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.

More information is available online. Also see this blog post on “The Miracle of Massage Therapy.”

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

The annual summer event celebrates UC Davis’ 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 UC Davis 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 UC Davis 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 UC Davis Children's Hospital booth.

Read the news release.

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

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. Driving directions.

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.

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