COMMUNITY & CLUBS:

A blood drive, CPR certification and neighborhood preparedness class has been added to this Saturday’s Heart & Hands day of service program sponsored by the Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council, according to Jaimie Day, who is organizing the event.

The neighborhood preparedness class is offered from 10 to 11:30 a.m. If you want to donate blood or take the CPR certification class you’ll have to register ahead of time.

Call Cathy at (800) 400-4CPR or e-mail Jaimie Day at [email protected].

Hearts & Hands is from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Latter-day Saints Church at 16th Street and Dover Drive, Newport Beach. People of all faiths are welcome. To find out how you can participate call Day at (949) 642-9460.

EXCHANGE CLUB MOVIE BENEFIT

The Exchange Club of Newport Harbor had another hit movie preview benefit on its hands last Thursday at the Lido Theatre with the showing of the new James Bond movie, “Quantum of Solace,” according to Bill Barrington, the club’s Spindrift editor.

Great food from local restaurants started off the evening at 5:30 p.m. along with music from the Ex-Men band. Club member Bob Washer and his son, Greg, received Oscars from Scott Trotter of the Orange County Child Abuse Prevention Center and the Exchange Club for arranging for the film to be shown at the annual fund raiser.

Last year’s event raised more than $60,000 for Child Abuse prevention, $20,000 for scholarships for students and teachers as well as $5,000 in other contributions to local groups.

This year’s totals have not yet been reported.

WORTH REPEATING

Thought for the Day as provided by Greg Kelley of the Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council ... “Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Louis Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.”

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H. Jackson Brown

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK

How are you giving back to your community? Help your community and the world through a service club! For many, service club membership is an extension of our religious beliefs and congregation affiliation. You are invited to attend a service club meeting this coming week to learn more about opportunity for service. Most clubs will buy your first meal for you as you get acquainted with them.

TODAY

7:30 a.m.: The 10-member Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club meets at Denny’s Restaurant, 290 Bristol St., Costa Mesa.

Noon: The Exchange Club of Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club.

6 p.m.: The 65-member Rotary Club of Newport Balboa meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a Craft Talk: Mary Jo Vecchiarelli www.newportbalboa.org.

THURSDAY

7 a.m.: The 20-member Costa Mesa Orange Coast Lions Club meets at Mimi’s Café.

Noon: The 50-member Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club meets at the Holiday Inn, Costa Mesa. Visit www.CostaMesaKiwanis.org.

The 45-member Kiwanis Club of Newport Beach-Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club. For more information, visit www.newportbeachkiwanis.org.

The 85-member Rotary Club of Newport Irvine meets at the University Club at UCI. For more information, visit www.nirotary.org.

The 95-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a Veterans Sing Along — “A Tribute to Our Veterans.”

TUESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The 52-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets at Five Crowns for a program by Dr. Craig Walsh: “T-cells and Immunology.” Visit www.newportbeach sunriserotary.org.

Noon: The 20-member Rotary Club of Costa Mesa meets at the Costa Mesa Marriott Suites.

6:30 p.m.: The Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club meets at the Costa Mesa Golf and Country Club for a program by two Naval Academy Midshipmen.

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