JIM DE BOOM -- Community & Clubs

DRIVERS NEEDED: Mobile Meals, sponsored by Hoag Hospital and Friends

In Service to Humanity Harbor Area, is in need of volunteer drivers to

deliver meals to shut-ins in Corona del Mar, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach

and Newport Beach, said the Rev. Bob Parry, board member of FISH. “We ask

people to take two-hour shifts, once or twice a month, to pick up meals

from Hoag Hospital and deliver them to an assigned route,” Parry said.

“During the summer months of June through September, many of our regular

volunteer drivers take off on vacation, and we have a shortage of drivers

now.”

Each day, volunteers deliver meals to 105 people in the four

communities and spend a few minutes visiting with them, in probably the

shut-ins’ only contact with the outside world. This is a volunteer job

for a retired person, a high school or college student not attending

summer school, and even for a business that would encourage its

employees’ participation. For more information or to volunteer, call the

FISH office at (949) 645-8050.

OFFICERS INSTALLATION DINNER: The Harbor Mesa Lions Club will install

its officers for 2001-02 at 6:30 p.m. Monday, at the Costa Mesa Country

Club. Past District 4-L4 Governor Mike Scheafer will conduct the

installations of the following posts: president, Janie Harris; immediate

past president, Darlene Shelley; first vice president, Marianne Segalla;

second vice president, Maureen Coffey; secretary, Marianne Allen;

treasurer, Barbara Hayward; tail twister, Ann McIlroy; lion tamer,

Jennifer Kelder; bulletin editor, Joan Parks; and Board of Directors,

Karen Lamas, Marian Perrin, Arlene Schafer, Sandi Scheafer, Eunice

Thomason and Carol Van Holt. Musical entertainment and dancing will

follow the dinner and installation ceremonies.

MEDICARE CHOICES MADE EASY: A seminar, sponsored by Health Insurance

and Advocacy Program, will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Harbor

Christian Church, 2401 Irvine Ave., Newport Beach. It will try to make

Medicare health plan choices easy to understand for senior citizens and

adults. Julie Schoen will be the speaker for the event, sponsored by the

Orange County Council on Aging. The workshop will cover pending changes

to the Medicare program, explanation of HMOs, Medicare Savings Accounts,

consumer protections and private contracts. The group does not sell,

endorse or recommend any specific insurance.

Dennis Short, minister of Harbor Christian Church, said: “I’m

impressed with [the] advocacy program for the rights and dignity of our

seniors. We happily open our doors to anyone interested in unbiased

answers to questions they may relate to Medicare.”

For more information on the workshop, call the program’s directors at

(714) 560-0424.

ANSWER THE PHONE: That’s what 20 members of the Rotary Club of Newport

Balboa and their guests did Tuesday night during the KOCE three-hour

pledge program that featured anti-aging guru Gary Null.

“It was an evening of community service, fun and fellowship,” said

Wendell Sawyer, the club’s president. Club members Elmer Biggerstaff,

Allan Tingey, Bob Thayer, Sunny Lee, D. Todd Anderson, Judy Brown, Andy

Campbell, Danny Frankel, Ed Rennie and wife Corinne, Tom Walley and

fiance Stephanie Murphy, Art Walton, Rob Rennie and fiance Carolyn Dec,

and myself received some $33,000 in pledges during the evening. A very

successful evening!

WORTH REPEATING: From Greg Kelley’s, of the Newport-Mesa Irvine

Interfaith Council, Thought for the Day. “You have it easily in your

power to increase the sum total of this world’s happiness now. How? By

giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or

discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say

today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.” -- Dale

Carnegie

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

community, make new friends, network, or 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.

MONDAY

6:30 p.m.: Harbor Mesa Lions club will hold its Installation Of

Officers for 2001-02 at the Costa Mesa Country Club.

TUESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will meet at Five

Crowns Restaurant.

6:30 p.m.: The Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club will meet at the

Costa Mesa Golf and Country Club.

WEDNESDAY

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

Club, the Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club will meet at the University

Athletic Club, and the Costa Mesa Orange Coast Breakfast Lions Club will

meet at Mimi’s Cafe.

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

Yacht Club.

5:30 p.m.: The Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa will meet at the Los

Angeles Times Orange County Offices for a tour and return to the Bahia

Corinthian Yacht for dinner (o7 https://www.newportbalboa.orgf7 ).

THURSDAY

7:30 a.m.: The Costa Mesa-Orange Coast Breakfast Lions Club will meet

at Mimi’s for a program on the Orange County Fair.

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 to hear Heri Garcia, Disneyland Ambassador 2001,

discuss California Adventure and the development of a third theme park in

Anaheim, the Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will meet at the Newport

Harbor Nautical Museum, and the Newport Irvine Rotary Club will meet at

the Irvine Marriott for an environmental forum led by Nils-Eric Svennson

(o7 https://www.nirotary.orgf7 ).

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, CA 92660-1740.