Audrey Eller, chairwoman of the Optimist Club of Del Mar-Solana Beach Childhood Cancer Campaign (right), presented a check for $1,000 to Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation executive Sue Cox, interim director of the Peckham Oncology-Hematology Department (center), and Tanya Eraca, corporate and community development officer (left) for the ‘Hopes’ project to support children with cancer and their families. The Optimist Club has breakfast meetings at 7 a.m. every first, second and fourth Wednesday at Denny’s Restaurant, 2203 Via de la Valle, Del Mar, and a dinner meeting at 6 p.m. every third Wednesday at Lomas Santa Fe Country Club, 1505 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach. Visit www.optimistdelmarsolanabeach.org.