By Los Altos group helps at wheelchair event

When more than 300 young wheelchair athletes compete in the junior National Wheelchair Championships this month in San Jose, members of the Personal Best Performance Clinic will be on hand to offer free sports massages.

Bruce Richmond, ATC, Los Altos-based clinic director, said sports massage offers several benefits, including a reduced risk of injury and a greater ability to sustain peak performance and recover from a workout.

Personal Best Performance Clinic is located at 160 Main St., Suite 8.

Alzheimer’s relatives subject of course

The non-profit Alzheimer’s Association is inaugurating a new six-week course to help loved ones struggling with emotional issues surrounding endstage Alzheimer’s and related disorders.

Six weekly sessions are scheduled 6-7:30 p.m. every Wednesday, beginning July 12, at the Alzheimer’s Association, 2065 W. El Camino Real, Suite C, Mountain View.

This group is limited to 10 participants who have experienced loss due to Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder. Pre-registration is required.

For information, call the Alzheimer’s Association (800-660-1993) and ask for Toni Morley or Alexandra Aranda. Organizers suggest initial calls regarding this series be made by Thursday. A $60 fee covers the cost of the six sessions.

History House needs more docents

Additional docents are needed to give tours of the History House and promote programs scheduled for the new Los Altos History Museum. Numerous training dates are scheduled throughout the summer.

Docents work one afternoon a month, between noon and 4 p.m., Wednesday, Saturday or Sunday.

Beginning fall 2000, docents will be needed to work on Thursday and Friday as well. Training is concise.

For more information contact, pnewman@stanford.edu or call 948-9427.

Host families needed for exchange students

Two non-profit exchange programs are looking for Los Altos families to house students this summer.

Academic Year in America, a not-for-profit organization sponsored by the American Institute for Foreign Study Foundation, needs host families to house German students age 15 -18 for five to 10 months beginning this August. Students will arrive with full medical insurance, their own spending money and English skills.

For more information, call Danielle Carpino at (800) 322-4678, ext. 5164, or go to www.academicyear.org.

LEC (Loisirs Etranger Culturels) needs more than 10 families to house French teens for three to four weeks this summer. For more information, call Marie-Leonore Faiez at (408) 748-1611.

Avenidas hosts ‘Seniors Summer Camp’

Avenidas is scheduled to hold Summer Camp 2000 this August, a healthy week of fun, fitness and personal growth for men and women over 50 of all fitness levels.

This year the camp will feature interactive seminars on health, nutrition and wellness, exercise classes and exposure to a wide breadth of fitness approaches.

The camp is scheduled 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Aug. 21-25, at 450 Bryant St. in Palo Alto, with a Celebration Walk/Run Aug. 26.

For more information about registration, call 326-5362.

Hidden Villa closed during summer camp

Hidden Villa wilderness preserve in Los Altos Hills will be closed to the general public through Aug. 28 while its summer camp program is in session, except for the following dates: July 8 and 9, 22 and 23, 29 and 30 and Aug. 12 and 13.

Service agency needs volunteers

The Community Services Agency needs volunteers to work one to two hours a week to help provide food to local low-income families and to the homeless. Volunteer work would include the pickup and delivery of donated food from local markets to the agency’s Food and Nutrition Center. Weekday morning positions are available.

For more information, call 964-4630.

Boys Scouts look to camp

Boy Scout Troop 33, sponsored by the Los Altos Methodist Church, is seeking contributions to send Bay Area Boy Scouts to Camp Oljato, a Boy Scout camp in the high Sierras, this summer. Scoutmasters of more than a dozen troops in the Pacific Skyline District were each asked to recommend a Scout, who, but for lack of funds, would be an excellent candidate to benefit from Camp Oljato. Tax deductible contributions should be made out to “BSA Troop 33 Damien Siler Memorial Fund”, and sent to Phillip C. Lyman, Trustee- Coordinator, 1305 Ranchita Drive, Los Altos 94024.

Senior center offers assistance

The Los Altos Senior Center is offering homeowner and renter assistance. Renters can receive up to $240 from the state, depending on household income, and homeowners can receive up to $326. Eligibility requirements include birth in 1937 or before, and income below $33,993 a year. The center is offering appointments to help with applications for assistance.

Available times are Tuesday mornings, through Aug. 29. Call 948-7483 for appointments.

Shingles study needs volunteers

Shingles, a debilitating, painful viral infection, affects hundreds of thousands of adults age 60 and over. The VA Palo Alto Health Care System is testing an experimental vaccine to help prevent the disease.

VA officials are seeking volunteers for the clinical research trial. Adults over 60 who are in good health and have never had shingles are welcome to participate. For more information, call 1-877-841-6251 (toll free).

Deer Hollow Farm tours

The Friends of Deer Hollow Farm will hold tours of the farm 10 a.m. to noon, July 15. The tours will be free, but donations will be appreciated. To make reservations or to learn more about the tours, call 965-FARM.

Los Altos History Museum

Travel in time with the History House Museum to the days of the 1930s. Enjoy docent led tours though our fully furnished home, beautiful gardens, and part of the original apricot orchard still cultivated.

The museum is open to the public noon to 4 p.m., Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Tour groups may be scheduled by calling at least one month in advance.

For more information, call 964-4467 to reserve a tour.

Chefs Who Care at Clarke’s

The July Chefs Who Care is scheduled for July 11 at Clarke’s Charcoal Broiler at Rancho Shopping Center in Los Altos.

Diners must select from three seatings: 5:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. or 7 p.m.

When making a reservation, select one of the following menus: 10-ounce ribeye steak; grilled sea bass; or pasta primavera. Salad, beverage and carrot cake or ice cream are included with each entree.

Reservations and prepay deadline is today.

Cost is $18 for adults; $9 for children 6-12. Checks should be mailed to Chefs Who Care, 204 Stierlin Road, Mountain View 94043. For Visa/MasterCard, call 961-3584.

Half of the proceeds from this event go directly to the local Community Services Agency’s Food and Nutrition Center to help the needy.