GOLF TOURNEY RAISES $16,000 FOR BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Capistrano Valley’s 16th annual golf tournament raised more than $75,000 for the nonprofit’s operations, said Ron Sipiora, director of resource development.
The club annually serves more than 2,700 kids at its facilities in Aliso Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita and San Juan Capistrano.
The 18-hole tournament, sponsored by Tuttle Click Capistrano Ford, featured more than 124 golfers at the El Niguel Country Club in Laguna Niguel.
It also featured a silent auction, dinner and hole-in-one contest. Tournament champions were Don Gascoigne, Cody Gascoigne, George Windsor and Bill Ryan.
STYLIST TO HOLD CUT-A-THON FOR CANCER research
Adriana Lopez, hairstylist at Amoré Salon in Laguna Niguel, is kicking off a cut-a-thon fundraiser for The Jill Foundation to support breast cancer research between 9a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. Lopez, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012, received a donation from the foundation during her battle.
Last year, she was able to raise about $5,000 for hairstylists with breast cancer.
The event is at 30242 Crown Valley Parkway in Laguna Niguel. The Jill Foundation was created in memory of Jill Etzold Kester, a hairstylist from Orange who died from breast cancer.
To make a donation without a haircut, mail a check to Lopez at the salon. No appointments are necessary during the cut-a-thon.
TRAILBLAZER AWARDED WITH INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
Newth Morris, co-founder of Telogis Route and Navigation of Aliso Viejo, is among the six honorees who received the Innovator of the Year Awards, presented by the Orange County Business Journal.
The awards recognized Orange County trailblazers during a 400 people luncheon in Irvine.
Telogis provides a cloud-based connected intelligence software platform that impacts the way businesses optimize their mobile assets and critical data.
GOLFERS SWING IN $220,000 FOR ST. MARGARET
The Tartan Tee-Off at the El Niguel Country Club in Laguna Niguel raised nearly $220,000 for St. Margaret’s Episcopal School’s Financial Aid Endowment. More than 100 golfers participated in the annual tournament presented by the Kao Family Foundation. The winning foursome included Travis Nelson, Geoff Rosenhain, James Bishop andBrent Kuhn. The tournament planning committee included John Agamalian, Ken Carpenter, Mike Gottlieb, Paul Marron, Tim McElfishand Marianne Payne.
LOCAL PERFORMERS IN SADDLEBACK COLLEGE MUSICAL
Kierston Bjerke of Aliso Viejo is among the cast members in the musical “Dogfight” by the Department of Theatre Arts at Saddleback. The Dogfight production has music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the book by Peter Duchan and the play is based on the Warner Bros. film and screenplay by Bob Comfort. The show runs until Sunday. For tickets, visit www.saddleback.edu/arts.
TEMPLE EVENT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE ORGAN DONORS
Temple Beth El of South Orange County at 2A Liberty in Aliso Viejo is holding a free screening of the documentary “65 Percent” at 2 p.m. on Sunday. The film tells the story of brothers Jared and Cameron Wohl and their journey of undergoing a live organ liver transplant when Jared donated part of his liver to his brother when he got cancer. The New Jersey brothers, who are the nephews of one of the Temple Beth-El congregants, will be at the event to discuss their documentary and their nonprofit organization The Wave Set, created to encourage organ donations. View the trailer at thewaveset.com.
DOCTORS-TURN-WAITERS RAISE FUNDS IN HOSPITAL EVENT
Thirteen physicians volunteered as servers during the 17th annual Dizz’s As Is fundraising event, which pulled in more than $16,000 for the Women’s Hospital at Saddleback Memorial this month. The doctors served appetizers, cocktails, entrées and desserts to about 80 guests in Laguna Beach. Servers included: David Vogel, Steve Garber, Dennis Phillips, Kenson Lo, Dan Kouwabunpat, Margaret Van Blerk, Melissa Bush, Lauren Hackett, Brian Koperek, Ken James, Dinh Vu, James Kay and Ron Naglie. Hugo Folli, vice president of ancillary services, took on the role as bartender, and hospital CEO Steve Geidt of Laguna Niguel stepped up as live auctioneer. The event was launched by the Saddleback Memorial Foundation, the fundraising arm for the not-for-profit hospital in Laguna Hills.
BOUTIQUE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR BREAST CANCER
More than 20 vendors are participating in the Think Pink Boutique on Oct. 22. The 2-7 p.m. event, which is raising funds to support diagnostic care and treatment for breast cancer at Mission Hospital, is launched by Mission Hospital Valiant Women at the Mission Viejo Country Club. The vendors will donate 20 percent of their sales. Shopping includes jewelry, purses, candles, wine, yoga bags, plants, essential oils, skin care products and baby quilts. The event is part of the nonprofit’s monthlong Wall of Honor campaign to support breast cancer. The wall, which will be up on display until Oct. 31 at The Shops at Mission Viejo, is aiming to create awareness for the importance of mammograms and raise funds to support treatment for breast cancer. People can honor breast cancer patients and survivors by adding a tribute to the wall.
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