6 Friday: The Coronado Holiday Parade and Tree Lighting will take place at 6 p.m. The tree lighting of the 120-foot Christmas tree adorned with 18,175 twinkling lights will be at the Rotary Plaza. The parade features over 1,400 participants and thousands of spectators lining the streets, starting on Orange Avenue and looping at RH Dana Place and Adella Avenue.
9 Monday: The Soroptimist Club of Coronado is collecting personal hygiene and toiletry items for women, their children and independent teenage girls at their annual gift bag giveaway. The community is invited to provide these items to help support survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence and homelessness. Groups receiving bags include Generate Hope, Point Loma Nazarene University Center for Justice and Reconciliation, Mary’s Guest House, Rotary Club Binacional, Bilateral Coalition Circulo De Mujeres and San Diego Youth Services.
Choose an available slot for drop off before Dec. 9 at this link: https://bit.ly/SoroptimistDonation. Drop off locations include Coronado Cays Realty, 509 Grand Caribe Csway, and DeLagrave/Soroptimist, 965 Alameda Blvd.
12 Thursday: The Coronado Public Library hosts open chess play on the second Thursday of every month between 3 and 5 p.m. in the Winn Room. Participants can play chess with others, or learn to play or improve their game with help from facilitator and local chess coach Chuck McClung. Chess boards and pieces are provided and the event is open to all adults age 18 and older.
Chuck McClung is a lifelong chess enthusiast and played in his first chess tournament over 40 years ago. He works as a consultant for the Mountain Lake Chess Camp, the oldest chess-teaching company in San Diego. Chuck is also the current Category C World Champion on the website chessworld.net.
12 Thursday: The final installment of the Coronado Historical Association’s 2024 Wine & Lecture Series: Holiday Traditions at the Del will take place at the Historical Association at 5:30 p.m. Robin Siara, the association’s vice president, will relay the Hotel del Coronado’s holiday history. Tickets are available at coronadohistory.org.
