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.
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