Scouts organize food drive Saturday
Scouts BSA Troop 30 has scheduled a canned food drive 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the Lucky supermarket parking lot at 2175 Grant Road, Los Altos.
Local residents can drop off canned food items, which the Scouts will deliver to Hope’s Corner, a Mountain View nonprofit that serves nutritious meals and provides hot showers to unhoused, low-income and vulnerable individuals.
For more information on Troop 30, visit troopwebhost.org/Troop30LosAltos.
DAR helps Wreaths Across America
The Los Altos Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution is participating in the Wreaths Across America Program to honor fallen U.S. veterans.
Members are accepting sponsorships of wreaths for $15 each through the end of November. The wreaths will be delivered to Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Los Altos and laid on the graves of veterans Dec. 18.
Local residents may choose to purchase a wreath for a veteran buried in Gate of Heaven and/or purchase a wreath for a specific veteran buried in another cemetery the national program covers.
To sponsor a wreath, visit wreathsacrossamerica.org/CA0653P.
For more information, call Melanie Ercoli at (650) 996-8691 or email [email protected].
Museum revives ‘Catch the Spirit’
As COVID restrictions lift, the Los Altos History Museum is set to revive its “Catch the Spirit” event noon to 4 p.m. Nov. 17.
The event will include gift shopping, home-baked sweets and live music, with masks required indoors and the music pivoting to outdoors.
Two boutiques, one in the J. Gilbert Smith House and one in the museum, will offer a range of gift items.
Caroling by members of choral group Schola Cantorum Silicon Valley is scheduled in the museum’s courtyard at 1:30 p.m. For the safety of visitors and the choir, the singers will wear masks.
Visitors may tour the Craftsman-style Smith House, decorated for a 1930s Christmas, browse an exhibit of orchard art on display in the Upper Gallery and enjoy refreshments on the porch and in the museum.
Museum representatives encourage attendees to bring donations of gift cards and nonperishable, wrapped or boxed food items for Community Services Agency. A barrel will be located in the lobby.
Admission is free.
The Los Altos History Museum is located at 51 S. San Antonio Road.
For more information on the event, visit losaltoshistory.org/CatchTheSpirit2021.
Resilient Los Altos hosts classes
Resilient Los Altos, an initiative sponsored by Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation to boost emergency preparedness in the community, has developed several new training classes.
The first two focus on preparing neighborhoods to deal with the aftermath of an emergency or natural disaster.
• Block Action Team Leader Training, for potential or current BAT leaders, is slated 6:30 p.m. Nov. 17 or Dec. 2. The training will equip participants to organize and prepare their neighborhood BATs in the event of an emergency.
• How to Complete a Preliminary Safety Assessment, scheduled 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 or Dec. 2, will help participants communicate to authorities any neighborhood damage and injuries following an emergency.
To sign up and for more information, email [email protected].
‘Hear for the Holidays’ competition underway
Pacific Hearing Service has launched “Hear for the Holidays,” a competition for a free pair of hearing aids and access to audiological care.
To enter, residents nominate someone they think deserves the opportunity to hear better.
The deadline to enter is Nov. 30, with the winner announced shortly after. The winner will visit the clinic for a comprehensive hearing assessment and a custom fitting of his or her new hearing aids.
“With so many people facing a tough situation this year, ‘Hear for the Holidays’ is an excellent opportunity for us to help out someone in our community who wouldn’t otherwise feel able to invest in hearing treatment,” said Deborah Clark, audiologist and co-owner of Pacific Hearing Service.
Operating since 1977, Pacific Hearing Service has offices in downtown Los Altos and Menlo Park.
For the nomination form and more information, visit pacifichearingservice.com.
Dance Festival marks 10th anniversary
The Lively Foundation is scheduled to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its International Dance Festival@Silicon Valley. This year’s festival’s Full Day of Dance is set for Saturday via Zoom.
Founded in 2012, the festival has offered classes in a wide variety of styles, including African, classical Chinese, salsa, samba, waltz, tango, ballet and Mexican folklorico.
Artist-teachers and the styles they will teach: Etta Walton, line dance; Annie Wilson, jazz; Megan Ivey Rohrbacher, physical comedy; and Audreyanne Delgado Covarrubias, tap and Pilates mat.
For a schedule of classes, to register and for more information, visit livelyfoundation.org/wordpress.
