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If you're looking for a fun-filled way to give back this summer, consider volunteering at this year's Symphony in the Cities event on Saturday, July 27.

You can earn community service hours, have fun and feel good while savoring music by the Pacific Symphony led by Maestro Carl St.Clair and a host of fun activities during the City's Prelude in the Park.

You are invited to enjoy the feature film "Yankee Doodle Dandy" on Sunday, June 23 at Mission Viejo Civic Center as part of the free movie series sponsored by the Mission Viejo Community of Character Committee.  This G-rated film begins at 2 pm and highlights Mission Viejo's character quality of "citizenship."

Only three out of 100 Americans donate blood, yet every two seconds someone needs it. Fewer people are donating blood to help patients, but you can change that by joining the Missing Types movement. The letters A, B and O make up the main blood groups and for a patient in the hospital needing blood, your donation is everything.

Caregivers from around the County are invited to a special "Caregiving Appreciation Day Fiesta" on Saturday, June 15, 2019, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center, 24932 Veterans Way.

The goal of this free community event is to honor caregivers, nursing assistants, personal care attendants and staff who serve the senior community on a daily basis.

The Fiesta will feature a taco bar, music, drinks, and raffles. 

Coming in 2020, Orange County will transition to Vote Centers; a one-stop location for all things voting. The Registrar of Voters office is planning extensive efforts to educate and outreach to the public on the changes to voting and elections.

Mission Viejo will host two public information meetings in June:

Thursday, June 13, 2019
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Norman P. Murray Community Center, 24932 Veterans Way

Wednesday, June 26, 2019
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Mission Viejo City Hall, 200 Civic Center

The Trabuco Hills High School Football Booster Club is hosting its annual Charity Golf Tournament on Friday, June 28 at Tijeras Creek Golf Course.

To provide a comprehensive program for all levels, the booster club raises funds annually to meet the needs of every student in the program. With the community's help, the club gives students the chance to develop on and off the field.

Donations help supply students with:

Relay For Life of South Orange County is inviting cancer survivors and caregivers to take part in a special opening ceremony celebrating survivorship at 9 am on Saturday, June 8 at Oso Viejo Park, 24932 Veterans Way.

Relay for Life is a fun-filled overnight event that celebrates survivors and raises money for research and programs through the American Cancer Society. As part of the celebration known as the "survivors' lap," organizers are creating a paper chain representing the number of years of cancer survivorship and caregiving.

The City of Mission Viejo has launched a community-wide food drive with Families Forward to help the less fortunate in our area.

Drop off canned and nonperishable food items through May 31 in the food bin located inside the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center, 24932 Veterans Way.

Have you captured fascinating faces, places and things through photography? If so, share your best photographic image for the 2019 Photographers' Exhibit in the Mission Viejo Library Gallery.

A fatal plant disease - Huanglongbing - has been found in California and without support from California residents it could be a death sentence to California's backyard and commercial citrus trees.