COMMUNITY & CLUBS:

Tickets are still available for Soroptimist International of Newport Harbor’s “Matters of the Heart” Luncheon. The annual event will take place 11 a.m. Friday at The Turnip Rose at the Grand Newport Plaza, 1901 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa. This year’s event honorees are Sue Parks, chief executive of WalkStyles Inc. and founder of the Women’s Philanthropy Fund; and Eileen Fisher for her commitment to Socially Conscious Business.

Tickets for the luncheon are $60 for a single, $110 for two and $400 for a table of eight. The event includes a reception, auction and opportunity drawings.

Soroptimist is an international organization for women who work to improve the lives of women and girls in local communities and throughout the world.

Soroptimist International of Newport Harbor Area is one of 3,000 clubs in about 125 countries and territories that contribute time and financial support to community–based and international projects. Projects such as Project Sierra are helping to transform the lives of the deprived women and children in Sierra Leone.

For more information see soroptimistinternational.org.

Locally, club service projects include “From Dreams to Reality,” a career workshop for girls in partnership with the Girl Scout Council of Orange County and “Lifeline 4 Girls,” a domestic violence prevention program for teen girls. We also support Interval House, Girls Incorporated, Orange Coast Interfaith Shelter, STOP-GAP Theater and the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

For information, contact President Denise Glass at (714) 747-7015.

LIONS HONOR MEMBERS

The Newport Beach Hawaiian Lions club recently honored member John Kasell by making a donation to the City of Hope Memorial Foundation in memory of his father, Don Herbert, also known as Mr. Wizard of national television fame who lost his battle with cancer in 2007. Donations made by club members were also sent to “Lions in Sight” and “Bud Jensen Fellowship,” honoring club president Sally Nockold.

The club meets on the second Tuesday of each month for dinner at the Balboa Bay Club, according to Nockold. The club is planning a bus trip for members, a fundraiser for Prostate Cancer Research and support of families of deployed Military. For more information contact Nockold at (949) 644-6105.

WORTH REPEATING

From the thought for the Day as provided by Greg Kelley of the Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council: “I don’t think there’s anything as wonderful in life as being able to help someone else.”

— Betty Ford

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