COMMUNITY AND CLUBS:All-expenses-paid Philippines trip

If you are between the ages of 25 and 40 and are not related to a Rotarian, you could be selected for a four-week trip to the Philippines — all expenses paid.

Lane Calvert, Rotary District 5320’s governor, has established the Group Study Exchange with District 3830 of the Philippines. The District Group Study Exchange team will leave for the Philippines on Feb. 25, 2007, and return on March 25.

The exchange team is led by a Rotarian and consists of four non-Rotarians between the ages 25 and 40 who are active in a business or profession.

The GSE team members will stay in homes of Rotarians while in tour, make visits to similar businesses and professions they are involved in, as well as visit tourist sites and learn about life in the Philippines.

Rotary pays for the participant’s airfare, housing and meals during the four-week tour, while the team member pays for souvenirs and personal items.

The four members of the GSE team will be selected by an interview process on Nov. 18.

More information about the GSE program can be found on line at www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/gse.

Applications for team members are due by Nov. 10. Send them to Tito Parola, Group Study Exchange committee chair.

For more information on the Rotary District 5320 exchange program, contact Parola at (714) 771-6900 or tparola@ associatedlabs.com.

HUNGER WALK

The 18th Annual United Interfaith CROP Hunger Walk will be held on Oct. 15, starting and ending at St. Mark Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach, according to event Co-chairman Bob Johnston.

Registration begins at 1 p.m. and the walk begins at 1:30 with a choice of a 4K or 7K course that runs along the beautiful Upper Newport Bay.

All faith groups, individuals, families, youth groups and school children are invited by Johnston to participate in the walk to raise funds to eliminate world hunger.

Funds raised are split between local Orange County organizations and several worldwide organizations that serve the hungry.

Participants can download forms for walkers and sponsors by visiting www.hungerwalknewportbeach.org. For more information visit the website or call Johnston at (949) 644-4949.

GOLF FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

The Boys and Girls Club of the Harbor Area will hold its third annual golf tournament Oct. 2 at the Costa Mesa Country Club, Los Lagos Course. Lions Past District Gov. Mike Scheafer is challenging all service clubs in the area to enter a foursome for a tournament within the tournament with the goal of having some friendly service club competition and eventually a service club champion. Cost for a foursome is $700.

“It would be great if we would have a foursome from each Exchange, Kiwanis, Lions, Rotary and Soroptimist Club in the harbor area,” Scheafer said.

Not a member of a service club? You’re still invited to play in the Texas-scramble format tournament at a cost of $175 per player.

For registration information, call Tim Donovan at (714) 434-7700.

HARBOR MESA LIONS DONATING SCHOOL SUPPLIES IN ENSENADA

Harbor Mesa Lions will participate in the 50th annual International Visitation to the Ensenada Lions this weekend and donate school supplies to the school there that Lions have helped build.

They will also be donating money to help the local club with its charitable contributions to the community, including efforts to conduct sight testing and furnishing eyeglasses.

Harbor Mesa Lions member Barbara Hayward, who is a past district governor, is representing the club and will present the supplies and money. She is also on the committee that organized the event for the district.

WORTH REPEATING

From the Thought for the Day, as provided by Greg Kelley of the Newport-Mesa-Irvine Interfaith Council.

“I think I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.”

— BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

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