The 43rd Arizona Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Youth Sports Awards are on Thursday, May 9, starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, in the new Virginia G. Piper Theater.

An evening of snazzy clothes, cocktails, art, music and fine dining could be fun for you — but crucial for some of Arizona’s struggling men, women and children.

Mountain Pointe High School’s wind ensemble and percussion concert will also feature a silent auction to raise money for their Keep the Beat Going fundraiser this Thursday, April 11.

Did you know this is the 18th year for the Festival of Lights Wine and Beer Tasting, Silent Auction and Golf Tournament on June 1 at the Foothills Golf Club?

More than 700 wines, liqueurs, ales, microbrews, coffees, teas, and sparkling waters will be available for tasting at the March 24 Bon Vivant food and drink festival, along with food from more than 30 Valley catering companies, restaurants and resorts.

Friends for Life Animal Rescue in downtown Gilbert is host and beneficiary of an annual special dinner and silent auction from 6 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, March 2 at The Buttes, 2000 Westcourt Way, in Tempe.

Kazimierz World Wine Bar will host a benefit concert for Valley singer Dennis Rowland on Thursday, Feb. 28.

Fourteen local restaurants are coming together on Saturday to help raise money for Mountain View Lutheran’s youth ministries and to give guests a taste of Ahwatukee.

After going through years of dialysis, a double transplant, and even while facing continual health problems, CK’s Ashley Abromavage takes it all in stride.

Chandler-Gilbert Community College invites the community to enjoy an evening of indulgence at the Third Annual Champagne, Chocolate & All That Jazz event this Friday, Feb. 8.

After a successful year reaching a goal of $10,000 last year for Valley Dogs, an Ahwatukee Foothills couple is at it again organizing a local golf tournament for a cause that means so much.

Friends for Life Animal Rescue to host and be the beneficiary of an annual special dinner and silent auction from 6 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, March 2 at The Buttes, A Marriott Resort, 2000 Westcourt Way, in Tempe.

Mountain Pointe High School’s band and parent boosters will be hosting a series of fundraisers in and around Ahwatukee Foothills this spring to raise money for a New Jersey school’s music department destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.

The Desert Vista baseball program will be hosting its sixth annual golf tournament fundraiser on Jan. 26 at The Foothills Golf Club, 2201 E. Clubhouse Drive, with a noon shotgun start and a dinner and banquet to follow at 6 p.m. There will be a live auction, a silent auction and raffle. All the proceeds go the Desert Vista baseball booster club.

December, holidays, family, and giving thanks.

In its biggest event of the year, Desert Vista High School’s orchestra will be accompanied by the symphonic band, guitar classes, and the Pointe Club for the annual holiday concert next week.

The Desert Vista baseball program will be hosting its sixth annual golf tournament fundraiser on Jan. 26 at The Foothills Golf Club, 2201 E. Clubhouse Drive, with a noon shotgun start and a dinner and banquet to follow at 6 p.m. There will be a live auction, a silent auction and raffle. All the proceeds go the Desert Vista baseball booster club.

On Nov. 30, East Valley nonprofit ICAN will host the ninth annual Festival of Trees at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort, 5594 W. Wild Horse Pass Blvd. in Chandler, at 6 p.m.

The Desert Vista baseball program will be hosting its sixth annual golf tournament fundraiser on Jan. 26 at The Foothills Golf Club, 2201 E. Clubhouse Drive, with a noon shotgun start and a dinner and banquet to follow at 6 p.m. There will be a live auction, a silent auction and raffle. All the proceeds go the Desert Vista baseball booster club.

The Desert Vista baseball program will be hosting its sixth annual golf tournament fundraiser on Jan. 26 at The Foothills Golf Club, 2201 E. Clubhouse Drive, with a noon shotgun start and a dinner and banquet to follow at 6 p.m

The second Kenneth A. Spinato Golf Classic will be on Nov. 17 at Orange Tree Golf Resort, 10601 N. 56th St. in Scottsdale, at 7 a.m.

The second Kenneth A. Spinato Golf Classic will be on Nov. 17 at Orange Tree Golf Resort, 10601 N. 56th St. in Scottsdale, at 7 a.m.

Fred Mann had two ways to go Thursday night.

The numbers, which probably should be written in pink these days, are staggering but they are being helped out by a bunch of young women hitting and digging around the nation.