A birthday to Exchange about

The National Exchange Club “Stand Up America” membership drive has

nearly topped the 600 mark, said David A. Nershi, its executive vice

president.

“We are rapidly moving toward our goal of 1,000 Stand Up America

members,” he said.

During the week of March 23, local Exchange Clubs will observe

National Induction Week as part of Celebrate Exchange. This is the

time to formally induct the members brought in during the Stand Up

America membership drive.

Exchange’s 92nd birthday is March 27, so this will be a very

special week indeed, said Tom Keyes, president of the Exchange Club

of Orange Coast.

In honor of Exchange’s birthday, the Orange Coast Club, with the

leadership of Bob and Terri Scott, is making 92 Easter baskets for

distribution by Share Our Selves.

There is still time to join Exchange, America’s Service Club. The

Orange Club meets at noon Wednesdays at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht

Club while the Newport Harbor Club meets at noon Thursdays at the

Newport Harbor Nautical Museum.

MATTERS OF THE

HEART MATTER

Sandy Firestone, one of the honorees at the January Matters of the

Heart dinner sponsored by Soroptimist International, sent a note to

club President Jacquin Anastasio indicating that she had “received a

call from a nurse I know from a local clinic who told me she is

treating a young women who has just been diagnosed.

“This young woman told her that she had found a lump, but was

afraid to do anything about it until she heard a woman speak about

her experience with breast cancer,” Firestone wrote. “She heard this

person speak at a dinner in which she was receiving an award. The

young woman was one of the waitresses that evening at Matters of the

Hearts dinner.

“You guys may have just saved a life,” Firestone added.”I think

this is just awesome.”

Firestone, who works at the Hoag Hospital’s Cancer Center, was one

of the speakers that evening. She discussed her experience with

breast cancer.

CHAMBER FUNCTIONS

The Corona del Mar Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly

luncheon on Tuesday at the Five Crowns Restaurant, with networking

beginning at 11:30 a.m. and lunch at noon. The chamber’s mixer will

happen from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, and will be hosted

by the Discovery Shop, 2600 E. Coast Highway, Corona del Mar. For

reservations or more information, call (949) 673-4050.

30th ROMAN FEAST

The Youth Employment Service of the Harbor Area will hold its 30th

annual Roman Feast and Charity Auction on Thursday, April 24, at the

Costa Mesa Neighborhood Community Center. It’s a time when old and

new friends gather to have fun and to support YES.

Orange County Philanthropists C.J. Segerstrom and Sons and Henry

Segerstrom, managing partner, will be honored during the evening.

You will dine on the famous Giovinetti’s Penne Pasta prepared by

YES chefs and served by members of the Orange Coast College Airline

Travel Careers program and UC Irvine Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.

There will be live and silent auctions, a raffle and dancing to

the music of Darvy Traylor throughout the evening. Hoag Hospital’s

Jim Dale will serve as the auctioneer, while Evelyn Hart and Jim Wood

will serve as masters of ceremonies.

The $35 per person dinner ticket includes hors d’oeuvres donated

by the area’s finest restaurants. Reservations are a must, as this

event sells out every year.

Call Christine Carr at (949) 642-8306 for tickets or to donate an

item to the auction.

WORTH REPEATING

From “Thought for the Day” provided by Greg Kelley of the Newport

Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council:

“True success in life is not measured by how much you make, but

rather by how much of a difference you make.”

SERVICE CLUB

MEETINGS THIS WEEK

TUESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The 40-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will

meet at Five Crowns to hear Superior Court Judge Pamela Iles discuss

“Domestic Violence Community Court.”

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

Costa Mesa Golf and Country Club.

WEDNESDAY

7:15 a.m.: The 20-member South Coast Metro Rotary Club will meet

at the Center Club (www.southcoastmetro rotary.org); and the Newport

Harbor Kiwanis Club will meet at the University Athletic Club.

Noon: The 40-member Exchange Club of the Orange Coast will meet at

the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club.

6 p.m.: The 60-member Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa will meet at

the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club to hear Daily Pilot columnist Peter

Buffa; the 20-plus member Costa Mesa-Orange Costa Breakfast Lions

Club will meet at Mimi’s for a Ladies Night Social; and the Harbor

Mesa Lions Club meets at the Newport Rib Co.

THURSDAY

Noon: The 50-member Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club will meet at the

Holiday Inn; the 50-member Newport Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis Club

will meet at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a program by Robert

Molko, Orange County assistant district attorney (www.kiwanis.org/

club/costamesa); the 80-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will

meet at the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum for a program Bill

Hendricks of Sherman Gardens; and the 100-member Newport-Irvine

Rotary Club will meet at the Atrium Hotel for a program on the Rotary

Rose Parade Float. (www.nirotary.org).

* COMMUNITY & CLUBS is published Saturdays in the Daily Pilot.

Send your service club’s meeting information by fax to (949)

660-8667; by e-mail to jdeboom@aol.com; or by mail to 2082 S.E.

Bristol, Suite 201, Newport Beach, CA 92660-1740.