Community Briefs
CASA 5K run

Court Appointed Special Advocates will sponsor the third annual 5K walk/run Sat., Oct. 13 at College Park, Rose Avenue and Channel Islands Boulevard in Oxnard. Registration begins at 8 a.m. The event will start at 9 a.m.

The registration fee is $5 for children, $10 for adults.

Forms are available for participants who want to collect pledges to raise money to benefit courtdependent abused or neglected children. Donations to CASA will also be accepted.

A bicycle and video camcorder will be raffled off, and there will be prizes for the adult and child who raise the most pledge money.

For more information, call Sandi White, program director, (805) 485-6114, ext. 609.

Go digital

The Center for Creative Living is sponsoring a class on working with digital pictures from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tue., Oct. 16 at the Camarillo United Methodist Church, 291 Anacapa Drive, Camarillo.

Among the topics covered will be e-mailing photos, creating PowerPoint presentations and setting up photo albums.

Registration is recommended. For more information, call (805) 482-4312.

Optimist speakers

The Camarillo Noontime Optimist Club meets every Monday at noon at Roundtable Pizza, 880 Arneill Road, Camarillo.

Scheduled speakers include:

Oct. 15, Keli Kimball and Jennifer Walby.

Oct. 22, Cami Pinsak on the Education Foundation.

Oct. 29, Vicki Murphy from Casa Pacifica.

National soccer coach gives clinic

A soccer clinic for youth residents at Casa Pacifica will be presented at 10 a.m. Sat., Oct. 13 at California State University Channel Islands in Camarillo.

Steve Sampson, former head coach of the U.S. National Soccer Team and the Los Angeles Galaxy, and his staff from the So Cal Soccer Academy will teach the children soccer skills development then participate with them in a scrimmage.

The event is hosted by Casa Pacifica Amigos, a group of more than 70 volunteers who provide recreational events for the children of Casa Pacifica children.

For information, call (805) 445-7800 or visit www.casapacifica.org.