Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage offers a scholarship program to high school seniors. Ten Silicon Valley scholars will be selected from 37 public high schools in both Santa Clara and San Benito counties, including Fremont High School. Each winner will receive a $2,000 scholarship. Coldwell Banker will grant the scholarships to the winners upon enrollment in an accredited four-year university.

For more information about the program, call 408.252.1133 or email nyamaguchi@cbnorcal.com.


Workshop given to manage health, pain

The Stanford Patient Education Research Center is offering two self-management workshops. The arthritis workshop, which is sponsored by the Arthritis Foundation in cooperation with the Stanford Patient Center and Cupertino's Sunny View Lutheran Home, is a six-week course about pain management, arthritis medications and exercise. The Living Well workshop, also sponsored by the patient center and Sunny View, is for people living with chronic health conditions. It's a six-week course on pain management, problem solving, healthy eating, relaxation techniques and exercise.

Participants in both workshops can get help in designing and carrying out their own self-management programs.

Sunny View will be hosting these workshops from March 4 to April 8. Preregistration is required. For more information, call 800.366.2624.


Euphrat exhibits art of natural materials

The Euphrat Museum of Art at De Anza College is hosting "ReThinking Nature," an art exhibition

featuring the works of 11 artists. All artworks on exhibit are made from natural materials or are related to changes in the natural world. The exhibition will take place Feb. 20-April 19. A reception featuring artist presentations will take place 6-8 p.m. on March 11.

For more information, call Museum Director Jan Rindfleisch at 408.864.8836.


Art and essay contest to benefit local Asian youth

The Asian Pacific Fund will offer $27,000 in savings bonds to local students as part of its annual Growing Up Asian in America contest. This year's contest theme is "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Thinking about Older People and the Environment." Bay Area Asian youth can enter the contest by sharing their stories and ideas on the elderly or the environment through art, essays or poetry.

Contest guidelines are available at all Bay Area public libraries as well as online at http://www.asianpacificfund.org.

Now in its ninth year, the art and essay contest is open to students from kindergarten through 12th grade living in Bay Area cities. Contestants compete in three grade categories—K-5, 6-8 and 9-12—for first-, second- and third-place prizes of $2,000, $1,500 and $1,000 in savings bonds. The deadline for submitting entries is 5 p.m. on March 7.

Winning entries will be announced at the beginning of May, Asian Pacific Heritage Month.

For more information aboutthe fund, call 415.433.6859.


Olympiad of the Arts now accepting entries

High school and college student artists, writers, photographers, dancers and musicians in Santa Clara County are invited to enter the Olympiad of the Arts Competition. The West Valley/Mission Colleges Foundation is hosting this year's competition, which is supported by the Arts Council of Silicon Valley and the Saratoga Rotary Art Show. Winning students will be awarded $6,000 at the Saratoga Rotary Art Show at West Valley College on May 4.

For more information, call the West Valley/Mission Colleges Foundation at 408.741.2066 or visit http://www.missioncollege.org/community/olympiad/.