The Lions’ share for the charities

At its Monday meeting, the Harbor Mesa Lions will present its yearly

donations, more than $8,000, to many community charitable

organizations.

Those organizations include: the Westside Boys and Girls Club,

Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, SOS Free Medical and Dental Clinic, the

Orange Coast College Child Care Center, the Orange Coast Interfaith

Shelter, the Estancia Baseball Boosters, Youth Employment Services,

the School Box Supply Project for Whittier School, City of Hope, the

Sight and Hearing Foundation, Teen Recognition, Project L.O.O.K., the

Lions Wilderness Camp, Pediatric Diabetes, Lions Project Canine

Companions, Women Helping Women, the Student Speakers Foundation,

Spencer’s Treasures and the Lion’s Rose Parade Float.

During the year, Harbor Mesa Lions have also given support to

Ronald McDonald House by donating time to make meals for families of

hospitalized children. They have presented a Flag Day program at

Whittier School and have contributed clothing to help women in crisis

through the Women Helping Women organization. They have also

collected Christmas gifts and food for a needy family and helped

children wrap their Christmas gifts at the Boys and Girls Club of the

Harbor Area Westside Branch.

Money distributed at the Monday meeting has been raised by several

events held during the year, including a casino night, bingo night, a

spaghetti dinner and a chili roundup. The meeting is held at 6:30

p.m. at the Costa Mesa Country Club.

CINCO DE MAYO

GOLF TOURNAMENT

On May 5, 140 golfers will tee off in the seventh annual Newport

Irvine Rotary golf tournament at the Newport Country Club. The event

is the club’s major fund-raiser, with a goal of $35,000 to provide

community college scholarships, plus aid to the Olive Crest Home for

abused children, school athletic programs and international service

projects.

The day’s program will feature 18 holes of golf, a putting

contest, lunch and a banquet dinner. A silent auction will be

highlighted by Marriott Hotel Corporation’s donation of an $8,000

golf/street cart.

Rotarians are eligible to compete for the Burnham Cup, a trophy

and a $2,000 college scholarship named for Keith Burnham, a prominent

Rotarian who was the district governor when the Newport Irvine Club

was founded.

The public is invited to golf as well, for a fee of $250 per

golfer. The putting contest begins at 9 a.m. At the end of the

tournament, cocktails and dinner at 5:30 p.m. Individuals and

business groups may participate as players, tournament sponsors or

program advertisers. Registration and additional information is

available at www.nirotary.org.

ROTARY FACILITIES COMPUTER DONATION

Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club has arranged a donation of 30

Mac computers with printers to Back Bay/Monte Vista High School. With

the help of 15 Boy Scouts from Troop 911, the computers were

transported from Pegasus School of Huntington Beach on March 15.

Participating in the donation was Boy Scout Leader Donald Nikols,

Pegasus School coordinator Kristin Benner, Back Bay High School

Principal Deborah Tucker-Davis, Syd Lucas from Newport Beach Sunrise

Rotary and Bill Kull, a tutor from Back Bay High School. The Mac

computers will be used by the Back Bay High students for education

and training.

WORTH REPEATING

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

Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council:

“Do not enter into a relationship looking for what you can get out

of it, but rather what you can put into it.” -- Author unknown.

SERVICE CLUB

MEETINGS THIS WEEK

MONDAY

The Harbor Mesa Lions Club meets at the Costa Mesa Country Club

for awards night.

TUESDAY

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

meet at Five Crowns to hear Hans Linhardt and Willis Longyear discuss

“Catalina.”

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

home of Mike McIlroy for a Membership Drive Night.

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 Sage Hill High School for a vocational visit and then go to

dinner at Gina’s Pizza, Irvine.

THURSDAY

7 a.m. The 20-plus member Costa Mesa-Orange Costa Breakfast Lions

Club will meet at Mimi’s for a program by Mary Ellen Goddard on the

Costa Mesa Historical Society.

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 be off for an interclub visit (www.kiwanis.org/club/ costamesa);

the 80-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will meet at the

Newport Harbor Nautical Museum for a program by Assemblyman John

Campbell; and the 100-member Newport-Irvine Rotary Club will meet at

the Atrium Hotel for a program by the Orange County Water District.

(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; e-mail to jdeboom@aol.com or by mail to 2082 S.E. Bristol,

Suite 201, Newport Beach, CA 92660-1740.