Community & Clubs:

Harbor Mesa Lions will hold their biggest yearly fundraiser Nov. 6 at the Neighborhood Community Center in Costa Mesa. This western-themed event will raise funds for organizations in the community such as the Boys & Girls Club, Someone Cares Soup Kitchen and Medical Facility, Youth Employment Service, Interfaith Shelter and many more.

These charitable organizations need help desperately, and more than ever before. The public is invited and urged to attend this fun evening. Included with the $40 ticket is a chuck-wagon meal, which includes ribs and chicken from the Newport Rib Co., a deejay and dancing, a silent auction, and, of course, gambling tables with beautiful gift baskets as prizes.

For more information or tickets, call (714)898-1897.

AROUND THE COMMUNITY

The Exchange Club of Newport Beach will help “Fight Hunger in the Neighborhood” from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, and is asking the public to donate 20 cans of food or $20 to Second Harvest, a National Charity that helps feed the needy. Collection tables will be set up and manned by members of the club, at Ralphs Supermarket, 380 17th St., Newport Beach.

According to Forrest Werner, the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant is sponsoring a flu shot clinic Saturday for children and families of Paularino and Sonora Elementary Schools as part of church’s community outreach.

Ruby’s Diner, 2305 E. Coast Hwy. in Corona del Mar is hosting a fundraiser from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday for the Blue Tide Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that is “fighting poverty with education while reducing child trafficking both in the U.S. and around the globe,” said foundation President Holly Love. When presented with a copy of the special flier, 20% of all food and non-alcoholic beverages sold that day will be donated to Blue Tide Foundation by Ruby’s. Call Love at (949) 548-2583 to have the flier e-mailed or faxed to you.

Human Options will hold its annual fall fundraiser Oct. 28 at the Balboa Bay Club featuring Betty Mahmoody, speaker and author of the New York Times best-selling book, “Not Without My Daughter.”

Mahmoody and her daughter Mahtob will share her personal experiences of escaping an abusive relationship and fleeing 500 miles to a foreign country.

Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. and the program starts at noon. Individual tickets are $150, and underwriting opportunities are available. The Balboa Bay Club is at 1221 W. Coast Hwy. in Newport Beach. Call Nora Caldwell at (949) 737-5242 ext. 211 for tickets or more information.

WORTH REPEATING

Thought for the Day as provided by Greg Kelley of the Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council…“Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day!”

— William Arthur Ward

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK

TODAY

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

5:15 p.m.: The 10-member Rotary Club of Costa Mesa meets at Diamond Sign Co., 2950 Airway Ave., Suite D-9.

6 p.m.: The 65-member Rotary Club of Newport Balboa meets the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club, 1601 Bayside Drive, for a presentation by Newport Beach Mayor Ed Selich. Visit www.newportbalboa.org.

THURSDAY

Noon: The 85-member Rotary Club of Newport Irvine meets at the University Club at UC Irvine, 801 E. Peltason Drive, to hear from Dr. Mike Abdalla, a Rotary past district governor, to speak on “End Polio Now” and the $350-million Gates Foundation support grant to Rotary. For more, visit www.ni-rotary.org.

The 95-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a program by Bill Bechtel, presenting the Police Officer of the Year.

TUESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets at Five Crowns, 3801 E. Coast Hwy., Corona Del Mar, for a presentation by Margaret Baystin on Laura House. Visit www.newportbeachsunriserotary.org.

COMMUNITY & CLUBS is published Wednesdays. Send your service club’s meeting information by fax to (714) 921-8655 or by e-mail to jdeboom@aol.com .