AAUW schedules bullying program
The Los Altos-Mountain View branch of the American Association of University Women has scheduled Philippe Rey, Psy.D., executive director of Adolescent Counseling Services, to speak on bullying and what schools and parents can do to make schools safe for everyone.
The meeting is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. Nov. 10 in the Multipurpose Room at Graham Middle School, 1175 Castro St., Mountain View. The community is welcome and there is no charge to attend.
Bullying has become an issue of serious concern to schools and parents since the Columbine tragedy. Around the country, schools are working diligently to restrict bullying on campus. The goal is to make schools safe for everyone, students as well as teachers.
Federated women meet today
The Federated Woman’s Club of Los Altos will meet at 11 a.m. today at Michaels at Shoreline in Mountain View.
The meeting includes lunch and a 1 p.m. program featuring Lois Everet, a member of the San Mateo County Association of Grand Jurors. Everet will speak on “How the Grand Jury works.”
Guests are welcome. For more information, call 948-3553.
Wild cat adventure at Foothill
Leopards, Etc., a Bay Area wild cat educational program, is bringing five of its live wild cats to Foothill College, 2 p.m. Sunday.
Educators Rob and Barbara Dicely will bring wild cats that may include a cougar, African leopard or cheetah. Each cat is shown on stage, and information about its habits, habitat and survival issues shared with the audience.
The presentation is scheduled in Room 5015, and the closest parking is in lot 6. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12.
To reserve tickets, call (707) 874-3176 or e-mail leopards@leopardsetc.com. Space permitting, tickets will be available at the door.
Foothill College is located at 12345 El Monte Road in Los Altos Hills.
International gift sales offered in Los Altos
Two sales of fairly traded folk art, jewelry, pottery, home decor and handicrafts from Ten Thousand Villages, a non-profit job-creation and marketing program for artisans in 32 developing countries, have been scheduled in Los Altos.
Foothills Congregational Church has scheduled a sale 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday in the parish hall, 461 Orange Ave.
St. William Church will include items in their annual craft fair scheduled 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 13 in the parish hall, 611 S. El Monte Ave.
For more information, visit www.tenthousandvillages.com.
Auxiliary hosting fashion show, tea
The Palo Alto Auxiliary, Allied Arts Guild, is hosting an “American Girl Fashion Show and Tea,” benefiting the Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, Nov. 11 and 12 at Christ Episcopal Church,1040 Border Road, in Los Altos.
The shows will be 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday. A boxed tea will be served while attendees can watch local girls model the historical and contemporary fashions from American Girl.
Linden Tree Children’s Recordings & Books of Los Altos will be present to sell books and souvenirs. Raffle prizes also will be offered.
For tickets, call 324-2588 or e-mail Nancy Larsson at ntlarsson@sbcglobal.net.
Volunteers needed at history museum
Los Altos History Museum supporters are calling for assitance to meet a range of needs including docents, help in the museum store, public education and educational programs.
For more information, call 948-9427 or visit www.losaltoshistory.org.
Chance to nominate an unsung volunteer
Nomination forms are available this week at Los Altos City Hall for the Los Altos-Los Altos Hills Volunteer Award Luncheon. The annual luncheon honoring unsung volunteers is scheduled for Dec. 2 at the Los Altos Youth Center.
Nomination forms must be returned by Monday to Los Altos-Los Altos Hills Joint Volunteer Service Awards Committee, P.O. Box. 1851, Los Altos 94023-1851. For nomination forms or more information, call Lexie Caracter at 947-2609, Susan Kitchens at 947-2611 or Karen Jost at 941-7222. For general information about the event, call Virginia Roberts at 941-1697.
Museum exhibit salutes U.S. flag
Flags and popular interpretations of flag motif are on view at the Los Altos History Museum through Jan. 8.
For more information, call the museum at 948-9427 or visit www.losaltoshistory.org.
Local agency collects Toys for Tots
All Horizons Travel in downtown Los Altos is serving as local collection headquarters for Toys for Tots, a national toy-collection drive for the underprivileged spearheaded by the U.S. Marine Corps, according to Col. Roy Jones of All Horizons Travel.
All Horizons Travel is located at 160 Main St., and you can drop off unwrapped toys through Dec. l9.
For more information, call the agency at 941-5810.
