Last call to help Marines’ families

Today’s the day to deliver letters of support and appreciation that

will be sent to Marines in Iraq, items for care packages for Marines

and sailors deployed overseas, and coupons and gift certificates for

the families of Marines at Twenty-nine Palms.

Care package items needed are contact lens cleaning solution, eye

drops, lip balm, sunscreen (small size), prepaid phone cards, blank

postcards, toothpaste, mouthwash (small size), magazines, reading

material, chewing gum, granola bars, crossword puzzles, beef jerky,

trail mix, peanuts, antibacterial hand sanitizer, AA and AAA

batteries, deodorant, shampoo and toiletries.

Items for the families can be manufacturers’ coupons clipped from

newspapers and magazines; tickets to Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm

or Knott’s Oasis Water Park; gift certificates for McDonalds, Carl’s

Jr. or any chain restaurant that has an outlet in the Coachella

Valley or Mojave; or prepaid phone cards.

The Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council and the Daily Pilot

invite you to join in a communitywide effort to help the Marine Corps

families at Twenty-nine Palms Marine base.

Deliver your donated items between 8 a.m. and noon today to the

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ parking lot, 801 Dover

Drive, Newport Beach, where they will be sorted and packaged for

delivery to the base next week.

Questions? Let’s let the Marines and their families know we care.

LIAISON HONORED

Greg Arbues of the Rotary Club of Newport Irvine was honored as

the Liaison of the Year for the Adopt a Social Worker program

sponsored by the Orange County Child Abuse Prevention Center.

Many service clubs -- Rotary, Lions, Kiwanis and Exchange -- have

adopted a social worker, who calls upon the club when their family

clients have needs. Club members provide furniture, food, diapers or

what ever is needed to assist the social worker in assisting the

troubled family. The service clubs make a difference in so many lives

very quietly, anonymously and without hesitation. More information on

the Adopt-A-Social Worker program can be obtained by calling Kathryn

Haze at (714) 543-4333, ext. 501.

A BUSY TIME FOR

SERVICE CLUBS

Members of the Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa just finished

officiating the city of Newport Beach Track meet while members of the

Exchange Club of Newport Harbor judged the Science Fair at Anderson

Elementary School.

Today, the Exchange Club will participate in Clean Harbor Day. On

Sunday, members of the Newport Beach Corona del Mar Kiwanis Club are

working at the March of Dimes Walk America 2003 at Fashion Island.

Some 160 high school students are spending this weekend with three

dozen Rotarians at the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Camp in

Idyllwild Pines.

On Saturday, the Harbor Mesa Lions Club will host its Chili Round

Up, while Rotarians will be in Laughlin for their annual District

Conference. On Monday, May 5, the Rotary Club of Newport Irvine hosts

its annual golf tournament.

The Costa Mesa Newport Harbor Lions Club is busy planning for the

first Fish Fry in several years, scheduled for May 31 and June 1 at

the Costa Mesa Community Center.

The Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will hold its annual Desert

Trek May 16 to 18 in Palm Springs, while Lions District 4L4 will

holds its annual convention in Oxnard.

SERVICE CLUB

MEETINGS THIS WEEK

TUESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The 40-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will

meet at Five Crowns to hear a craft talk by Christina Holliday.

7 p.m. The Costa Mesa Newport Harbor Lions Club will meet at

Anteaters Park for a baseball game between UC Irvine and the

University of Southern California.

WEDNESDAY

7:15 a.m.: The 20-member South Coast Metro Rotary Club will meet

at the Center Club (www.southcoastmetro rotary.org); and the Newport

Harbor Kiwanis Club will meet at the University Athletic Club.

Noon: The 40-member Exchange Club of the Orange Coast will meet at

the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for the presentation of the Youth of

the Year Awards.

6 p.m.: The 60-member Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa will meet at

the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club to hear Judge William Rylaarsdam

discuss changes in the way California courts are organized and

financed.

THURSDAY

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

Club will meet at Mimi’s for a program on “The Status of Home

Building in Orange County” by Bob Dressler.

Noon: The 50-member Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club will meet at the

Holiday Inn; the 50-member Newport Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis Club

will meet at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club (www.kiwanis.org/club/

costamesa); the 80-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will meet

at the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum for a program by Sheldon Pine

of the Transportation Corridor Agency; and the 100-member

Newport-Irvine Rotary Club will meet at the Atrium Hotel for the

Innovative Teacher Awards program coordinated by Lucy Walther

(www.nirotary.org).

* COMMUNITY & CLUBS is published Saturdays in the Daily Pilot.

Send your service club’s meeting information by fax to (949)

660-8667; e-mail to [email protected] or by mail to 2082 S.E. Bristol,

Suite 201, Newport Beach, CA 92660-1740.