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Costa Mesa, CA 92627; by fax to (949) 646-4170; or by calling (949)

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as a contact phone number. A complete listing is available at

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TODAY

Share Our Selves will be collecting and packing toys from 9 a.m.

to 2 p.m. at the Orange County Fair & Exposition Center in Costa

Mesa. Donations and volunteers are welcome. The center is at 88 Fair

Drive. For more information, call (949) 642-3451.

The Costa Mesa Senior Center will host a Winter Celebration party

from 3 to 5:30 p.m. The event will include dinner, Christmas caroling

and prizes. Reservations are required. The center is at 695 W. 19th

St. Tickets are $3 for members, $8 for nonmembers. For information,

call (949) 645-2356.

The Alzheimer’s Assn. of Orange County will host a support group

for caregivers from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Silverado Senior

Living-Newport Mesa, 350 W. Bay St., Costa Mesa. Free. (949)

641-2212.

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church will hold its monthly Career

Networking Resource meeting in Stuart Lounge, on the first floor of

the church’s administration building, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The meeting

is for those who are unemployed. The church is at 600 St. Andrews

Road, Newport Beach. Free. For more information, call (949) 574-2236.

FRIDAY

Share Our Selves will be collecting and packing food from 9 a.m.

to 2 p.m. at the Orange County Fair & Exposition Center in Costa

Mesa. Donations and volunteers are welcome. The center is at 88 Fair

Drive. For more information, call (949) 642-3451.

The Costa Mesa Women’s Club will hold its monthly meeting at 11:15

a.m. The meeting, which is open to all women, will include

entertainment by the Costa Mesa High School Madrigal Singers. The

meeting will be held at 610 W. 18th St. For more information, call

Barbara Hart at (949) 548-7242.

SATURDAY

Maxine B. Cohen will host a workshop for men and women going

through a divorce from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The workshop will be

held at 180 Newport Center Drive. $40. For more information, call

(949) 644-6435.

SUNDAY

People looking to watch the Newport Harbor Christmas Boat Parade

can do so aboard the 1812 Privateer LYNX from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the

Scouts Sea Base. The base is at 1931 W. Coast Highway. Tickets are

$100 per person and include catering. For reservations, call (714)

329-9994.

MONDAY

The Holiday Market Place, also known as the Orange County Market

Place, at the Orange County Fairgrounds will offer free admission

today. Santa will be around for photos. The Market Place at the

Orange County Fairgrounds is open from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A Winter Teen Camp will run Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to

5:30 p.m. today through Jan. 3 at the Downtown Recreation Center in

Costa Mesa. The camp, which is sponsored by the City of Costa Mesa’s

Recreation Division, is for teens going into the seventh, eighth and

ninth grades and will include trips to Magic Mountain, Knott’s Berry

Farm and the Aquarium of the Pacific. The center is at 1860 Anaheim

Ave. $76 per week. For more information, call (714) 327-7560.