Exchange wares to help soup kitchen

Isabelle von Boch, an eighth-generation family member of Villeroy & Boch, an internationally known dinnerware line, will be at South Coast Plaza today from noon until 4 p.m.

Von Boch’s appearance will benefit the Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, a charity in Costa Mesa. You can trade your old dinnerware and accessories for better ones at the Villeroy & Boch store and have von Boch help you select your new ones. The dinnerware you bring in for exchange will be donated to the soup kitchen and $3 will be taken off every new piece you buy.

For more information, call the Villeroy & Boch store at (714) 540-6511.

— Mona Shadia