Go golfing for charity at Strawberry Farms

JIM DE BOOM

This Wednesday, 144 golfers will tee off to start the eighth annual

Newport Irvine Rotary Club’s golf tournament at the Strawberry Farms

Golf Club in Irvine.

The event is the club’s major annual fundraiser. This year’s goal

is $35,000. The funds provide community college scholarships for

selected high school students in Newport Beach and Irvine. The day’s

program will feature 18 holes of golf, a putting contest, lunch, a

silent auction and banquet dinner. All Rotary members participating

in the tournament 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.

An additional $1,000 prize will be awarded to the winning rotary

team. Registration will be at 10:30 a.m. It costs $225 per golfer.

The putting contest will follow. At the end of the tournament,

cocktails and dinner will be served at 6 p.m. . Registration and

additional information is available at https://www.nirotary.org.

The Newport Irvine Rotary Club is one of the largest rotary clubs

in the area with more than 100 members and a broad list of community

support programs. Particular emphasis is on school sports and

financial assistance to students. Other activities include aid to

abused children and teacher/student exchange programs.

STUDENTS HONORED

The Exchange Club of Newport Harbor honored seven students from

the Newport Mesa School District with Student of the Year Awards at a

recent meeting. Awards were given to Costa Mesa High School student

Yaron Alfi, who was accompanied by Counselor Stephanie Richards;

Newport Harbor students Camden Yanaga and Liliana Moreno, accompanied

by counselor Dave Brant; Estancia students Cullen Crom and Randi

Golden, accompanied by counselor Michelle Geracitano and Corona del

Mar students Evan Hirsch and Divya Budhraja. Recipients received a

$500 scholarship check and Student of the Year certificates.

Congratulations to one and all!

MEMORIAL DAY RAFFLE

The Chowline, Sons of the American Legion Newport Harbor Squadron

291’s newsletter, notes there is a Memorial Day Raffle, an all-post

effort to raise money to honor and benefit the new World War II

Memorial in Washington, D.C. The raffle prize is a new Ford Ranger

pickup truck. The tickets are $10 and the drawing will be held May

31. Tickets are available from the American Legion Office, 215 E.

15th, St., , Newport Beach, or by calling (949) 673 5070.

I-405 CORRIDOR

The South Coast Metro Rotary will have a speaker from the Orange

County Transportation Authority at its 7:30 a.m. meeting May 12 at

the Holiday Inn, 3131 S. Bristol St., Costa Mesa. The “I-405 Corridor

Major Investment study” will be the meeting topic. The South Coast

Metro area is, of course, one of the major areas served by the I-405

corridor. Guests are welcome but reservations requested by calling

Connie Hamilton at (949) 260-8413.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD

OF SERVICE CLUBS

Richard Shinn, sponsored by Tom Birch, joined the Rotary Club of

Newport Beach Sunrise. Nathan White, sponsored by Dick Dickson,

joined the Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa.

WORTH REPEATING

From the Thought for Today, a quote from Gandhi provided by Greg

Kelley of the Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council ... “Be the

change that you want to see in the world.”

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK

MONDAY

6:30 p.m.: Harbor Mesa Lions will meet at the Costa Mesa Country

Club for “Sponsor’s Night.” Featured speakers will be Neil and Aurora

Pennella with the topic “Identity Theft.”

TUESDAY

7:15 a.m.: The 47-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will

meet at Five Crowns Restaurant. (https://www.

newportbeachsunriserotary.org).

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

Costa Mesa Country Club.

WEDNESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The 10-member South Coast Metro Rotary Club will meet

at the Holiday Inn 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 the Youth of the Year program.

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

the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club. (https://www.newportbalboa.org).

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

Newport Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis Club meets at the Bahia

Corinthian Yacht Club. The 85-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor

meets at the Nautical Museum for a business meeting. (https://www.

nhexchangeclub.com).

* 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.