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BY MICHAEL PEÑA
The deadline to register your youngster for Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work at Stanford is this Friday, April 14. A registration form and brochure detailing all the activities for the April 27 event can be downloaded from the WorkLife Office website, http://worklife.stanford.edu/. The website also lists answers to frequently asked questions such as whether nieces and nephews can participate and where drop-off and pick-up locations are. Girls and boys from 10 to 15 years old can take part in the half-day event, which begins at 7:45 a.m. in Dinkelspiel Auditorium and ends at 12:15 p.m. A few of the 24 workshops are titled "Extreme Room Make-Over," hosted by the Land and Buildings department; "Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Internet-Mapping," hosted by Facilities Operations; and for teens, "Want to Be a Disc Jockey?" hosted by KZSU. The event is limited to the first 350 registrants and will feature a parenting seminar open to all from 11 a.m. to noon in Dinkelspiel.
The Cantor Arts Center is seeking volunteer docents. No prior experience or art expertise required, just a desire to learn, get trained and give tours for at least three years. Training focuses on the center's diverse collections and interactive teaching techniques. The art center offers this opportunity only every few years, when a new class opens up. Training sessions for the upcoming academic year will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. "Docents bring art to life. They lead tours of exhibitions and collection galleries for visitors of all ages and from all over the world," said LAUREN SILVER, associate curator for education. For more information, contact SHARON BECKHAM, manager of volunteer services, at 725-5317 or sbeckham@stanford.edu. The deadline to apply is April 20. Applicant interviews begin next month.
Along with the community park at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the Filoli estate in nearby Woodside, the beauty of Stanford's Arizona Garden stuck with the author of a California guidebook that debuted last month titled Gardenwalks. The cactus garden, on the south side of the mausoleum, was designed for the Stanford family in the 1880s and is tended by its own batch of dedicated volunteers. A USA Today article that listed author ALICE JOYCE's top picks for springtime strolls included links to several gardens, including this one: http://grounds.stanford.edu/points/gardens/arizonagarden.html.