Presenting checks to charities

JIM DE BOOM

Harbor Mesa Lions has raised almost $12,000 this year and will be

presenting the funds to local charities at its Monday meeting at the

Costa Mesa County Club.

“I am thankful for the community support our club has had in

helping us help those charities that mean so much to our city,” said

Joan Parks, club president.

These funds are raised each year by events such as a Casino Night,

Spaghetti Splash Dinner, Lucy and Ethyl’s Bingo Parlor night, candy

sales and the Fish Fry. Among the organizations Parks will be

presenting checks to are the Westside Boys and Girls Club; Eastside

Boys and Girls Club; Someone Cares Soup Kitchen; SOS Free Medical and

Dental Clinic; Orange Coast College Child Care Center; Project LOOK;

Orange Coast Interfaith Shelter; Youth Employment Services; Families

of Costa Mesa and various Lions’-sponsored projects. The dinner

begins at 6:30 p.m.

NEWPORT ENSENADA RACE

People can view the start of the famous Newport to Ensenada

sailboat race aboard the American Privateer Schooner Lynx on April

23. Be a part of the race fleet and play an active role aboard the

Lynx as well.

The Lynx is an interactive, hands-on experience, and you can

volunteer for an active role in raising sails, tacking and steering

Newport Beach’s very own tall ship. The Lynx is also fitted with

eight cannons, so there is bound to be some cannon fire.

The Lynx departs at 10:30 a.m. from the dock of the Newport Harbor

Nautical Museum, returning at 3 p.m. to the museum. Food and

beverages will be provided. Tickets are priced at $100 for adults,

$50 for children ages 5 to 12. Sorry, no children under 5 years old.

Funds raised will support the educational programs at the Nautical

Museum and the Lynx. To purchase tickets or to learn more, call (949)

723-7814.

VIETNAM MEMORIAL

WALL AT PACIFIC VIEW

The moving three-quarter scale Vietnam Memorial Wall will be on

display for viewing at Pacific View Cemetery April 16 to 18. The

opening ceremonies for the wall will be held at 10 a.m. on April 16

with the involvement of American Legion Post 291, while a special

candlelight evening ceremony will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday

and closing ceremony at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

The wall is something special that the whole family should

experience. Call (949) 467-3720 for more information.

GOLF FOR SHELTER

The Orange Coast Interfaith Shelter is holding its first-ever golf

tournament on May 3 at Mesa Verde Country Club in Costa Mesa, board

president Mike Murphy said. The day begins with a putting contest at

10:30 a.m., shotgun start at noon, dinner, awards and auction at 6

p.m. Golf is $375 a person.

If you don’t want to golf, how about buying one of 500 raffle

tickets at $100, with the lucky winner receiving a 2004 Mini Cooper.

Or you can attend the dinner and auction for $45 a person. For more

information, contact Mindy Bees at (949) 631-7130 or

mindy@ocinterfaithshelter.org.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD

OF SERVICE CLUBS

Shawn Miskinis, who joined the Rotary Club of Newport Beach

Sunrise.

WORTH REPEATING

From the Thought for Today, provided by Greg Kelley of the Newport

Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council:

“Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the

only thing.”

-- ALBERT SCHWEITZER

SERVICE CLUB

MEETINGS THIS WEEK

TUESDAY

7:15 a.m.: The 46-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will

meet at Five Crowns Restaurant to hear Bo Glover of the Environmental

Nature Center (https://www.newport beachsunriserotary.org).

WEDNESDAY

7:15 a.m.: The 10-member South Coast Metro Rotary Club will meet

at the Center Club 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 for a business meeting.

6 p.m.: The 50-member Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa will meet at

the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club to hear Lane Calvert discuss Rotary’s

Programs for Youth (https://www.newport balboa.org).

THURSDAY

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

Club will meet at Mimi’s Cafe to hear Dinyse Peters of the Leukemia

and Lymphoma Society.

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

Holiday Inn for a program on the Manhattan Project

(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; the 60-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will meet

at the Nautical Museum to hear Judge Jim Gray “Running for Senator”

https://www.nh exchangeclub.com). The 100-member Rotary Club of

Newport Irvine will meet at the Atrium Hotel for Craft Talks

(https://www.nirotary.org).

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

Send your service club’s meeting information by fax to (714) 921-8655

or by e-mail to jdeboom@aol.com.