La Pur sima students hosting poinsettia fundra

The eighth grade students at La Purisima Catholic School are taking orders for farm-fresh holiday poinsettia plants. The class is earning for their spring study trip to Washington, D.C. Each poinsettia plant is priced at $10, and is approximately 15 inches tall, 15 inches across, with 5 to 7 bright red flowers. Student representatives will be outside the church after ANDREA each Mass on Saturday MILLS and Sunday to take orders. The poinsettias will be freshly harvested from a farm in Fallbrook the day before delivery and wrapped in decorative cellophane. Orders may be picked up at La Purisima between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3, or between 3 pm and 4 pm. on Monday, Dec. 5. ORANGE-CANYON SO FTBALL TEAM WRAPS GIFTS Players and parents from the Orange Canyon Girls Softball League will offer complimentary holiday gift wrapping at The Village of Orange. They will be available to wrap purchases between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on each of the following Saturdays: Nov. 26, Dec. 3, Dec. 10 and Dec. 17. Donations will be accepted for the league s scholarship fund. OCGSL spring season registration is open online until Dec. 4. Girls ages 4 to 16 may register at a spring team in this recreational fast pitch league. Practices will begin in January and games start in February. The fifth-graders donated 10 percent of the proceeds to Salem s HA.N.D. (Hope And Necessities Distributed) Bags Ministry, which provides personal bags of necessary items to the homeless and less fortunate. The remainder of the proceeds will pay for the fifth-grade field trip to the Reagan Library, and other class activities. NOHL CANYON HOLDS JOG-A-THON9 Every Roadrunner was on the field at one time during the third annual Nohl Canyon Elementary School Jog-A-Thon. Co-chairs Christina Devereux and Raza arranged two fields, each with concentric circle laps, so that all of the students could run during the same 20 minute timeframe. The younger children ran in the smaller, inside laps, while the older children ran in the outside lanes. Papporters cheered as the students and many teachers ran as many laps as possible to earn money for the school. The fundraiser was a success, raising more than $14, (XX) for school programs and equipment. ORANGE LUTHERAN - BEATS SHOE BOX GO AL the Orange Lutheran students have surpassed their goal, packing and wrapping 2,244 filled shoe boxes thus far for Operation Christmas Child. Last year, the freshmen and sophomores packed L250 boxes. This year, their goal was 2,000 shoe boxes. Project coordinator Ms. Kim Hahn thanks the students and community for their generous donations of school supplies, candy, hygiene products, toys and gifts that will go to needy children overseas. This is the final week of collections for Operation Christmas Child. 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Wednesday at Main and Chapman will benefit the United Methodist Preschool and Kindergarten. Two shopping nights are planned for the Fresh & Easy location at Tustin and Chapman. Salem Lutheran School will be the beneficiary on Wednesday. Covenaistian School will receive a portion of the sales on Thursday, Dec. 1. Shopping nights for each school will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on their respective date. ELKS CLUB ANNUAL "HO O P SHOOT" CONTEST The annual Elks Lodge Hoop Shoot Contest will be between 8 a.m. and noon on Saturday, Dec 3 at the Orange High School Gymnasium Students between the ages 8 and 13 may showcase their basketball looting skills. They may go at any time during the stated Hirs to compete for trophic and certificates. A birth certificate for proof of age is required I