COMMUNITY & CLUBS:Support Relay for Life kick-off

You’re invited to the sixth annual Newport Beach Relay for Life kick-off party from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 12, at the Island Hotel (formerly known as the Four Seasons) in Fashion Island.

Here is a chance for your office, congregation, service club, school or community group to learn how you can get involved in the 2007 Relay For Life and help our community in the fight against cancer. The evening includes hot hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, a silent auction and raffle prizes.

The 24-hour Relay for Life will be held May 19 and 20 at Newport Harbor High School.

Please make reservations by Feb. 5 by sending an e-mail to Krisztina Scheeff, the Relay for Life co-chairwoman, at [email protected] or by calling (949) 357-5747.

LIONS IN SERVICE

Harbor Mesa Lions Club members worked at the recent fundraiser for 9-year-old Anthony Marco Perez, an Adams Elementary School student who died of an inoperable brain tumor Wednesday. After being contacted by Angel’s Charity founder Doug Hansen, Harbor Mesa Lions Lynn Seaholm, Lou Bolick Taylor, Ann Iverson, Eunice Thomason, Kathy Waters and Geri Reno assisted with food sales at the event that raised $17,000.

“Our members are always there for helping and contributing to any worthy cause,” said Lions spokeswoman Lynn Seaholm, “even though that same day, many of the same people worked selling ice cream at the Orange County Marketplace to raise money for our club to donate to organizations in the community.” Other members who worked at the ice cream sales were Lions Maureen Coffey, Jennifer Kelder, Eileen Jensen, Betty Gomez, Gina Stansbury, Gloria Kimmel, Jeanne Samoszuk, Ann McIlroy and Mike McIlroy, who is president of the Costa Mesa Newport Harbor Lions Club. The event raised $600.

INTERFAITH ON UCI CAMPUS

The Feb. 21 luncheon meeting of the Newport-Mesa-Irvine Interfaith Council will focus on Interfaith at UCI with a panel discussion by four students who will address the importance of interfaith on campus, according to Greg Kelly, council vice president and program chairman.

The student panel will consist of representatives of the Bahai, Muslim, Mormon and Roman Catholic faiths according to John Stupar, president of the UCI Interfaith board of directors. UCI is the only campus in the University of California system that has an on-campus interfaith center.

The meeting is open to the public and will be held at University United Methodist Church, 18422 Culver Drive, Irvine. The meeting, which includes lunch at noon, will begin with a reception at 11:45 a.m. and end at 1:30 p.m. The cost is $7.50 per person, including lunch. Make reservations by Feb. 19 https://nmiinterfaith@aol .com or (714) 921-8665.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SERVICE CLUBS

Gary Hensley, classification of education administration, who was sponsored by Dan Hoffmann. Hensley joined the Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa.

WORTH REPEATING

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

“Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.”

— WILL ROGERS

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 week to learn more about opportunity for service.

TUESDAY

7:30 a.m. The Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets at Five Crowns to hear Dr. Raouf Yuja discuss pathology. For more information, visit www.newport beachsunriserotary.org.

Noon: The Rotary Club of Costa Mesa meets at the Costa Mesa Marriott Suites.

WEDNESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club meets at Denny’s Restaurant, 290 Bristol St., Costa Mesa.

Noon: The Exchange Club of the Orange Coast meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club.

6 p.m.: The Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a craft talk by member George Mahroukian with a presentation by Mark Gardner on Friends in Service to Humanity’s Mobile Meals. For more information, visit www.newportbalboa.org.

THURSDAY

7 a.m.: The Costa Mesa Orange Coast Lions Club meets at Mimi’s Cafe.

Noon: The Exchange Club of Newport Harbor meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a business meeting. For more information, visit www.members .cox.net/nhexchangeclub/ index.htm; the Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club meets at the Holiday Inn. For details, visit www.kiwanis.org /club/costamesa; the Kiwanis Club of Newport Beach-Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club; the Rotary Club of Newport Irvine meets at the Radisson for the annual High School Speech Contest. For more information, visit www.nirotary.org.

is published Saturdays. Send your service club’s meeting information by fax to (714) 921-8655 or by e-mail to [email protected].