JIM DE BOOM -- Community & Clubs

552 CLUB JUNIORS: “Celebrate the Holidays” with the 552 Club Juniors

at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Balboa Pavilion. At $55 per person, the holiday

party festivities include dinner set against the festive backdrop of the

Newport Harbor Boat Parade, dancing to “Blue Machine,” 50/50 drawing and

silent auction, and presentations of the Coslow and Davies Outstanding

Juniors Awards. Funds raised will go toward the new Women’s Pavilion at

Hoag Hospital. Organizers note this is a great way to kick off the

Holiday Season and make new friends. Membership in the 552 Club is not

required to attend. For reservations, please call (949) 574-7212.

READING BY NINE: Daily Pilot readers have contributed more than $4,500

to the Reading by Nine fund-raising drive to buy books for three Costa

Mesa elementary schools -- Pomona, Whittier and Wilson. Contributions

have ranged from $10 to $1,500, and we seek to match the $7,800 challenge

money provided by Fountain of Youth Funds from the Rotary Clubs of

Newport-Balboa, Newport-Irvine and Newport Sunrise.

A donation of $70 was received at the Pilot from the students and

teachers of the first grade at Anderson Elementary School in Corona del

Mar. Parent Deede Bemis points out that the $70 is the first-place prize

from the UC Irvine Rainbow Art Contest won by the Anderson students in

November. Many thanks to theAnderson students and teachers for caring and

sharing!

Reading book orders must be placed by Dec. 31, and your contributions

are welcome, as we still have to match $3,300. Make your check payable to

Rotary 5320 Foundation and mail it to Daily Pilot Promotions Department,

Reading by Nine Book Drive, P.O. Box 1560, Costa Mesa, CA 92628.

YACHTSMEN’S LUNCHEON: If you have time Wednesday, join in at the

Yachtsmen’s Luncheon held at noon at the Newport Harbor Yacht Club to

hear a presentation by Orange Coast College’s Brad Avery on the Alaska

Eagle cruising to Chile and the Antarctic.

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.

TODAY

5:30 p.m.: The Soroptimist International of Newport Harbor will meet

at the home of Rosalinda and Rudy Lopez for a potluck Christmas party and

gift exchange.

TUESDAY

7:15 a.m.: The Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will meet at the

Balboa Bay Club to hear Ann Marie Alford, president of the Assistance

League of Newport-Mesa.

WEDNESDAY

7:15 a.m.: The Costa Mesa Orange Coast Breakfast Lions Club will meet

at Mimi’s Cafe for a business meeting, the South Coast Metro Rotary Club

will meet at the Center Club, and the Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club will

meet at the University Athletic Club.

Noon: The Orange Coast Exchange Club will meet at the Bahia Corinthian

Yacht Club for a program on “your most memorable Christmas.”

6 p.m.: The Newport-Balboa Rotary Club will meet at May Garden

Restaurant for a Chinese Holiday Dinner (https://www.newportbalboa.org).

THURSDAY

Noon: The Kiwanis Club of Costa Mesa will meet at the Holiday Inn, the

Newport Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis Club will meet at the Bahia

Corinthian Yacht Club, the Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will meet at

the Riverboat Restaurant to hear Mickey Shaw with an update on the Child

Abuse Prevention Center, and the Newport Irvine Rotary Club will meet at

the Irvine Marriott Hotel (https://www.nirotary.org).

FRIDAY

Many of the area’s Lions Clubs will join with the Harbor-Mesa Lions

Club for a ride in the Christmas Boat Parade, which will depart from the

Fun Zone Boat Co. at 7 p.m.

* 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 jdeboom@aol.com or by mail to 2082 S.E. Bristol, Suite 201,

Newport Beach, CA 92660-1740.