Volunteers create No-Bully bracelets to spread the word during the 2014 Hearts & Hands presented by the Newport-Mesa-Irvine Interfaith Council held Saturday. (Susan Hoffman / DAILY PILOT)
Volunteers make a fleece blaket as part of “Project Linus” during the 2014 Hearts & Hands presented by the Newport-Mesa-Irvine Interfaith Council held Saturday. (Susan Hoffman / DAILY PILOT)
Latter-Day Saints volunteer Valerie Day Vichikov takes inventory of the “Project Cuddle” blanket collection as Bishop for Eastbluff Ward Bart Bean looks on at the Hearts & Hands event Saturday. (Susan Hoffman / DAILY PILOT)
Volunteers knit beanies for the Navajo Orphanage during the 2014 Hearts & Hands presented by the Newport-Mesa-Irvine Interfaith Council held Saturday. (Susan Hoffman / DAILY PILOT)
Nathan Cox crafts a pen as part of the The Pen Project during the 2014 Hearts & Hands event Saturday. (Susan Hoffman / DAILY PILOT)
Nathan Cox, foreground, crafts a pen as Alex Altshuler, left, holds the finished products and his dad supervises during the 2014 Hearts & Hands presented by the Newport-Mesa-Irvine Interfaith Council held Saturday. (Susan Hoffman / DAILY PILOT)
A Red Cross blood drive was held at the Hearts & Hands event. (Susan Hoffman / DAILY PILOT)
Corona del Mar High junior and bake sale chair McCall Andrizzi shows off reindeer cupcakes at the 2014 Hearts & Hands event Saturday. (Susan Hoffman / DAILY PILOT)
The Wall of Heroes is part of the 2014 Hearts & Hands event presented by the Newport-Mesa-Irvine Interfaith Council. (Susan Hoffman / DAILY PILOT)