The annual Take Your Children to Work Day received rave reviews all around.
Children of Caltech community members visited their parents’ work sites
toured labs, and enjoyed pizza and a musical performance by Joe Cook and
Scott Van Essen. The CAPSI contribution—where kids made their own “Caltech
comet” ice cream—was a big hit. Said Amber Hedges, 10-year-old daughter of
Media Relations staff member Debi Williams-Hedges, “I had a great time. I
especially liked making ice cream. And I went to the Cold Room [in geophysics
researcher Hermann Engelhardt’s lab], and I wasn’t even cold.” The event was
sponsored by Human Resources and Public Relations. Photos, clockwise from
top: Visiting kids just hanging out; Efrain Hernandez, staff member in custodial
services, and his daughter, Jasmine, enjoy the day; making ice cream in the
Beckman Institute courtyard.