COMMUNITY & CLUBS:

The Newport Harbor-Costa Mesa Lions Club has a busy week coming up. On Saturday, members will be wrapping gifts at the Boys & Girls Club at Rae School, then distributing Christmas gifts.

On Saturday and Sunday, Lion Lynn Seaholm will lead a group of Lions Club members selling ice cream at the Orange County Market Place.

Then on Monday, Lion Sue Seager will coordinate Lion volunteers at the Soup Kitchen to feed the hungry.

More than 35 members of the Rotary Club of Newport Irvine are volunteering at various places families of fallen soldiers will go to while visiting the area this week as part of Snowball Express, which offers getaways to Disneyland and Universal Studios to help the families deal with grief during the holidays.

The families arrived at John Wayne and Los Angeles International Airports on Tuesday and will head home Saturday.

Club members are welcoming the arriving families of the fallen, getting them to the bus transportation for their hotel, according to past President John Brainerd.

Exchange Club helping Camp Pendleton Marine families

The Exchange Club of Newport Harbor has adopted six families for Christmas.

While the club has money budgeted for the project, members are donating as well to buy Christmas gifts and food, according to past President Bob Bechtel.

Rotary Club of Newport Beach Sunrise members are collecting unwrapped gifts for children of Marines at Camp Pendleton.

Member Laura Dietz told club members if they didn’t have a gift to donate, she was accepting cash donations and will do the shopping for the children.

Supporting the Marine families at Camp Pendleton is the club’s continuing project.

WORTH REPEATING

Thought for the Day as provided by Greg Kelley of the Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council … “The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.”

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK

Help your community and the world through a service club!

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 for you 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 Exchange Club of Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club, 1601 Bayside Drive, for a business meeting.

6 p.m.: The 65-member Rotary Club of Newport Balboa meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for the annual Christmas Boat Parade Party. For details, 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. No. F.

Noon: The 50-member Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club meets at the Holiday Inn, 3131 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. For more, visit www.CostaMesaKiwanis.org.  

The 45-member Kiwanis Club of Newport Beach-Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club. Visit www.newportbeachkiwanis.org.  

The 85-member Rotary Club of Newport Irvine meets at the University Club at UCI, 801 E. Pelatson Drive, Irvine. For more information, visit www.nirotary.org.  

The 95-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a program by Richard McPherson on “Submarines, Especially as Regards to Terrorism.”

FRIDAY

6 p.m.: The Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club holds its annual Christmas Boat Parade Party at the Hedlands home on West Bay Street in Newport.

TUESDAY

Noon: The 20-member Rotary Club of Costa Mesa meets at the Costa Mesa Marriott Suites, 500 Anton Blvd.

6 p.m.: The Irvine New Generations Rotary Club meets at Tapas Restaurant, 4253 Martingale Way, Newport Beach.

COMMUNITY & CLUBS is published Wednesday in the Daily Pilot. Send your service club’s meeting information by fax to (714) 921-8655 or by e-mail to [email protected].