Community & Clubs:

The nationwide celebration that honors the last draftee in the NFL Draft begins Monday with the “Arrival Beach Party” at 5 p.m. at Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort. The event is open to the public at $20 a person, which includes food from some of the areas best restaurants, a no-host bar and lots of music and fun!

Mr. Irrelevant, Ryan Succop, from University of South Carolina, a kicker drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs, will be introduced by Irrelevant Week founder Paul Salata and showered with more than 200 gifts from local companies and teams from the NFL, Major League Baseball, the NBA and elected officials.

Succop will be surprised most every day with a variety of events, including on Tuesday at Disneyland where he will lead the parade and that night at the Angel baseball game where he will join the grounds crews during the seventh-inning stretch. On June 24 he will receive the Lowman’s Trophy at the All-Star Banquet filled with celebrities and NFL plays who will roast and toast him. Salata says the public is invited to the banquet as well. Individual tickets are $100 each.

On June 25, Succop will spend the day at the beach and the night at the Balboa Yacht Club for sailing and barbecue before going on to Malarky’s Irish Pub. The public is invited to suck it up with Succop at Malarky’s

On June 26, Succop leaves for Rookie Orientation camp in Florida with memories and an experience few others at the camp will share.

Salata likes to point out that some Mr. Irrelevants are not so irrelevant now with Jim Finn (1999) playing for the New York Giants, Michael Green (2000) playing for the Seattle Seahawks, Ramzee Robinson (2007) playing for the Detroit Lions and David Vobora (2008) starting with the St. Louis Rams.

Proceeds from this year’s events will benefit Serving People In Need, which serves homeless people in Orange County.

For more information on Irrelevant Week or to reserve tickets, call (949) 263-0727 or e-mail irrelevantweek@gmail.com. You can also get more details at www.irrelevantweek.com.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE AROUND THE WORLD

Two members of the Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa are making a difference with those having sight and hearing problems. Dr. Raj Desai is chairman of the Club’s Project Deaf India and was interviewed by Audiology Online recently. His interview can be found at www.AudiologyOnline.com.

Dr. Richard Weiss, chairman of One World Sight Project, is back from Tanzania and wanted to shared the latest developments that includes supporting an amazing hospital that is truly changing lives for many people in Africa. Weiss went to visit an eye hospital at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro to see firsthand what is being accomplished. You can watch Weiss’ video at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=1LrMo8p2kI8. Both programs are making a difference.

WORTH REPEATING

Thought for the Day as provided by Greg Kelley of the Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council: “A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.”

— Herm Albright

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK

How are you giving back to your community? Help your community and the world through a service club! For many, service club membership is an extension of our religious beliefs and congregation affiliation.

You are invited to attend a service club meeting this coming week to learn more about opportunity for service. Most clubs will buy your first meal for you as you get acquainted with them.

TODAY

7:30 a.m.: The 10-member Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club meets at Denny’s Restaurant, 290 Bristol St., Costa Mesa.

Noon: The 20-member Exchange Club of Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a program on Edward Jones Investments.

6 p.m.: The 65-member Rotary Club of Newport Balboa hosts the District 5320 Leadership at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a program on Free Wheelchair Mission — A program providing wheelchairs to the disabled in Third World countries. For details, go to www.newportbeachrotary.com.

THURSDAY

7 a.m.: The 20-member Costa Mesa Orange Coast Lions Club meets at Mimi’s Café.

Noon: The 50-member Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club meets at the Holiday Inn, Costa Mesa. For more information, visit www.CostaMesaKiwanis.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 .