Upcoming social events

Hope Education Awareness Research (HEAR) Motorcycle Poker Run fundraiser
- Benefits UCSD Huntington’s Disease Clinical Research Center
- Sept. 25
- 8 a.m.-registration
- 9 a.m.-Poker Run
- Noon-lunch
- 1 p.m.-raffle drawings
- Start at UCSD parking lot P703 (Health Sciences and Voigt drives); finish at Southbay Motorsports, 1890 Auto Park Place, Chula Vista
- (858) 622-5854, (619) 869-9084

Strut for Sobriety!
- Sixth annual fashion show
- Benefits A New PATH (Parents for Addiction Treatment and Healing)
- 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 25
- Sheraton San Diego Hotel
- www.anewpathsite.org

Second Annual Kawasaki Disease Gala
- Benefits Kawasaki disease research at UCSD
- 5:30 to 10 p.m. Sept. 25
- La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad
- From $200
- (858) 205-3113
- www.KDFoundation.org

Monte Carlo Does Bond
- Benefits Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
- Museum’s galleries are transformed into Agent 007′s playground
- Cocktail party, casino games, d’oeuvres and more
- Sept. 25
- MCASD
- 1100 Kettner Blvd., San Diego
- $450-$1,250 (007-level tables-$25,000)
- (858) 454-3541, ext. 143
- lemery@mcasd.org

“Walk a Mile In Her Shoes”
- Benefits Becky’s House
- Sept. 30
- 6 p.m.-one-mile walk
- 6:30 p.m.-post-event reception
- Hotel Solamar’s Lounge Six, San Diego
- (619) 239-0355
- www.ywcasandiego.org

Walk Now
- Benefits Autism Speaks
- 5K family fun walk, concert
- 8 a.m. to noon Oct. 2
- Liberty Station, NTC Promenade
- (323) 549-0500, ext. 757
- sandiego@autismspeaks.org

Red Ribbon Dance Project and Silent Auction
- Benefits UCSD’s AIDS Research Institute
- Performances by four of San Diego’s top modern dance companies
- 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 7
- The Abbey
- 2825 Fifth Ave., San Diego
- $30
- (858) 534-5545
- ari@ucsd.edu

Lux After Dark Gala
- Benefits Lux Art Institute programs
- 6 p.m. Oct. 9
- Rancho Santa Fe estate
- $250
- (760) 436-6611
- rsvp@luxartistitute.org

Planting Hope Gala
- Benefits Plant With Purpose (formerly known as Floresta)
- Silent and live auctions, dinner
- 6 p.m. Oct. 9
- La Jolla Grand Ballroom, San Diego Marriott
- (858) 274-3718
- www.plantwithpurpose.org

Walk Like MADD 5K
- Benefits Mothers Against Drunk Driving
- 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 9
- 2335-2455 Cushing Road, San Diego
- (858) 546-0780, ext. 305
- www.walklikemadd.org

KPBS Celebrates the ’60s
- Benefits public television
- Oct. 9
- The Lodge at Torrey Pines
- (619) 594-4266
- www.kpbs.org/50years

“Everything is Possible”
- Benefits pediatric cancer research
- Hosted by The Seany Foundation
- 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 10
- San Diego Hall of Champions, Balboa Park
- www.theseanyfoundation.org

La Jolla Art & Wine Festival
- Benefits area schools
- 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 9-10
- Upper Girard Avenue between Pearl and Genter, La Jolla
- Adults, $10; children under 12, military and seniors, $5; two-day pass, $15
- www.lajollaartandwinefestival.com

Concours d’Elegance
- Benefits Susan G. Komen For the Cure Foundation
- Dinner gala, silent auction, classic car show
- 10 a.m. Oct. 17
- Del Mar Fairgrounds
- $25; $30 day of the event
- www.delmarconcours.com

Giving Without Borders
- 20th Anniversary Celebration
- 5:30 to 10 p.m. Oct. 23
- Joan B. Kroc Institute of Peace and Justice, USD
- 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego
- (619) 336-2253
- amyc@icfdn.org

12th Crystal Ball Gala
- Benefits Casa de Amparo
- Oct. 30
- Fairbanks Ranch Country Club

2010 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
- 5K run/fitness walk
- 8 a.m. Nov. 7
- Balboa Park
- (858) 573-2760
- info@sdkomen.org

24th Annual Golden Hanger Fashion Awards Gala
- Benefits the Make-A-Wish Foundation
- 6:30 p.m. Nov. 13
- Fashion Careers College
- 1923 Morena Blvd., San Diego
- $50 theater style (show only), $150 dinner and show
- (619) 275-4700
- peter@fashioncareerscollege.com

Storybook Ball
- Benefits United Through Reading
- 5:30 p.m. Nov. 14
- Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine
- 3777 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego
- $100
- (858) 481-7323
- development@unitedthroughreading.org

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