JIM DE BOOM -- Community & Clubs

‘TIS THE SEASON FOR HOLIDAY SHARING: Harbor Mesa Lions are busy

gathering gifts and donations for two families in Costa Mesa this year

and for the Boys & Girls Club Santa Shop. Lions Barbara Hayward and Joan

Parks are co-chairing the Families Christmas project and members are

asked to bring wrapped and tagged items for the names they have drawn to

the Monday meeting. The gifts and food certificates will be given to the

families shortly before Christmas. Lion Sandi Scheafer is heading the

Boys & Girls Club project and members are urged to bring unwrapped gift

items in the $5 to $10 range suitable for a boy or girl to give to their

mom or dad. The boys and girls have been earning points for good

citizenship throughout the year to qualify for the gifts.

MENTORS AND DONORS NEEDED: Become a mentor to a child who needs you to

help them learn to read by donating one hour a week between the hours of

8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. We have some 2,000 children in first, second and

third grades in three Westside schools who need mentors. To volunteer at

Pomona School, call Jill McWhertor at (949) 515-6980; at Whittier School,

call Sarah Markel at (949) 515-6898; and at Wilson School, call Diane

Clemensen at (949) 515-6995, Ext. 3209. More $1,250 has been contributed

by Daily Pilot readers toward the $5,000 challenge donated by the Rotary

Clubs of Newport-Balboa, Newport-Irvine and Newport Beach Sunrise. Your

$10 donation will be matched by the Rotary Clubs to buy 11 reading books.

A $25 donation will be matched to buy 30 books, a $50 donation will be

matched to buy 58 books and so on. Your tax-deductible donation to buy

Reading by 9 books can be made payable and mailed to Rotary District 5320

Foundation, c/o Daily Pilot, 330 W. Bay St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627. Make

your investment and then watch the dividends grow. Make a difference in

the life of a child who really needs you. Volunteer today.

PAST COMMODORE SKIPPER DIES: Newport Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce

Commodore Club Past Skipper David T. Martyn suffered a heart attack a

couple of months ago and died in his sleep Tuesday night. Martyn was a

popular orthopedic surgeon in the community and a Commodore since 1981.

He served as Commodore skipper in 1987.

For many years the Commodores have recognized the passing of their

members by attending the memorial services in traditional “Commodore

Uniform,” blue blazer and gray slacks. The memorial service for Martyn

will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at the First United Methodist Church in

Corona del Mar at Marguerite and San Joaquin Hills Road. Martyn will be

missed.

CLUB NOTES: Newport Beach Sunrise Rotarian Syd Lucas presented a check

in the amount of $460 to Tiffany Hquyn of the Orange County Child Abuse

Center to be used toward the Space Camp and various household needs.

Newport Balboa Rotary Club President Elmer Biggerstaff introduced

Adrianne Kosky, a junior at UC San Diego majoring in communications and

planning on a career in marketing and advertising, to the club members

who have provided her with a four-year scholarship valued at $4,000.

WORTH REPEATING: From “Thought for the Day,” provided by Greg Kelley

of the Newport-Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council . . . “Believing in

yourself is an endless destination. Believing you have failed is the end

of your journey.” -- Sarah Meredith

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK: Thankful for all your blessings? Glad

you live in the harbor area? Want to make a difference in life of a youth

or a troubled family here or abroad? Try helping your community and the

world through a service club. You are invited to attend a club meeting

this week to learn more about service clubs. You will probably meet

business and community leaders at the meeting. Most clubs will buy your

first meal for you as you get acquainted with them.

MONDAY -- 6:30 p.m.: Harbor Mesa Lions will have their annual Family

Christmas meeting and dinner at the Costa Mesa Country Club. Members are

urged to bring their children, grandchildren and spouses.

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

Costa Mesa Country Club for the Kids Christmas Party for their children

and grandchildren.

TUESDAY -- 7:30 a.m.: The Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will meet

at Five Crowns Restaurant.

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

the Center Club (o7 https://www.southcoastmetrorotary.orgf7 ), and the

Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club will meet at the University Athletic Club.

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

Corinthian Yacht Club for a business meeting.

6 p.m.: The Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa will meet at the Bahia

Corinthian Yacht Club to hear Ron Haller discuss his six-week Rotary

volunteer experience in Zimbabwe (o7 https://www.newportbalboa.orgf7 ).

THURSDAY -- 7 a.m.: The Costa Mesa-Orange Coast Breakfast Lions Club

will meet at Mimi’s Cafe for its monthly business meeting.

Noon: The Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club 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 Newport Harbor Nautical Museum for a business meeting o7

(https://www.nhexchangeclub.comf7 ), and the Newport-Irvine Rotary Club

will meet at the Irvine Marriott to hear Keith Wo7 isbaum discuss

“Avoiding Legal Problems” (https://www.nirotary.org)f7 .

* COMMUNITY & CLUBS is published Saturdays 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, CA 92660-1740.