In recognition of National Family Week and Veteran's Day, the
Newport-Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council will sponsor its second annual
Hearts and Hands Multi-Faith Family Service Day on Nov. 9 from 8:30
a.m. to 3 p.m. The meeting place is the Latter-Day Saints Church at
801 Dover Drive, Newport Beach.
The service projects will benefit worldwide humanitarian relief
efforts, as well as our own local and national organizations. They
include making hygiene kits for Serving People in Need (SPIN), quilts
for Orangewood Children, sandwiches for Save Our Selves (SOS), school
kits for children in refugee camps and collecting books.
Off-site projects include painting and refurbishing the South
Coast Children Home, painting and cleaning the newly acquired THINK
Center at Wilson School and gardening at the Environmental Nature
Center, to name a few.
For some of the projects, all of the materials will be provided,
while for others, you may need to bring a hammer, paint brush or
stepladder.
More than 400 people participated last year, including volunteers
from SOS, Friends in Service to Humanity, The Orange County Fire
Department, the Girl and Boy Scouts of America, Adopt-A-Social Worker
Foundation, Latter-Day Saints Humanitarian Relief, Rotary Clubs,
Newport Harbor High School, the American Red Cross and many churches
and temples in Costa Mesa, Irvine and Newport Beach.
Registration for service organizations, projects and volunteers
are now being taken on a first come, first served basis.
If you, your family, your faith community, youth group, office or
service group want to be part of this hands-on service event,
contact: Jaimie Day at (949) 642-9460.
WORTH REPEATING
From Greg Kelley of the Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council ...
"The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will
outlast it." ... William James
SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS
THIS COMING WEEK
MONDAY
6:30 p.m.: The Harbor Mesa Lions Club will meet at Zubies
Restaurant.
TUESDAY
7:15 a.m.: The Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will meet at Five
Crowns Restaurant.
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 20-member South Coast Metro Rotary Club will meet
at the Center Club (www.southcoastmet rorotary.org); and the Newport
Harbor Kiwanis Club meets at the University Athletic Club.
Noon: The Soroptimist International Newport Harbor will meet at
the Santa Ana Country Club for a program meeting; and the 35-member
