Around Town: Corona del Mar High dance team to perform at autism benefit show
Corona del Mar High School’s Orchesis dance team will perform at the Halo Dance Performance on Jan. 23 to help support educational services for families living with autism.
The Halo Foundation, which holds the annual show, was founded by Orchesis director Cami Marseilles in 2011 shortly after her 4-year-old son, Kai, and youngest son, Koa, began to show autism-like symptoms.
The nonprofit foundation helps families affected by autism by educating them about early-intervention therapies and offering financial support for therapies, as needed.
For the first time, this year’s show will be held at Corona del Mar Middle School’s theater.
Performances are scheduled for 1 and 5 p.m. Orchesis will perform at the later show.
For tickets, visit halodance4autism.org.
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Harbor Christian Church names interim senior pastor
Harbor Christian Church in Newport Beach has named Stanley Smith as its interim senior pastor, succeeding Wesley Knight, who along with his wife left to care for their sick parents in South Dakota.
Smith retired in 2011 after 19 years as senior pastor of First Christian Church of Orange. He is a graduate of Chapman University in Orange and Claremont School of Theology.
A Harbor Christian committee is seeking a new permanent senior pastor. The search could take six months to a year, according to Lee Hendrie, the church’s membership and evangelism chairman.
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Foundation to offer training in understanding Type 1 diabetes
The Pediatric-Adolescent Diabetes Research and Education Foundation will present training from 7 to 11:30 a.m. Jan. 27 at the Mary & Dick Allen Diabetes Center in Newport Beach to help school health personnel get up to date about Type 1 diabetes and its effects on children.
The training will provide school nurses and healthcare workers with current information on Type 1 diabetes.
The nonprofit foundation provides more than 100 classes each year, offering education and support programs for children, teenagers and families affected by Type 1 diabetes.
The Allen Diabetes Center is at 520 Superior Ave. The cost of the training is $30.
To register, visit padrefoundation.org.