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.
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