Boy Scouts sponsor food drive Saturday
Boy Scout Troop 30 has scheduled a canned-food drive 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the Lucky supermarket parking lot, 2175 Grant Road, Los Altos.
Scouts are collecting food for delivery to Hope’s Corner, the Mountain View-based nonprofit organization that serves meals to low-income residents and the homeless.
For more information on Troop 30, visit troopwebhost.org/troop30losaltos.
SIR speaker talks forgiveness, happiness
Sons In Retirement Los Altos Branch 35 has scheduled a Zoom presentation by Dr. Frederic Luskin of the Stanford School of Medicine on “Forgiveness and Happiness” 12:30 p.m. Nov. 18.
SIR is a social organization of active, mature men who gather for luncheons and other activities on the third Wednesday of every month.
While luncheons are suspended during the pandemic, speakers and activities continue, with presentations accessible online.
For more information, call Paul Schutz at (408) 313-6852 or visit sirinc2org/branch35.
Unveiling of sculpture scheduled Saturday
Arts Los Altos, a new nonprofit group that displays public art in private spaces throughout the downtown area, has scheduled the unveiling of a new sculpture by the group HYBYCOZO 4-5 p.m. Saturday on the grounds of the Assistance League of Los Altos, 169 State street.
Attendees will have the opportunity to meet the artists and participate in a silent auction.
For more information, visit artslosaltos.org.
To view a livestream of the event, visit facebook.com/artslosaltos.
‘Homage to Holidays’ set to air Dec. 6
The downtown Los Altos Festival of Lights Parade was canceled for the second straight year, this year by the pandemic and last year by inclement weather.
But organizers with the Festival of Lights Parade Association are pivoting by combining forces with the town of Los Altos Hills and the city of Los Altos to produce a holiday video for residents to enjoy.
The “Homage to the Holidays Video,” scheduled to air at select times beginning Dec. 6 on local television, will feature scenes from the Nov. 18 Los Altos Hills Westwind Community Barn lighting ceremony, a display of parade floats Nov. 29 and a tour of downtown Los Altos holiday lighting and decoration
displays.
The video will include appearances by Los Altos Mayor Jan Pepper and Los Altos Hills Mayor Michelle Wu offering holiday wishes from classic cars courtesy of Neal Rayborn.
The film is slated to air noon Wednesdays and 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays Dec. 6 through Jan. 3 on KMVT Channel 15 Comcast and Channel 99 UVerse AT&T.
For more information, visit losaltosparade.org.
New Friends website offers book sales
Friends of the Library of Los Altos’ new FOL Bookshelf website, folbookshelf.org, enables patrons to purchase used books previously available only from the shelves of the Los Altos Library.
Patrons can buy used books online and pick up purchases at the Los Altos main library directly during business hours. They can view pictures of the books for sale, pay for books by credit card and then pick up the books just as they do for library holds.
The used books, in 20 different categories and all in good to very good condition, are priced to sell.
All sales support the Los Altos Library.
To browse the book selection, visit folbookshelf.org.
For more information, visit losaltoslibraryfriends.org.
MV firefighters host pull-up challenge
The Mountain View Firefighters Random Acts group has kicked off its inaugural Virtual Pull-up Challenge benefiting the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation.
Local residents can sponsor firefighters as they complete pull-ups for $2 per pull-up.
This year would have marked firefighters’ 16th annual Mountain View Firefighters Pancake Breakfast, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The group planned the pull-up challenge as an alternative fundraiser. The GoFundMe campaign has a fundraising goal of $5,000.
To sponsor a firefighter and for more information, visit charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/mvfirefighterspullupchallenge.
