A chance to adopt a family for the holidays

JIM DE BOOM

Get in the spirit and adopt a needy family for the holidays. You,

your family or even your office can adopt a family for Thanksgiving,

Christmas or both.

You can adopt a needy family by contacting Serving People In Need

(SPIN), Friends in Service to Humanity (F.I.S.H.) of Harbor Area or

Share our Selves (SOS). All three groups have dozens of local

families that would benefit from the adoption, families that they

have worked with throughout the year.

“The Thanksgiving adoption involves the ‘adopters’ providing

groceries for a traditional meal, including a turkey or a store

voucher to purchase the turkey, yams and/or potatoes, cranberry

jelly, stuffing, vegetables, fruit, nuts, pie and a disposable

roasting pan,” said Anne-Marie Vercueil, SPIN’s case manager.

The Christmas adoption involves providing food and gifts for the

needy family -- adults and children. In most cases, you get to

present your Thanksgiving meal or Christmas gifts to the family

itself.

Contact SPIN at (714) 751-1101, ext. 105; FISH at (949) 645-8050;

and SOS at (949) 642-3451.

Tell them you are a Daily Pilot reader and want to adopt a family.

You will make a difference!

HEARTS AND HANDS DAY

More than 500 youth and adults from more than two dozen

congregations and service clubs will come together on Saturday, Nov.

22, for the Newport-Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council Hearts and Hands

“Hands On” Service Day, said Jaimie Day, the council’s vice

president.

There will be projects for Families Forward, SOS, Islamic Relief,

Child Help U.S.A., Adopt a Social Worker, Someone Cares Soup Kitchen,

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, FISH, Vineyard Storehouse,

Threads of Love, LDS Humanitarian Services, Newport Beach Public

Library, South Coast Children’s and Orange County Police Departments.

All are welcome to join in the fun of hands-on service. There are

projects for just about every age group and experience level. High

school students can get Newport-Mesa Unified School District service

hours for their participation. To volunteer, contact Day at (949)

642-9460 or by e-mail at [email protected].

GIVE THANKS TOGETHER

The Newport-Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council invites the community

to an Interfaith Celebration of Thanksgiving on Sunday, Nov. 23, at 4

p.m. at Harbor Christian Church.

The Rev. Dennis Short, pastor at Harbor Christian Church and the

council’s president, will be joined by Rabbi Marc Rubenstein of

Temple Isaiah and Imam Moustafa Al-Qazwini of the Islamic Education

Center of Orange County in a service of thanksgiving, praise and

music. Those attending are asked to bring two cans of food to be

shared with SOS, Families Forward and FISH.

WORTH REPEATING

From Thought for the Day provided by Greg Kelley of the Newport

Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council:

“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an

opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good

example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will

make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.”

-- FRANCIS MAITLAND

BALFOUR

Embryologist

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS

THIS WEEK

MONDAY

6:30 p.m.: Harbor Mesa Lions Club will meet at Golden Garden

Restaurant in Costa Mesa.

TUESDAY

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

meet at Five Crowns (https://newportbeach

sunriserotary.org/index.htm).

6:30 p.m.: The Costa Mesa Newport Harbor Lions Club will meet at

the Costa Mesa Country Club.

WEDNESDAY

7:15 a.m.: The 10-member South Coast Metro Rotary Club will meet

at the Center Club (https://www.southcoastmetro rotary.org); and the

Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club will meet at the University Athletic

Club.

Noon: The Exchange Club of the Orange Coast will meet at the Bahia

Corinthian Yacht Club.

6 p.m.: The Rotary Club of Newport Balboa will meet at the Bahia

Corinthian Yacht Club to hear past district Gov. Price Shapiro

discuss the Rotary Foundation (https://www.newportbalboa.org).

THURSDAY

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

Club will meet at Mimi’s Cafe.

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

Holiday Inn (https://www. kiwanis.org/club/costamesa); the 50-member

Kiwanis Club of Newport Beach-Corona del Mar will meet at the Bahia

Corinthian Yacht Club to hear Vic Taylor of the California Highway

Patrol; the Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will meet at the Newport

Harbor Nautical Museum; and the Rotary Club of Newport Irvine will

meet at the Atrium Hotel to hear Bill Habermehl, Orange County

superintendent of schools (https://www.nirotary.org).

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

Send your service club’s meeting information by fax to (714) 921-8655

or by e-mail to jdeboom@ aol.com.