Point Reyes National Seashore Dragons and castles may appear on the shores of Drake's Beach Sunday during the 15th annual sand-sculpture contest. Registration begins at the Ken Patrick Visitors Center at 9 a.m. Sculptors can come equipped with shovels, buckets, and sand-packing molds. Natural materials gathered from the beach, such as driftwood, can be used in the sand creation. However, uprooting plants for the sculptures is prohibited.
People can bring lunches or buy food from the visitor center restaurant.
San Geronimo Valley A benefit for recently injured artist Dwayne Foster is planned at the Woodacre Improvement Club, where the public is invited to swim and picnic Monday. Foster, who created many of the neon-colored advertising signs throughout the Valley during the past decade, suffered a severe head injury in an Aug. 16 fall in Woodacre. Foster is in fair condition at Marin General Hospital. Labor Day is traditionally a free-swim day to promote the Improvement Club's pool, tennis, kitchen, and other facilities, said Ann Jones, general manager. This year, donations will be accepted to aid Foster, a club maintenance worker, with medical bills and other recovery costs.