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MASSAGE THERAPY: Ahhhh, summertime on campus. Hopefully you have less stress, or maybe it’s the same. Either way, how about a massage? That’s right, faculty and staff are welcome to use the same massage service that students use.

It’s a year-round service of Student Health and Counseling Services. Massages cost $30 for a 30-minute session and $40 for a 45-minute session, payable by cash or check. Gift certificates are available.

To schedule an appointment, call the physical therapy department, (530) 752-2318.

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FREE CONCERT: Everyone’s invited to next week’s free concert and Kids Zone sponsored by the �������� Children’s Hospital, the �������� Health System Community Advisory Board and Shriners Hospitals for Children-Northern California.

The annual summer event celebrates ��������’ relationships with adjacent neighborhoods and thanks local residents, as well as the broader community, for their support and engagement. The event also is an opportunity to say thank you to faculty members, students and employees across the university whose exceptional work has helped make �������� a world leader in education, research and clinical care.

This year’s event is scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, on the lawn next to the Shriners hospital, 45th and X streets, Sacramento.

The organizers said Sacramento dance band Hip Service will perform Motown, classic rock and disco, and today’s “funky groove.”

The program includes a Sacramento Republic Football Club player visit — that's the professional soccer team that has �������� Children's Hospital as “season presenting partner” and official medical provider.

The Kids Zone will feature games, crafts, bounce houses and clowns. And, if your children are not bouncing up and down already, the Radio Disney Road Crew will get them moving in a show before the concert.

Free bike helmets, courtesy of Kohl’s Cares, will be given to the first 100 children to visit the Trauma Prevention and Outreach booth. Staff members in support of the Kohl's Buckle Up to Grow Up program will offer free helmet fittings and share tips on keeping children safe and healthy year-round.

Food will be available for purchase at the Sacramento campus’s weekly farmers market. Bring chairs and blankets; no alcoholic beverages, no smoking.

A diaper drive will be conducted during the event, with the public invited to donate new packages of diapers or wipes at the �������� Children's Hospital booth.

HANDS-ON SCIENCE AT THE LAKE: The 15th annual Children’s Environmental Science Day is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 9, at the , which includes ��������’ .

Admission is free and open to the public.

Local organizations will present more than 30 hands-on science activities aimed at creating an awareness of Lake Tahoe’s unique ecology. The activities are designed for ages 6 and up — but, really, the activities are for the whole family to enjoy.

Here are some examples: Get up close and personal with fish and microscopic zooplankton from Lake Tahoe, learn about native species in the Tahoe Basin, and test the water quality of a stream.

The event is scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m. The organizers said free ice cream will be served from 2 to 4 p.m.

The Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences is on the campus of Sierra Nevada College, 291 Country Club Drive, Incline Village, NV, just off Highway 28.

For more information, call the Tahoe Environmental Research Center, (775) 881-7560. To volunteer, contact Kylee Wilkins by phone, (77) 881-7560, ext. 7474, or email.