To be included
• Calendar: Email items to Karen Nazor Hill at khill@timesfreepress.com and Susan Pierce at spierce@timesfreepress.com by Monday before the Sunday it appears. Include event name, date, hours, location, ticket price and phone.• Photo layouts: Email four to six photos with left to right identifications to Karen Nazor Hill at khill@timesfreepress.com or spierce@timesfree press.com. Include event name, location and who fundraiser benefited.• Contacts: Karen Hill at 757-6396 or Susan Pierce at 757-6284.
August
Thursday. National Treasures, Point Park on Lookout Mountain, 5:30-8:30 p.m., $75, $130 couple, benefits Friends of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. “Blues, Views and Barbecue” theme includes blues music by Dr. Clark White and his band from Atlanta, Deaconbluz and the Holy Smoke Band. www.chickchatt.org.
• Christmas in August, One-Eleven on the Square, 111 E. LaFayette Square, LaFayette, Ga., 5:30-8 p.m., $15 individual, $25 couple, children 12 and younger free. Wine and cheese, hors d’oeuvres, silent auction and photos with Santa to benefit LaFayette-Walker County Library. 706-638-0288.
September
8 Champagne and Chocolate Rhoyal Affair, Southern Belle riverboat at Pier 2, 9 a.m.-1 a.m., $20. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority fundraiser for Gamma Theta Sigma chapter’s philanthropic events. 987-3356.
• Doggie Paddle Pool Party, Warner Park Pool, McCallie Avenue at Holtzclaw, noon-3 p.m., $10 per pooch includes goody bag while supplies last. Benefit for McKamey Animal Center allows dogs to swim in Olympic-size pool before it is drained for the winter. www.mckameyanimalcenter.org.