Kids will find a special place just for them at Family Day. Nestled under the trees outside of Panofsky Grove will be activities for kids to create to their hearts content.

SLAC volunteers will be available to help kids create origami boxes, candy necklaces, paper masks and yarn crafts. Kids will color, paste and assemble artistic treasures they can take home as precious mementos of Family Day 2002.

In addition to crafts, Kids Grove will have face painters. Kids can choose from painted figures to cool temporary tattoos. For those who enjoy adventure, Barbara Johnson (formerly HR) will fascinate kids with her storytelling tales. Grown ups can listen in, but they must be accompanied by a kid (or at least pretend one of the mesmerized kids belongs to them).

There’s no end to the talent of the people who work at SLAC. That will be obvious to everyone who visits the Arts, Crafts and Hobbies display at Family Day.

There will be displays of pottery making, ceramics, textiles, painting, photography, woodworking and even bee keeping. Some of the artists will have things to sell. Your investment may bring you more return in pleasure than anything you are getting from the stock market.

Some hobbies aren’t artistic, but they sure feel good. Lisa Michael will demonstrate her special talents with 10-minute chair massages for the lucky partygoers who sign up for this treat in the Auditorium breezeway.

If you like classic cars, don’t miss the display in the Visitors Parking Lot. Better yet, bring your own to display. These are the ‘toys’ that bring smiles to the faces of many of us at SLAC.

—Ann Mueller