Around Town: Mesa booster bingo hands out jackpot winnings
District employee Cheryl Wright won the Costa Mesa High School Boosters Bingo Powerball Jackpot on Dec. 1.
Wright works in the front office at Sonora Elementary School and hit the jackpot of $299 when they called N39, according to a news release.
The progressive jackpot increases in value each week until there is a winner. The Boosters Bingo offers progressive buy-ins, pull-tab and double-action games and $5 meal deals, according to the release. There is free popcorn, coffee and water along with lighted and secure parking.
Proceeds benefit the arts, sports, student trips and many other programs at the high school. Games start at 5 p.m. Tuesdays at the Costa Mesa Senior Center, 695 W. 19th St.
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Irvine to match contributions to schools fundraiser
Under Irvine Public Schools Foundation’s annual Think Future, Give Now campaign, all contributions received by the end of December are to be matched dollar for dollar by the city of Irvine.
Funds raised will go toward class-size reduction, after-school programs, additional instructional aides, and technology, health and wellness areas in the Irvine Unified School District.
The foundation kicked off the campaign in October with the goal of raising $500,000 for the district’s 2016-17 school year.
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Reid Day School to hold multi-facility open house
Reid Day School in Costa Mesa will host an information session with Summit Center and Bridges Academy from 6 to 9 p.m. on Jan. 21.
Reid is for students considered twice-exceptional, meaning they are gifted and have a learning, emotional or behavioral issue, school director Lisa Reid said.
The Summit Center offers educational and psychological assessments, consultations and treatment for children who are gifted and have learning challenges. The center has locations throughout California.
Bridges Academy is a college preparatory school in Studio City for twice-exceptional students in fourth through 12th grades.
The open house event will inform guests about Reid’s educational therapy and school programs for first through sixth grades, the Summit Center’s services and the potential middle and high school expansion of Bridges Academy to Orange County.
The Reid Day School is at 151 Kalmus Drive, Suite H9 in Costa Mesa.
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HireLive to host free career fair in Irvine
Nationwide recruiting company HireLive will host a free career fair from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 14 at the Hilton Irvine.
The fair will include job opportunities in sales, account managing, customer service, financial planning, human resources and more. Many of the opportunities will offer a flexible work schedule, full benefits, company car or gas allowances and other benefits.
Attendees are asked to bring 10 to 15 resumes and to dress professionally.
The Hilton Irvine is at 18800 MacArthur Blvd. in Irvine. Self-Parking is $10.
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Concordia gets over $540,000 for theology studies
Concordia University was awarded a grant of more than $540,000 from Lilly Endowment Inc. this month. Concordia is one of 82 private universities nationwide, and one of only five California universities, to receive a grant from the Endowment.
Concordia’s School of Theology Christ College will use the grant over a four-year period to establish a high school youth theology institute.
“As the Great Commission university, this grant affords Concordia University Irvine the opportunity to continue its mission for generations to come,” Concordia’s President Kurt Krueger said in a statement. “We’re honored to be recognized by Lilly Endowment Inc.”
Lilly Endowment Inc., based in Indianapolis, is dedicated to cultivating theologically-minded youth and future leaders in church and society.
Concordia is the only university in Orange County to be acknowledged for receiving the grant.