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Langes celebrate 50th anniversary

Mary and Jim, 2018

Mary and Jim Lange will mark their 50th wedding anniversary Sept. 19, but the celebrating has already begun.

“We booked a trip to Napili Bay in Maui for the whole family for the celebration, but COVID-19 cancelled the trip,” Jim said. “However our boys took the reins and rented a large house in Mission Beach, San Diego. The family celebration was awesome! We’ll try again for Maui next year.”

After meeting in Torrance on Thanksgiving 1969, they were married in 1970 at St Jerome’s Church in Westchester, CA.

Mary and Jim spent 44 years in Huntington Beach and raised their family of three sons there. Jim worked 41 years as a field engineer for IBM Corp and Mary was a part-time registered dental assistant.

They moved to Canyon Lake in April 2014 and have been enjoying lake life in their retirement years, Jim said.

Family Matters holding pasta fundraiser to raise club funds for Christmas activities

Christmas is one of the highlight times of the year for the Canyon Lake Family Matters Club. During a typical year, the club holds events that produce funds which are used for philanthropic donations and to put on free events, including a Santa Letter Program where Canyon Lake kids receive letters from Santa and treats.

With the club not being able to hold its regular events because of COVID-19 restrictions, it is turning to fundraisers to obtain the funds it will need to put on the Santa Letter Program.

“We are raising money for our Christmas/Santa Letter Program in hopes to still be able to do it this year,” the club’s Shawna Bowen said. “We are needing your help in reaching our fundraising goal.”

Selling Fun Pasta is the fundraiser the Family Matters Club is conducting in September. Fun Pasta is healthy fun pasta shaped like the holidays, sports, collegiate team logos and more. The Fun Pasta colorful brochure and its website show a wide variety of products that will appeal to everyone, Shawna said.

“Please share the fundraiser website and help support our fundraising efforts,” she said. “Many thanks for helping us reach our goal.”

Purchases can be made at www.funpastafundraising.com/shop/canyon-lake-family-matters-club or by emailing the club at info@familymattersclub.org for more information. There is free shipping on orders over $55 and all products are made in the USA in small batches for freshness and quality. Orders can be made until Sept. 30.

The Santa Letter Program the club hopes to continue this year is open to kids under the age of 18 who submit a letter and wish list to Santa in care of the Family Matters Club. Children who submit their letter receive a letter back from Santa and a special treat to leave out on Christmas Eve.