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@copy:All You Can Eat Brunch Food, fun and music by local students April 19, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge of Palo Alto, 461 Florence St., Palo Alto. $10 adults, $5 students. Proceeds will benefit Music Programs in Palo Alto public schools. Call 322-0338 for reservations. @copy:Beka Joqua House Concert Earth Day celebration April 19 featuring Beka, Ronny Crawford and Brian Ledoux and a celebration of the upcoming release of their CD. Hors d'oeuvres 7-8 p.m. The concert begins at 8 p.m. at the home of Richard and Ami Jaqua, 60 Langley Hill Road, Woodside (off Skyline Blvd. between Page Mill Road and Highway 84). $10-$50 sliding scale. Proceeds benefit Bay Area Action. Call 813-1870 or 321-1994. @copy:The Cotton Club A benefit banquet featuring the music of Don Conway's String of Pearls and Major Minor. April 19, 7-10 p.m. at Cesar Chavez School, 2450 Ralmar Ave., East Palo Alto. $35 donation benefits local youth, children and families. Presented by the East Palo Alto Family Partnership Foundation. Call 853-3140. @copy:Stanford MBA 10K/5K Race and Walk for Charity The Stanford Graduate School of Business is sponsoring the 14th annual challenge 10K & 5K race/walk April 20 beginning at 8:30 a.m. just outside of Stanford Stadium. All proceeds benefit Special Olympics. Race day registration begins at 7 a.m. For an entry form call Marty Felsenthal at 856-4083. Registration is $20. T-shirts will be given to all runners. @copy:Seafood Spectacular The 6th annual event is presented by the Children's Health Council Auxiliary and The Fish Market April 20, noon to 4 p.m. at The Fish Market, 3150 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. $35 per person allows you to feast on steamed, raw, baked, charbroiled, smoked fish and shellfish, chowder, sourdough bread and Dungeness crab. There will be a variety of wines, beers and champagnes for tasting. Proceeds benefit the Children's Health Council. Call 949-2867. @copy:Friends of the Atherton Library Luncheon April 23 at Holbrook Palmer Park Pavilion in Atherton. Apertif and reception at 11:30 a.m. followed by lunch and the program at noon. The program is "Laughing at Life with Shakespeare" with G. Patrick Farrell, Ph.D. Proceeds will help keep the library supplied with new books and modern computer equipment. Call 368-0979 for ticket information. @copy:Junior League of Palo Alto/Midpeninsula will hold its largest annual fund-raiser April 25 at the Santa Clara Marriott. A luncheon/fashion show begins at 11 a.m., with black tie dinner at 6 p.m. Tickets are $70 for lunch, $125 for dinner. Proceeds benefit a variety of child and family causes. Call 321-5026. @copy:The First Annual LoveCo Spring Social and Info Fair April 26 5-10 p.m. Featuring a vegetarian dinner, live music by local artists, crafts and goodies, and lots of information. The mission of LoveCo is to provide programs on music and culture to elementary schools throughout the Bay Area. Tickets are $25 general, $20 for students and seniors, $30-$50 per couple. A sliding scale is available. The event will be held at the First Congregational Church, 1985 Louis Road, Palo Alto. Call Peter at 473-0830. @copy:Wine With a Heart The second annual wine tasting and auction to benefit the American Heart Association and Vascular Surgery Research at Stanford. April 25 is a gourmet dinner, wine tasting, and live auction at Thomas Fogarty Winery in Portola Valley. $125 per person. On April 27 a wine tasting, gourmet hors d'oeuvres, and silent auction and the historic Stanford Barn in Palo Alto. $35 per person. Call (408) 479-9463 for tickets and information. @copy:Help the animals Help distressed animals and ecological environments by donating children's and adult books for book sales with 100 percent of the proceeds going directly to nonprofit groups. Drop off books at Wildlife Rescue, 4000 Middlefield Road, Building V, Palo Alto or at the Palo Alto Humane Society, 415 Cambridge Ave., Palo Alto. Call 961-7658. @copy:Peninsula World Travel/American Express Encourages Travelers to Bring Home Hotel Shampoos and Soap Peninsula World Travel of Menlo Park is beginning its campaign to donate travel-size shampoos and soaps to the Haven Family House in Menlo Park. Travelers are urged to bring home these items and drop them off at the Menlo Park office. The items collected will be delivered to the Haven Family House, a homeless shelter in Menlo Park. Peninsula World Travel is located at 830 Menlo Avenue, #110 (located between Trader Joe's and Draeger's) in Menlo Park. Call Jennifer Coelho at 328-2030, ext. 230.

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