Faith community gets ready to walk
JIM DE BOOM
Hundreds of members of more than two dozen congregations from Costa
Mesa, Irvine and Newport Beach will walk on Sunday, Oct. 26, in the
15th annual United Interfaith Hunger Walk, presented by Wahoo’s Fish
Taco, which starts and ends at St. Mark Presbyterian Church in
Newport Beach.
Registration will begin at 1 p.m., and the 5K walk along the
beautiful Upper Newport Bay with your neighbors begins at 1:30 p.m.
More than 350 walkers are expected to raise more than $35,000,
which is split between local and international hunger relief
organizations, said Bob Johnston, walk co-chair and a member of Our
Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church.
“It’s a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon with family and
friends while getting exercise and helping to solve the problem of
hunger for many people,” said Dennis Short, minister at Harbor
Christian Church and president of the Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith
Council.
Local agencies receiving funds include Share Our Selves, Jewish
Family Services, F.I.S.H., Orange County Interfaith Shelter and the
Catholic Worker. If you don’t want to walk, you can work the walk,
Craig Rodewald said, adding they are always looking for more people
to lend a hand on Walk Day.
To register, visit the walk Website at https://www.hungerwalk
newportbeach.org or call Johnston at (949) 645-5781. To work the
walk, call Rodewald at (949) 644-5733.
A SISTER CLUB VISITS
FROM JAPAN
Thirteen members of the Okazaki South Rotary Club will be visiting
Newport Beach Tuesday through Thursday, hosted by members of their
sister club, the Newport-Balboa Rotary Club.
A welcoming reception is planned for Tuesday night at the home of
club president Ed Rennie.
On Wednesday, they will be off to the Environment Nature Center
for a presentation by Bo Glover on the Butterfly Building and then to
Irvine Terrace Park, where the Wendell Fish and Moe Hamill memorial
benches are.
After that, they’ll get a tour of the Central Library and Sherman
Gardens and a boat tour of Newport Harbor. They’ll end the day with
dinner at the Rotary Club meeting at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club.
On Thursday, there will be golf for some, while others visit Hoag
Hospital, South Coast Plaza and Newport Hills Animal Hospital, Rennie
said.
Assisting Rennie with hosting duties are Kim DeBroux, Dan Hoffman,
Roger McGonegal, Rick Williams, Yvonne Smith, Corinne Rennie, Roger
Gilbert, Terry Rousselot, Tom Walley and Gary Myers.
LAST CALL FOR
THE BLACK ROSE
Join the Exchange Club of Newport Harbor on Thursday at the Lido
Theatre for a charity screening of “The Black Rose,” with Orson
Welles, Tyrone Power, Jack Hawkins and Michael Rennie.
The festivities will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a food festival
featuring a dozen Newport area restaurants. The movie will start at
7:30 p.m. Proceeds from this charity event will go to the Orange
County Child Abuse Prevention Center and other local youth-centered
community programs.
Charitable contributions of only $40 per ticket may be made
payable to the Exchange Club Charitable Foundation. VIP seating is
available at $60 per ticket. All are earnestly invited to this
fun-filled casual evening of food, wine and entertainment.
For more information or tickets, call Tom Norton at (949) 644-5933
or (949) 644-2382.
CAREER AND COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY
Costa Mesa High School is looking forward to its first
collaborative Career and Community Service Fair on Wednesday. The
fair will be held from 9:45 a.m. to noon in the main gym.
Participants will include ROP instructors, local businesses such
as Hoag Hospital, the Police and Fire departments and more than 20
nonprofit organizations. With the combination of career and community
service, students will have the opportunity to investigate careers
and learn about how they can contribute to their community.
The guest speaker will be Paul Kanarek, CEO/founder of the
Princeton Review. He will be addressing each group at the beginning
of the period, sharing his insights on how to succeed in life after
high school.
Kanarek is well known for his inspiring and motivating
presentations. After “interviewing” our industry representatives,
students will be able to enter their questionnaires in an opportunity
drawing, with one prize being a college test prep course.
We are very excited about our upcoming event, as it rides the wave
of our district’s College Night 2003 at the Orange County Fairgrounds
from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
WORTH REPEATING
From the Thought for the Day provided by Greg Kelley of the
Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council:
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though
nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.”
-- ALBERT EINSTEIN
SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS
THIS WEEK
MONDAY
6:30 p.m.: The Harbor Mesa Lions Club will meet at La Capilla
Restaurant in Huntington Beach.
TUESDAY
7: 30 a.m.: The 40-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will
meet at Five Crowns to hear Sara Collen discuss the new tax laws
(newportbeach sunriserotary.org/index.htm).
6:30 p.m.: The Costa Mesa Newport Harbor Lions Club will meet at
the Costa Mesa Country Club.
WEDNESDAY
7:15 a.m.: The 10-member South Coast Metro Rotary Club will meet
at the Center Club (https://www.southcoastmetro rotary.org); and the
Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club will meet at the University Athletic
Club.
Noon: The Exchange Club of the Orange Coast will meet at the Bahia
Corinthian Yacht Club.
6 p.m.: The Rotary Club of Newport Balboa will meet at the Bahia
Corinthian Yacht Club and host 13 visitors from the Okazaki South
Rotary Club.
THURSDAY
7 a.m.: The 20-plus member Costa Mesa-Orange Costa Breakfast Lions
Club will meet at Mimi’s Cafe.
Noon: The 50-member Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club will meet at the
Holiday Inn (https://www.kiwanis. org/club/costamesa); the 50-member
Kiwanis Club of Newport Beach-Corona del Mar will meet at the Bahia
Corinthian Yacht Club to hear Bill St. Clair of Tauk Tours discuss
“Travel America”; the Rotary Club of Newport Irvine will meet the
Atrium Hotel to hear Assembly candidate Chuck Devore
(https://www.nirotary.org).
* COMMUNITY & CLUBS is published Saturdays. Send your service
club’s meeting information by fax to (714) 921-8655 or by e-mail to
jdeboom@aol.com.
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