Scout Organizes Carnival for Needy

A 12-year-old Westminster Boy Scout has organized a one-day carnival to help collect food for the needy in Orange County.

Anthony Mueggler, a seventh-grader at Stacy Junior High School, has contacted vendors, businesses and other groups to donate goods for the carnival, which takes place today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Eastwood Elementary School in Westminster.

The funds raised from the event will go to the Episcopal Service Alliance Santa Ana Community Service Office in Church of the Messiah, Santa Ana.

“There is a great need to feed the homeless and displaced persons,” the youth wrote in his project outline. “This project would be helpful to my religious institution and my community.”

Tickets for the various carnival activities, which include game booths, a bake sale and refreshment stands, can be bought either with cans of food or money. Tickets average 25 cents each. Booths will be staffed by Scouts and parent volunteers.

ESA, organized in 1978 by clergy and laity from Church of the Messiah and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Tustin, is an ecumenical service agency that is supported by more than 50 interfaith churches.

For information, call (714) 364-2895.

Six graduating seniors will be honored at the 10:15 a.m. Sunday worship service at Shepherd of the Hills United Church of Christ, 30121 Niguel Road, Laguna Niguel. Graduates are Tracy Peters, Pat Cloven, Tim Eaton, Vicki Sandberg and Amy Lechner, graduating from Dana Hills High School, and Stacy Hafer, graduating from Capistrano High School. The students will help lead the service and will also be honored with their parents at a breakfast at Cafe Michele’s Restaurant in Laguna Hills.