Around Town: United Cerebral Palsy golf tournament Monday at Pelican Hill
United Cerebral Palsy of Orange County will present its 22nd Life Without Limits Autumn Golf Classic on Monday at The Resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Coast.
Proceeds from the event will go to help people with developmental disabilities including autism, Down syndrome and cerebral palsy, according to a news release.
The entry fee for individual golfers is $600. Attendees will get a continental breakfast, a barbecue lunch, a cocktail reception and a dinner with live and silent auctions.
For more information, call (949) 333-6452 or visit ucp-oc.org.
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Deadline for fine art show approaching
Orange County artists can apply to feature their work in the 2017 Festival of Arts Fine Art Show.
The show will run July 5 through Aug. 31 in Laguna Beach.
Artists can complete an application form and submit images of their work at foapom.com/apply by 4 p.m. Oct. 31.
For more information, call (949) 464-4234.
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Young community service enthusiasts can enter scholarship contest
The Montage resort in Laguna Beach has opened its fourth annual Montage Memory Makers contest to 13- through 17-year-olds seeking scholarships for higher education.
Contestants will be judged on their volunteer efforts, community service achievements and how their service inspires others, according to a news release.
To enter, visit montagehotels.com/montage-memory-makers-scholarship and upload a 300-word essay about your community service by Nov. 14.
Ten finalists will be chosen, and five winners will be selected by a panel of judges including Montage Hotels & Resorts Chief Executive Alan Fuerstman. The winners will be announced Jan. 5.
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Festival of Children Foundation challenge winners perform at arts school
Prize winners in a National Child Awareness Month Talent Challenge created by the Costa Mesa-based Festival of Children Foundation performed Tuesday at the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana.
San Diego bus driver and rapper Vee “Vrsatyl” Meadows won first place in the video contest with his original song “Born This Way.” The video features two of his co-workers who have children with autism. Meadows’ designated charity, the Autism Society of America, won a $50,000 donation.
Student dancers at the School of the Arts performed to Meadows’ song.
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Laguna Beach center calls on students to raise money to help seals and sea lions
The Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach has opened registration for school classrooms to sign up and raise donations to help rehabilitate injured and sick seals and sea lions.
Classes that raise $1,000 will be invited to watch a sea lion release. Those that raise $2,000 will win an engraved brick in the center’s yard. Those that raise the most money will get to name a sea lion.
To register, visit pacificmmc.org/change-the-life. The program will be open until May 1.
Health expo to offer free flu shots, blood pressure screenings
Free flu shots will be available for people 18 and older during Laguna Beach Seniors’ annual Health Expo Nov. 4 in Laguna Beach.
The expo, sponsored by the city, Laguna Beach Seniors, and St. Joseph Health Mission Hospital, will also offer free blood pressure and hearing screenings and a chance to meet with various community service providers.
The expo will run from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Laguna Beach Community & Susi Q Center at 380 Third St.
For more information, call (949) 464-6645.