Rotary Club meets

at the Irvine Marriott Hotel.

* 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 St.,

Suite 201, Newport Beach 92660-1740.