Pathways Hospice ‘Heart’ awards
Pathways Hospice Foundation of Mountain View (formerly MidPeninsula) will hold its 14th annual One From the Heart Awards 7:30 a.m., Thursday, at Hyatt Rickey’s, Palo Alto. More than 700 guests are expected to attend and hear the keynote speaker, author and reporter Calvin Trillin. Called the “Buster Keaton of performance humorists” and the “finest reporter in America,” Trillin will share his fresh, wry observations on family and the American experience.
For reservations or more information about the breakfast, call 229-1201 or logon to www.pathwayshealth.org. For more information on services or volunteering, call 949-3029.
Let’s go birding in the Hills
Local birding expert Lisa Myers will conduct an educational look at area birds and their habitat 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Nov. 10, at the former Bullis-Purissima School site, 25890 Fremont Road in Los Altos Hills. Cost is $10 for residents, $15 for nonresidents. Call 941-7222, ext. 241, for more information.
Kiwanis collecting for turkeys
The Los Altos Kiwanis Club is collecting contributions for its annual Turkey Roundup. The club will use the funds to purchase turkeys for Bread of Life in East Palo Alto for Thanksgiving.
To contribute, send a check payable to the Kiwanis Club of Los Altos Foundation, to Los Altos Kiwanis Club, P.O. Box 484, Los Altos 94023.
Children’s media expert to speak
The Mountain View Parent Nursery School presents James Steyer, author and renowned children’s media expert, 7:30 p.m., Oct. 27, at Foothill College’s Smithwick Theatre. His topic will be “The Other Parent: The Inside Story of the Media’s Effect on Our Children.”
Tickets are $15, available at the Linden Tree Children’s Recordings & Books, 170 State St., Los Altos, or online at www.mvpns.org with a small ordering fee. Tickets are $18 at the door.
AAUW hosts fashion show benefit
The Los Altos/Mountain View Branch of the American Association of University Women has scheduled Fashions for a Cause, a luncheon/fashion show to benefit their Legal Advocacy Fund, 11:30 a.m., Oct. 30, at Michael’s at Shoreline restaurant in Mountain View.
Kathleen Cha, California AAUW president, will be the guest speaker. The event is open to the public and will feature fashions from The Yum Yum Tree of Sunnyvale.
The Legal Advocacy Fund supports an equitable educational environment for women on university campuses.
Reservations are $35; respond by Friday. For reservations or additional information, call 967-0756.
Program on women and the vote
The Los Altos History Museum has a new exhibit, “Votes for Women: Unfinished Business,” running through Nov. 21 at the museum, 51 S. San Antonio Road.
A Nov. 21 program will be held in conjunction with the exhibit. The program, co-sponsored by the museum and local League of Women Voters, features historical re-enactments of four women prominent in women’s political history.
The program is scheduled 2-3 p.m. at the Los Altos main library, 13 S. San Antonio Road, followed with a reception at the museum..
