Brain cancer run to be held May 22
The Future Brain Cancer Institute’s second annual Run for the Future is scheduled May 22 at the Palo Alto Baylands. The 10K run begins at 8:30 a.m., and the 5K run/walk begins at 9 a.m.
The event is a fund-raiser for the Future Brain Cancer Institute, a Palo Alto-based non-profit dedicated to providing information and support to brain cancer patients and their families in the Bay Area. The institute is headed by Los Altos Hills resident Meredith Warshaw. Through its partnership with the UCSF Medical Center Brain Tumor Research Center, the organization hopes to expand the scope of brain cancer research and treatment.
To register online, log on to www.theschedule.com/EventInfo.cfm?EventID=9404. To register by mail, download the registration form from the Web site www1.saveyourbrain.org/run.html. Registration on the day of the event begins at 7:30 a.m.
For more information on the Run for the Future, e-mail run@saveyourbrain.org. For more information on the Future Brain Cancer Institute, log on to www1.saveyourbrain.org.
Birdhouse Bash helps Child Advocates
Child Advocates is hosting its annual spring fund-raiser, the 2005 Birdhouse Bash, 2-5 p.m., May 21, in the gardens of a Los Altos home featured in the second annual Los Altos History Museum Spring Home & Garden Tour.
More than 100 handcrafted birdhouses created by local artists, designers and foster children will be displayed throughout the garden and sold to the highest bidders.
Child Advocates work with abused and neglected children in the Santa Clara County and San Mateo County foster care systems.
Tickets are $60 per adult, $20 for children 3-14. For more information, call Susan Bartlett, (408) 573-5674 or log on to www.cadvocates.org.
Mars expedition subject of talk
Astronomer Nathalie Cabrol will give a nontechnical, illustrated talk on “The Mars Exploration Rover Mission: A Year of Exploration and Discovery” 7 p.m., May 18, in the Smithwick Theater, Foothill College, El Monte Road and Freeway 280, in Los Altos Hills. The talk is part of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series.
For more than a year, two robot rovers named Spirit and Opportunity have explored our neighbor planet Mars, sending back remarkable pictures and detailed information about its surface. Cabrol, a member of the science team for the Mars Exploration Rover mission, will report on the ongoing work of the rovers and some of the discoveries they have made about the past and present of the red planet. The event is free and open to the public.
Parking on campus costs $2. For more information, call 949-7888. No background in science will be required for this talk, directed to fans of astronomy and robotics.
LAHS 50th anniversary celebration
Los Altos High School invites the community to join in a weekend celebration of its 50th anniversary, May 20-22.
Activities planned include a golf tournament and a tribute to George Gershwin, May 20; a family carnival and alumni swim meet, May 21; an alumni street party on Main Street in downtown Los Altos on the evening of May 21; and a concert on the Los Altos High School green, May 22.
For more information or to purchase tickets, log on to www.losaltoshsalumni.org.
Town picnic set for June 5
The eighth annual Los Altos Hills Town Picnic is scheduled 1-4 p.m., June 5, at the Little League Fields on Purissima Road at Viscaino Road. The picnic features lunch, games, a magician, Ye Olde Towne Band of Los Altos, crafts, model trains and other attractions.
Los Altos Hills hosts the picnic as the major annual community event that brings together all residents. Since there is no charge for attending, the picnic is limited to Los Altos Hills residents.
Advance registration is required and must be made by May 23 so the correct number of dinners can be ordered.
For reservations, call town hall at 941-7222.
American Legion seeks funding for programs
American Legion Post 558 of Los Altos is raising funds for a new Legion baseball program in Los Altos and Mountain View and a new community emergency preparedness program.
The Legion will accept checks and stock donations payable to American Legion Post 5589, P.O. Box 126, Los Altos 94023. Contributions are tax deductible. For more information, call Ken Girdley, finance officer, at 961-1819 or e-mail kengirdley@yahoo.com.
Encore presentation of Stegner video
The Los Altos History Museum retrospective of the life and influence of Wallace Stegner has stimulated interest in the video “Wallace Stegner: A Writer’s Life.” Stephen Fisher’s 60-minute film about Stegner’s life and accomplishments, narrated by Robert Redford, was originally shown on PBS and had not been seen for several years until it was presented April 14 as part of the “Wallace Stegner: Throwing a Long Shadow” exhibit.
An overflow crowd prevented all of those interested from being accommodated, so the museum has scheduled a second showing 7:30 p.m., next Tuesday, at the museum. The exhibit itself is open to the public noon to 4 p.m., Thursdays through Sundays, through June 12. Admission to both the exhibit and the showing of the video on May 17 is free.
For more information, call 948-9427 or log on to www.losaltoshistory.org.
Hidden Villa accepting car donations
Hidden Villa is accepting car donations. All proceeds provide scholarships for summer camp and the Hidden Villa Environmental Education programs for K-6 grade classes.
For more information, call 949-8659; or contact Donation Liaison at www.DonationLiaison.org or (408) 733-1000.
