Community & Clubs:

Soroptimist International of Newport Harbor Area will present Jocelyn Martinez with its Violet Richardson Award, which honors young women for volunteer action, at 6 p.m. March 17 at the Zonta Club House, in Costa Mesa. The Estancia High School student will receive $1,250 at the awards ceremony.

Jocelyn is an active volunteer with Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, an organization that helps provide the less fortunate with meals, tutoring for children, and gifts for kids during the holidays.

Jocelyn volunteers there because she knew it was the perfect way to help the homeless and hungry children.

She will now advance to the Soroptimist Desert Coast Region level, where a $1,000 Violet Richardson Award recipient will be selected. At that level, an additional $1,000 will be contributed in honor of the recipient to her volunteer organization.

The program culminates with a $2,500 award to the finalist’s volunteer organization.

Soroptimist International of Newport Harbor Area is part of Soroptimist International of the Americas, an international volunteer organization for business and professional women who work to improve the lives of women and girls in local communities and throughout the world.

Newport Harbor Area members join with almost 100,000 Soroptimists in about 120 countries and territories to contribute time and financial support to community-based projects benefiting women.

In addition, the club participates in Soroptimist International of the Americas’ major service project, the Women’s Opportunity Awards program, which offers cash grants for women seeking to improve their economic situation through additional training and/or education.

For more information about Soroptimist International of Newport Harbor Area, e-mail President Wendy Kaiser at [email protected].

NEW MEETING LOCATION

Kiwanis of Costa Mesa is now meeting at the Costa Mesa Country Club, 1701 Golf Course Drive, according to President Kent M. Mueller.

The twilight meeting featuring a world-renowned basketball coach from the University of Iowa will be at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Guests are welcome to attend. No reservations are necessary.

LOOKING FOR SERVICE CLUB HELP

The folks who do the Civil War reenactment at Fairview Park are looking for a group to cook a pancake breakfast for them May 15 and 16.

They asked the Costa Mesa Newport Harbor Lions Club, but that same weekend is their District Convention, said Lions Club member Mike Scheafer.

If you know anyone or any group that can help, call Scott Picha at (949) 515-1835 or (949) 202-7817.

Thought for the day

“People prefer to follow those who help them, not those who intimidate them.”

— C. Gene Wilkes

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 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, 1601 Bayside Drive, for a business meeting.

5:15 p.m.: The 10-member Rotary Club of Costa Mesa meets at the Ramada Inn & Suites, 1680 Superior Ave., Costa Mesa. For more information, visit www.costamesarotary.org.

6 p.m.: The 65-member Rotary Club of Newport Balboa meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a Craft Talk by Sarah Greenberg-Davis. For more information, visit www.newportbalboa.org.

THURSDAY

7 a.m.: The 20-member Costa Mesa Orange Coast Lions Club meets at Mimi’s Café, 1835 Newport Blvd.

Noon: The 80-member Rotary Club of Newport Irvine meets at the University Club at UCI, 801 E. Peltason Drive.

Noon: The 45-member Kiwanis Club of Newport Beach-Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club. For more information, visit www.newportbeachkiwanis.org.

Noon: The 95-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a business meeting.

TUESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets at Five Crowns, 3801 E. Coast Hwy., Corona del Mar, for a program by Jennie O’Hagan, OC News Online. For more information, 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 [email protected] .