Federated Woman’s Club to meet next week
The Federated Woman’s Club of Los Altos has scheduled its next luncheon meeting for Feb. 1 at Michael’s Restaurant at Shoreline Park in Mountain View.
The business meeting starts at 11 a.m., followed by the luncheon at noon and program at 1 p.m. Lauren Dunbar, a documentary television director and founder of three successful companies, is scheduled to speak on “How to be a great ancestor.”
Dunbar, who has also been a historian for 25 years, will focus on easy ways to capture and preserve personal and family stories.
For more information, call Helen Foerster at 948-3553.
Museum displays sewing artifacts
The Los Altos History Museum has opened its new exhibit, “Stitches in Time,” a history of sewing machines and their social and technological impacts.
The exhibit, running through May 21, features sewing machines dating from the 1850s to the 1950s, and is augmented by displays of sewing accessories, machine-sewn clothing and textiles from the same period.
A complementary exhibit of sewing-related artifacts such as buttons will be displayed in the historic 1905 Smith House across the garden from the museum building.
The Los Altos History Museum and Smith History House are open noon to 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. The museum is located at 51 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos.
Admission is free. For more information, call 948-9427 or visit www.losaltoshistory.org.
Blood drive Feb. 12
The Stanford Blood Center bloodmobile will be in the parking lot of the Los Altos United Methodist Church at 655 Magdalena Ave. from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 12.
To sign up online, visit http://bloodcenter.stanford.edu.
AAUW benefit for ‘Tech Trek’
“Benefit Bridge and Board Games,” a fund-raiser sponsored by the Los Altos-Mountain View branch of the American Association of University Women, will be held Saturday in the Parish Hall at Christ Episcopal Church, 1040 Border Road, Los Altos.
A social hour with light refreshments begins at 11:30 a.m. Games start at 12:30 p.m.
Activities include party bridge, duplicate bridge, private foursomes, Tripoli and other board games.
Duplicate bridge will be sanctioned by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL), directed by Sherie Greenberg.
Proceeds will fund scholarships to send girls to the AAUW Tech Trek summer science camp for middle-school girls at Stanford University.
The event includes prizes and is open to the public. Men and women are invited to attend.
There will also be a raffle and silent auction.
Reservations are $20 per person or $70 for a table of four.
For more information, call 968-3678.
Seminar to address Prop 60 effects
“Proposition 60 – Taking Your Property Tax Basis with You,” a seminar hosted by Linda Lai, is scheduled 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Los Altos Senior Center, Room 12, 97 Hillview Ave.
Proposition 60 provides tax relief for people older than 55 by allowing them to transfer the taxable value of one home to a replacement home. Although the process sounds simple, the issues surrounding this type of transaction can be complex. Learn more about how you can benefit from this new law.
Refreshments are provided; pre-registration is not required.
For more information, call the auxiliary, 940-7214.
