Families come together to aid others

JIM DE BOOM

On Nov. 20, the focus of the fourth annual Hearts and Hands Community

Service Day will be on Families Together, according to Jaimie Day,

event organizer and vice president of the Newport Mesa Irvine

Interfaith Council.

Hearts and Hands will be held at Church of Jesus Christ of

Latter-day Saints church at 801 Dover in Newport Beach from 9 a.m.

and 3 p.m.

Families, youth and adults from Methodist, Lutheran, Latter-day

Saints, Jewish, Islamic, Baha’i, Episcopal, Roman Catholic, Sikh and

other congregations, as well as service club members and high school

students, will spend time together in service to others. The

beneficiaries will be Warm Up America, the Orange County Council of

Boy Scouts of America, Families Forward, Share Our Selves, Friends In

Service to Humanity, Threads of Love’s Orange County chapter, the

Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, South Coast Children Home, Vineyard

Storehouse, Adopt-A-Social Worker, the Wilson Street Learning Center

and our troops in Iraq.

There will be hands-on projects for men, women and children, along

with a bake sale to raise funds to purchase diapers for the needy.

Boy Scouts will be collecting canned food for the Second Harvest Food

Bank. Lunch will be served at a cost of $4 per person.

Daily Pilot readers and their families are invited to share their

time in service to others on Nov. 20. If you have an hour or two to

share on that day, contact Day at (949) 642-9460 or by e-mail at

jaimieday@yahoo.com. More on supporting our troops in Iraq in next

week’s column.

CONFLICT RESOLUTION

The public is invited to attend the 11th annual Religious

Diversity Forum tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Student Center

at UC Irvine.

This year’s theme is “Conflict Resolution: The Role of Religion

and Spirituality.” Sponsored by the Office of Equal Opportunity and

Diversity at UC Irvine, the Alliance for Spiritual Community and the

National Conference for Community and Justice, the day will feature

workshops on religious observances and conflict resolution and

listening, as well as a panel discussion on Middle East peace. The

cost is $20 per person, $10 for students. For more information, visit

www.rdforum.org or call (949) 661-3087.

KEEP YOUR COMPUTER HUMMING

UC Irvine professor Randy Langel will present tips for keeping

your computer in top condition at the Computer Friends meeting this

Wednesday at the Oasis Senior Center in Corona del Mar.

He will explain things to do once, weekly and monthly to keep your

computer humming. Besides teaching at UC Irvine, Langel is the leader

of the Advanced Internet Special Interest Group at Computer Friends

meetings.

In the business world, he has served for 29 years as the practice

leader for IBM’s Web Delivered Services & Tools consulting group.

This business unit was created based on research he conducted into

how the Internet could be used for purposes other than marketing,

advertising or e-commerce. Don’t miss this exciting, informative

program.

Langel will begin his presentation at 1:15 p.m. All are welcome,

from beginners to experts. There is a $3 charge for visitors who are

not members of Computer Friends. For more information, visit the

website at https://vivianboulos.tripod.com.

WORTH REPEATING

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

Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council: “The true measure of individuals is

how they treat someone who can do them absolutely no good.”

-- ANN LANDERS

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SERVICE CLUBS

Darrell Cheam, sponsored by Andy Khuu, who joined the Kiwanis Club

of Newport Beach-Corona del Mar.

Want to get more involved in your community? Visit a service club

this coming week. Most will buy your first guest meal and all will

welcome your interest in learning more about their club. Listed below

are service club meetings this coming week and websites. Get

involved. Give back to your community!

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK

TUESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The 47-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets

at Five Crowns Restaurant to hear former Rep. Bob Badham discuss the

recent election results. (https://www.newportbeach sunriserotary.org)

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

Costa Mesa Golf and Country Club. (https://www.cmnhlions.com)

WEDNESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The 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 to hear Barbara Williams of the Bowers Museum.

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

the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a meeting with visitors from

their sister club in Okazaki, Japan (https://www.newportbalboa.org).

THURSDAY

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

Club will meet at Mimi’s Cafe (www.cmoclions.org)

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 will meet at the Bahia

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

meets at the Nautical Museum for a Veterans Day program with R.B.

Alexander with a report on Iraq. (https://www.nhexchange club.com);

The Rotary Club of Newport Irvine will meet at the Radisson Hotel to

hear U.S. Olympic water polo assistant coach Ricardo Azevedo.

(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.