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This summer, Capistrano Unified School District Food and Nutrition Services is offering free, healthy lunch to children and teens, 18 years and younger.  Lunches are served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday from June 12 to August 11 at Viejo Elementary School, 26782 Via Grande.

Local youngsters can enjoy a variety of free summer entertainment at Kaleidoscope, when the center’s annual Kaleido-Kids events return for seven weeks, beginning Tuesday, June 20.

If you would like to serve those who are sick and less fortunate, Mission Hospital is looking for dedicated individuals to volunteer at both the Mission Viejo and Laguna Beach locations.

Research has proven that volunteering provides a variety of benefits including personal satisfaction and fulfillment, physical and emotional wellbeing, and connections to new friends.

The Annual Mission Viejo Chamber of Commerce Breakfast is set for 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 15 at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club (26772 Avery Parkway). Mission Viejo High School Football Coach Bob Johnson will be the keynote speaker and the program includes Presentation of the Colors by the United States Army Recruiting Center and an Invocation by Senior Pastor Mike Maiolo of Mission Viejo Christian Church.  

Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, the 2017 Orange County Triathlon-Duathlon will be held at beautiful Lake Mission Viejo on Sunday, June 4, 2017. This exciting Olympic distance event takes athletes through Mission Viejo neighborhoods and surrounding communities and includes a 1.5K swim in the waters of Lake Mission Viejo. Athletes then ride along the 40K bike course up and down Santiago Canyon, with part of the race crossing the 1984 Olympic finish line near Lake Mission Viejo.

The Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center will be closed Saturday and Sunday while the annual AYSO Mission Viejo youth soccer tournament takes place.

The June 3-4 closure will accommodate the many visitors expected to flock to the center and neighboring Oso Viejo Community Park for the AYSO soccer tournament. The community center will resume normal operations Monday, June 5.

The Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center is located at 24932 Veterans Way. For information about this beautiful facility, room rentals, programs and more, call 949-470-3062.

The public is invited to enjoy the beautiful family-drama, ”Fly Away Home” at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 11 at Mission Viejo City Hall. This PG-rated film is sponsored by the city’s Community of Character Committee and coincides with June’s character trait of “citizenship.”
 

The countdown is underway until Relay For Life of Mission Viejo takes step June 3-4 at Saddleback College.

Individuals and teams are still sought to take part in this fun-filled overnight event designed to celebrate survivorship and raise money for research and programs. During Relay For Life, team members will take turns walking or running laps. At nightfall, hundreds of luminaries are lit in a moving ceremony to honor cancer survivors and remember those who lost their battle to the disease. The event runs from 9 a.m. Saturday, June 3 to 9 a.m. the following day.

While City Hall prepares for the holiday weekend, the public should be aware of closures at some Mission Viejo facilities. 

City Hall will be closed for normal business on Monday, but the City will host its annual Memorial Day ceremony at 8:30 a.m.

The Mission Viejo Library will operate normal business hours Saturday and Sunday and be closed on Monday.  The library reopens at 10 a.m. on Tuesday.

The Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center will be open regular hours this weekend and closed on Monday.  The center reopens at 8 a.m. on Tuesday.

The City of Mission Viejo will live stream its annual Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, giving residents the chance to witness the event which honors those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms.

Tune in to https://www.youtube.com/MissionViejoCA beginning at 8:30 a.m. to watch the ceremony, which will be set to a backdrop of American Heroes Tribute Banners. The 3-foot by 9-foot banners pay homage to American soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.