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@copy:The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch More than 1,000 hand-blown glass pumpkins of all shapes, sizes and colors will be installed in the sculpture garden of the Palo Alto Cultural Center from Oct. 17 through Oct. 26. A reception will be held Oct. 17, 5-7 p.m. Sale of pumpkins will begin Oct. 25, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Oct. 26, 1-5 p.m. All proceeds benefit the Bay Area Glass Institute (BAGI) and children's art programs at the Palo Alto Cultural Center. Call 329-2366. @copy:Youth for Community Change, If Not Now, When? Youth conference for any East Palo Alto and Belle Haven youth who are serious about positively changing their community. Oct. 18, 9 a.m. and Oct. 19, 11 a.m. at Onetta M. Harris Community Center, 100 Terminal Ave., Menlo Park. Call Shama Blaney or Bob Hoover at 321-9639. @copy:Police and Fire Safety Show The 7th annual Palo Alto Police and Fire Safety Show will be held Oct. 19 at Stanford Shopping Center from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. A Fire Rescue and K-9 Dog demonstration will be held at 12:30 p.m. in the south parking lot. Display booths, fire prevention and safety literature, and the winning fire safety posters will be present in the plaza. For the entire family. @copy:1997 Home Run for Stanford Chapter of Habitat for Humanity A 5K run, 10K run and 5K walk Oct. 19 through the Stanford campus. Registration at 7:45 a.m., 5K starts at 9 a.m., 10K starts at 9:30 a.m. inside the Football Stadium. Pre-race coffee and aerobic warm-ups, post-event snacks, live music and t-shirt. $20 fee. Call (408) 235-1376. @copy:Autumn Gift Boutique An array of specialty items will be for sale at the Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden Center Oct. 21, 1-4 p.m. In the boutique will be homemade jams and vinegars, seasonal floral arrangements, herbs from the garden, engraved stationery, seeds from England, garden tools and hand-sewn gift bags and many other garden-related gifts. Admission is free. Proceeds benefit maintenance of the Garden Center. Gamble Garden Center is located at 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. Call 329-1356. @copy:Mayview Community Health Center's First Annual Awards Dinner The main focus of the event is to focus public awareness on the importance of community medicine as well as to recognize those individuals who have made the operation of the center successful. Featuring Henry Cisneros as the keynote speaker Oct. 24. 6:30 p.m. at Hyatt Rickey's in Palo Alto. $60 per person. Call 327-1223. @copy:Bay Area Action's Decadent Dinner Parties Gourmet eatery events designed to titillate your taste buds and tempt you with eye candy, while educating on the connection between food choices and the environment. The theme for the Oct. 24 dinner is "Food for the Future." Come dressed as your favorite space alien. The dinner will be held at a private home in the Palo Alto area. Donation is a sliding scale $20-$30. All proceeds benefit Bay Area Action's work in environmental education. Please RSVP by Oct. 22 to 321-1994. @copy:Crush at the Park 16th annual wine tasting and silent auction event featuring more than 100 of the finest wineries and fabulous food from MacArthur Park Restaurant. The Palo Alto Area American Red Cross will furnish the silent auction which includes items such as trips, hotel accommodations, children's packages, and more. Proceeds benefit the American Red Cross, Palo Alto Area Chapter. The event is Oct. 25, 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at MacArthur Park, 27 University Ave., Palo Alto. $40 in advance, $45 at the door, includes a souvenir glass, wine tasting and food. Call 321-9990. @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, No. 110 (located between Trader Joe's and Draeger's) in Menlo Park. Call Jennifer Coelho at 328-2030, ext. 230.

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