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Sunflower Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92626; fax to (714) 965-4678; call

(714) 966-4690 or e-mail at hbindy @latimes.com. Submissions must be

received two weeks before publication.

SATURDAY

The Bolsa Chica Wetlands Tour will be a walk along the loop trail

of the wetlands. Trained tour guides will discuss bird

identification, ecology, endangered species, early history and the

wetlands’ status. The walk will begin at 10 a.m. Guests will meet at

the walkbridge at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve on the east side

Pacific Coast Highway between Warner and Seapoint avenues. Admission

will be free. Information: (714) 840-1575 or https://www.amigosdebolsa

chica.org.

The Shipley Nature Center Tour will offer visitors a chance to

hear descriptions of the center’s planned restoration to its

historical native plant habitat with the addition of water

conservation gardens. The event will begin at 10 a.m. Guests will

meet at the front gate to the Shipley Nature Center in Huntington

Central Park. Parking will be available in the Central Park Drive

parking lot off Edwards Street between Talbert and Slater avenues.

Information: (714) 842-4772 or https://www.fsnc.org.

TUESDAY

The Kiwanis Club of Huntington Beach Surf City Breakfast Club will

meet at 7:30 a.m. at the International House of Pancakes, 18782

Beach Blvd. Information: Glen Cauble, (714) 848-8102 or Randy

Golden, (562) 884-4145.

WEDNESDAY

Midweek Advent services will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday

evenings at Grace Lutheran Church, 6931 Edinger Ave. A soup supper

will be offered at 5:30 p.m., followed by the services in Hope Hall.

Information: (714) 897-0361.

ONGOING

CIVIC GROUPS

Huntington Beach Police

Department Senior Volunteer Program is accepting applications for

new members. Volunteers perform duties for the Department, such as

citing illegally parked cars and taking down illegally posted signs.

Applicants must be 55 and over and live in Huntington Beach.

Interested applicants should contact the program coordinator for an

application. Information: (714) 536-5933.

The SOS Investment Club meets regularly on the second Monday of

each month and is seeking new members interested in studying

companies and making long-term investments. The group’s meetings are

held at 913 California St. Information: Cathy, (714) 960-7225.

The Huntington Beach Chapter of the National Assn. of the

Physically Handicapped provides disabled children and adults the

opportunity to make their lives become more vital to the community

through providing informative newsletters four times a year from

National Headquarters. It meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month

at 6:30 p.m. at Wycliffe Gardens at 18765 Florida St. Anyone

interested in becoming either a regular member or an associate member

may contact Bernadette at [email protected] or call Dorothy at (949)

646-4771 for more information.

The Clara Barton chapter

of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution will

meet at 9:30 a.m. on the third Saturday of each month at Community

United Methodist Church, 6652 Heil Ave. Membership in the club is

open to any woman who is at least 18 and can prove lineal bloodline

descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American

independence. Information: (714) 848-4297.

The North Huntington Beach Mothers Club welcomes all stay-at-home

or part-time moms living in North Orange County. The club emphasizes

support and friendship for mothers and fun family activities.

Information: (714) 373-5488.

The MISS Foundation is a

support group for families who have experienced the death of a

child that meets on the first Thursday of every month. The group

gathers at 6:30 p.m. and begins at 7 p.m. Information: Katie, (714)

442-3669, for location or peer support.

Toastmasters Club 770 is a group that teaches communication

skills to business and community members. The club will meet from 7

to 9 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at Carrow’s

Restaurant at the corner of Magnolia Street and Warner Avenue.

Information: (714) 847-3660.

Toastmasters Club No. 6641 presents “Tongue Tamers” from noon to

1 p.m. the first and third Friday of every month at the Huntington

Beach Civic Center, 2000 Main St. room B-8. Information: (714)

964-9813.

The Point-to-Point chapter of the American Needlepoint Guild

meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month (except December) at

Rodgers Senior Center at 17th Street and Orange Avenue. Hospitality

is at 6:30 p.m., followed by a general meeting at 7 p.m. Information:

(714) 962-1562.