Charles (Chase) Clay Goorman, son of Angie and Scott Goorman, will celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Aug. 9 at Congregation Or Chadash.
He is the grandson of Mickey Goorman of Nashville, Tenn., and the late Charles Goorman; and Barbara and Herbert Messer of Cincinnati.
Chase attends Esperero Canyon Middle School where he enjoys accelerated placement classes and plays on the school basketball and soccer teams. He plays guitar and his favorite pastime is baseball. He plays on a youth travel team. His team recently won the Little League championship game and Chase made the all-star team.
For his mitzvah project, he spent the last year collecting hundreds of used baseball equipment items to donate to the Boys and Girls Club.