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TODAY

Volunteers are needed to help

Re-Leaf Costa Mesa plant 30 California sycamores in Fairview Park

at 9 a.m. No experience is needed, just a love of nature. Wear work

clothes and bring gloves; they’ll supply the shovels. Call (714)

835-8504 for more information.

Prince of Peace Christian Church and School is hosting its annual

Country Day Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 2987 Mesa Verde Drive

East, Costa Mesa. Events will include rides, carnival booths, pedal

cars, face painting and more. For more information, call (714)

241-7361.

The League of Women Voters

of Orange Coast will have a membership coffee at 9:30 a.m. at 1836

Santiago Drive, Newport Beach. For more information, call (949)

548-7117.

An “E-Commerce for Small

Business” workshop, sponsored by the Service Corps of Retired

Executives, will take place from 9 a.m. to noon at National

University, 3390 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa. The cost is $25, $20 if

preregistered. For more information, call (714) 550-7369.

The annual mother/daughter

fashion show and luncheon sponsored by the Newport Chapter of the

National Charity League Juniors will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the

Four Seasons Palm Garden, Newport Beach. Tickets are $90 for adults

and $60 for children. For more information, call (949) 642-4496.

SUNDAY

Spa Gregorie’s in Newport Beach will donate 25% of all proceeds to

the Orange County Affiliate of the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer

Foundation. “Pampering Toward a Cure” appointments are available from

9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Call (949) 644-6672.

The Ballet Montmarte will hold a

fund-raiser for the organization’s scholarship and outreach

programs at 12:30 p.m. in the Wyndham Hotel, at 3350 Avenue of the

Arts, Costa Mesa. The champagne luncheon buffet will have a live

auction, raffle and door prizes. Tickets are $30. For more

information, call (714) 241-7424.

MONDAY

Registration begins for seventh-,

eighth- and ninth-graders interested in attending Spring Camp

through Costa Mesa’s Downtown Recreation Center. For $95, campers can

visit Magic Mountain, the Irvine Spectrum, the Long Beach Aquarium,

Bommers and the Balboa Fun Zone from April 14 to 18. Registration will continue until the camp is full. The camp will be held weekdays

from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call (714) 327-7560 for more information.

TUESDAY

A free spring cleaning workshop called “Detox and Cleansing

Through Ayurveda” will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Mother’s

Market, 225 East 17th St., Costa Mesa. For reservations, call (800)

595-MOMS.

A “Marketing and Promotion”

workshop, sponsored by the Service Corps of Retired Executives,

will take place from 9 a.m. to noon at National University, 3390

Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa. The cost is $25, $20 if preregistered. For

more information, call (714) 550-7369.

Orange Coast College hosts

the annual Banff Mountain Film Festival. Three hours of “the best

of the best” will be screened at 7 p.m. at the Robert B. Moore

Theatre at Orange Coast College. Including films from Canada,

America, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and Switzerland, the

films reflect a wide range of mountain experiences. Tickets cost $9

in advance, $10 at the door or $5 for students. For ticket

information, call (714) 432-0202, ext. 21058.

WEDNESDAY

A dedication ceremony for

the naming of Howard A. Schneiderman Lecture Hall will be held at

UC Irvine’s Biological Sciences Courtyard at noon. As an

administrator and researcher, Schneiderman (1927-1990) was a leading

figure in building the quality and reputation of UCI’s School of

Biological Sciences. Call (949) 824-7252 for information.

A free spring cleaning seminar called “The Tao (Way) of Cleansing”

will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Mother’s Market, 225 East 17th

St., Costa Mesa. For reservations, call (800) 595-MOMS.

Newport Beach Community

Services will present a new series of drawing and painting

workshops featuring individual instruction for beginning to advanced

students in mixed media. The series will continue for eight

Wednesdays, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Vince Jorgensen Center

adjacent to Mariner’s Library, 2005 Dover Drive, Newport Beach. Fee

is $66 for the entire series. For more information, call (949)

644-3151.

“Drugs: Nightlife or Nightmare,” presented by Orange Coast

College’s United Student Sociologists Club and Psychology Club, is a

symposium offering students an unbiased approach to the issues behind

the physical effects, personal experiences, cultural aspects and

legalities of drugs. It will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the

college’s Student Center. Call (949) 929-0527 for more information.

A business after-hours mixer sponsored by the Costa Mesa Chamber

of Commerce will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Turnip Rose

banquet facility, 1901 Newport Blvd. It is free for members and costs

$10 for potential members. For more information, call (714) 885-9090.

Weekly story time at Toy Boat toy

store with stories, songs, finger plays and crafts. Newborns to

5-year-olds are invited from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at 21111 Newport

Coast Drive. For more information, call (949) 759-8697.