Social Calendar of Benefits and Fundraisers, September-December

SOCIAL CALENDAR

Circle of Life 100 Celebration

Wine, Women & Shoes

• Benefits digital mammography technology,

Scripps Memorial Hospital, Encinitas

• 3-7 p.m. Sept. 8

• Rancho Santa Fe estate

• (858) 678-6349

• winewomenandshoes.com/scrippshealth

Red Ribbon Dance Project
• Benefits UCSD AIDS Research Institute
• 6:30 p.m. Sept. 8
• The Abbey: 2825 Fifth Ave.

• Butterworth Dance Company, L.A. Contemporary Dance Company, Manasi, Michael Mizerany, and more. Appetizers, wine, silent auction.

• $30. $500 table

• (858) 822-2321

• rrdp.ucsd.edu
Thai Fantasy Gala

• Benefits Athenaeum Music & Arts Library

• 6:30-11:30 p.m. Sept. 9

• $200-$300

• 1008 Wall St.

• (858) 454-5872

Salute to Local Heroes

• Benefits renovation of Station 9 La Jolla

• 6-10 p.m. Sept. 10

•  La Valencia Hotel

• Dinner, dancing

• $175

• (858) 459-5156

Casino Night

• Benefits The Arc of San Diego

• 6:30-10:30 p.m. Sept. 10

• Arc’s North Shores Vocational Center, 9575 Aero Dr., San Diego

• $50

• www.arc-sd.com/casinonight

• (858) 484-2529

Monte Carlo Goes Burlesque

• Benefits Museum Contemporary Art San Diego

education programs, exhibitions

• 6:30 p.m. Sept 10

• MCASD, La Jolla, 700 Prospect St.

• Cocktail party, dinner under the stars, DJ music, dancing, after-party

• (858) 454-3541, ext. 142

• rsherer@mcasd.org

Strut for Sobriety

• Benefits A New Path

• 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 10

• Sheraton San Diego, Harbor Island

• Fashion luncheon

• $85

• (619) 670-1184. anewpath@cox.net

7th annual San Diego Walk Now for Autism Speaks

• Registration 8 a.m. walk 10 a.m.

• Sept. 10

• Liberty Station, Point Loma Ingram Plaza

• walknowforautismspeaks.org

• (323) 549-5000

8th annual Liquid Nation Ball

• Benefit 13 surf-related humanitarian organizations

• 6:30 p.m. Sept. 17

• La Jolla home of Fernando Aguerre

• Dancing, music, food, open bar, auction

• $300

• liquid-nation.com

Bubble Up Gala

• Benefits Ocean Discovery Institute

• 6-10 p.m. Sept. 17

• La Costa Resort and Spa

• www.OceanDiscoveryInstitute.org

• (858) 488-3849

Romp Roundup

• Benefits Ronald McDonald House

• Sept. 17

• Music by Steel Magnolia

7th Annual Lab Amore

• Benefits work of Labrador Rescuers

• 5 p.m. Sept. 17

• Lomas Santa Fe Country Club, Solana Beach.

• Dinner, open bar, auction

• $75, VIP seating $125

• labradorrescuers.org

• (858) 456-2884

4th annual Everything Is Possible Celebration

• Benefits Seany Foundation work in childhood cancers

• 7-10 p.m. Sept. 17

• Birch Aquarium

• Cocktails, entertainment, auctions, dinner by Jeffrey Strauss

• $150; $1,400 table of 10.

• theseanyfoundation.org

• (800) 794-8282

9^th Annual Minding the Arts

• Benefits Performing Arts at The Institute

• 4-8 p.m. Sept. 18

• Outdoor cocktail reception, concert

• Institute on Torrey Pines Mesa

• $150-$250

• (858) 626-2022

• mindingthe arts.org

56^th Annual Art of Fashion

• 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 22

• The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe

• Boutique shopping, lunch, après affair wine tasting

• (858) 756-1192, ext. 4

Starry, Starry Night

• Benefits Voices for Children

• Sept. 24

• Estate of Joan Waitt

• Dinner by Jeffrey Strauss, wines, cocktails, entertainment, dancing, auctions, Neil Diamond Tribute Band

• $425; $850 couple

• ssn2011.com

Opus 2011 Gala

• Benefits San Diego Symphony

• 8 p.m. Oct. 1

• Symphony Hall (concert)

• University Club atop Symphony Hall (pre, post events)

• $250-$5,000

• (619) 236-5410

Heels@Heal Fashion Show

• Benefits Angels Foster Family Network

• 5-10 p.m. Oct. 1

^• Oceanfront home in La Jolla

• $100

• www.heels2heal.org

• (619) 813-1488

Lux After Dark

• Benefits art institute education programs

• Oct. 1

• Rancho Valencia

• Auction, dinner, dancing

• luxartinstitute.org

Concert for the Children

Starring Kenny Loggins

• Benefits Hospital Infantil de las Californias

• Oct. 7

• Hyatt Aventine in La Jolla

• $300

• usfcc.org

•(619) 298-5437

Plant With PurposeGala

• Benefits environmental solutions to humanitarian problems

• 6-10 p.m. Oct. 8

• Paradise Point Resort, Misson Bay

• $110

• (800) 633-5319

8th annual Wine D’Vine

• Benefits Walden Family Services

• Food and wine tasting benefit

• 6-9 p.m. Oct. 12

• Grand Del Mar Resort

• $150

• (619) 727-5887

• waldenfamily.org

Just Like My Child Foundation Gala

• Benefits work in rural Uganda

• 6-11 p.m. Oct. 13

•  El Cortez Hotel

• Guest speaker Jared Cohen

• $250

• http:www.JustLikeMyChild.org/party

4^th annual gala

“Fly Me to the Moon”

• Benefits La Jolla Symphony & Chorus

• 6 p.m. Oct. 15

• Marriott Del Mar

• Auctions, dinner, dancing to Big Band Express, tribute to arts advocate Charlene Baldridge

• $150

• (858) 534-4637

• lajollasymphony.com

35th Gala: Mining for a Cure

• Benefits Sanford-Burnham Institute research in cancer, diabetes, obesity, neuroscience, inflammatory diseases, rare diseases, nanomedicine and drug discovery

• 6 to midnight, Oct. 15

• Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds

• Reservations:  Chelsea Jones, (858) 795-5239

Out of the Darkness Community 5K Walk

• Benefits San Diego Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

• Oct. 15

• Check-in 8 a.m.

• Post-walk festivities 11 a.m. speakers, wellness fair, entertainment, raffle prizes, Community Memory Tree

• De Anza Cove (Mission Bay Park) \
• Register at www.outofthedarkness.org

11^th Annual Sunset Splash

• Benefits Natural High programs by Sundt Memorial Foundation

• 6-10 p.m. Oct. 28

• Scripps Seaside Forum

• Dinner, cocktails, auctions

• (858) 551-7006

• sundtmemorial.org

Butterfly Ball

• Roaring 20s gala

• Benefits Fresh Start Surgical Gifts

• 6:30 p.m. Oct. 29

• Hotel del Coronado

• (760) 448-2018

Annual Author’s Luncheon

• Benefits Words Alive literacy programs

• From 10 a.m. Nov. 1

• Hyatt Regency La Jolla

• $100

• wordsalive.org

• (858) 274-9673

Saludi! Master Mixologists

& Signature Chefs Auction

• Benefits March of Dimes

• 5:30-9:30 p.m. Nov. 10

• San Diego Natural History Museum

• Chef’s samples, cocktails, wine, dessert, auctions

• (858) 300-6402

25^th MS Dinner Auction

• Benefits multiple sclerosis research/programs

• Nov. 17

• Loews Coronado Bay Resort in Coronado.

• Tickets from $125

• www.MSdinnerAuction.com

Innovation Night

• Benefits play development initiatives

• Dec. 7

• La Jolla Playhouse

• $150

• lajollaplayhouse.org

La Jolla High School

90^th Anniversary

• Benefits Nautilus Foundation

• March 10, 2012

• Hyatt Regency La Jolla

Related posts:

1. Social Calendar of benefits and fundraisers of interest to La Jollans, April 1-May 31
2. Social Life: Calendar of upcoming fundraisers and benefits: Feb. 24, 2011 issue
3. SOCIAL CALENDAR: List of upcoming benefits and fundraisers
4. Social Calendar of upcoming events
5. Supporters gear up for 50th Project Concern International gala

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