Around Town: Jerry Lewis, governor expected at Newport cancer event
Comedian Jerry Lewis and Gov. Jerry Brown are among the scheduled guests for a gala Saturday in Newport Beach presented by City of Hope, a Duarte-based research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases.
The event, titled Let’s Be Frank About Cancer, will honor cancer survivor Frank Di Bella and City of Hope doctor Sumanta Pal for their dedication to finding a cure for cancer.
Proceeds from the black-tie affair will support Pal’s research, which focuses on how cancers develop and metastasize and how to better predict cancer recurrence and improve treatments.
The gala will begin at 6 p.m. at the Island Hotel, 690 Newport Center Drive.
Tickets are $500. To register or for more information, visit https://www.cityofhope.org/letsbefrank.
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Video contest offers scholarships
Johnson Attorneys Group of Newport Beach is offering three college scholarships to local students through a video contest.
The contest invites California residents 14 or older to make a 90-second video on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram or another social media outlet of themselves, relatives or friends discussing ways to prevent drunk driving.
Award winners will receive scholarships of $500, $250 or $100, which can be doubled if they register for the Walk Like MADD Orange County fundraiser for Mothers Against Drunk Driving on April 11 in Irvine.
Entries are due March 25. Winners will be notified April 1.
To enter or for more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/JohnsonAttorneysGroup.
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Fundraiser to aid Ben Carlson statue effort
Costa Mesa-based surfwear brand Hurley will present an auction fundraiser Saturday to support the Ben Carlson Foundation’s effort to place a memorial statue in Newport Beach to honor the late lifeguard.
Carlson died July 6 while helping a distressed swimmer caught in large surf. His death was the first on-duty fatality in the nearly 100-year history of Newport Beach lifeguards.
The auction will include photos taken by Tom Cozad of a memorial paddle-out in Newport Beach days after Carlson’s death. Local surf shots from other photographers also will be up for sale.
A raffle will offer Hurley products, GoPro cameras and other prizes.
The fundraiser will be from 5 to 9 p.m. at Hurley headquarters, 1945 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa.
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Clothing drive benefits job seekers
Costa Mesa-based Working Wardrobes partnered recently with Kinecta Federal Credit Union in the third annual Professional Clothing Drive to benefit nonprofit job-readiness programs.
Kinecta members and employees in Southern California and Chicago donated nearly 3,600 articles of clothing, accessories and shoes — enough to dress more than 600 people seeking to enter the workforce.
Donation recipients included Working Wardrobes in Orange and Los Angeles counties, the Foothill Family Shelter of Upland and a Salvation Army chapter in Chicago.
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