NOVEMBER
3 EAST TENNESSEE ALLIANCE FOR ANIMALS, Food Works, 205 Manufacturers Road, 5-8 p.m., $35 advance, $40 at the door; benefits help the alliance address animal overpopulation, ETAA5@aol.com or www.etaarescue.org.
3-5 BOOK SALE, Chattanooga Public Library, 1001 Broad St., doors open at 10 a.m. each day; “Book Lovers and Holiday Delights” offers holiday and gift books, children’s books and fiction for sale to benefit public library. 423-643-7747.
6 DINO RICHARDSON MEMORIAL TOY RUN, Ridgeland High School, 2478 Happy Valley Road in Rossville, to LaFayette High School, 301 N. Cherokee St., LaFayette, Ga., 2 p.m.; cash donation or bring new, unwrapped toy for donation to Al Millard Memorial Stockings Full of Love children’s Christmas fund. 706-956-4779.
11 PINK BANDANA BALL, Stratton Hall, 3146 Broad St., 6:30-11 p.m., $100; barbecue, live and silent auctions, dancing and mining for gems at benefit for Emily’s Power for a Cure. 423-667-4332.
12 SPECTRUM, Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View, 6-10 p.m., $100; annual black-tie dinner and art auction to benefit museum. 423-267-0968.
12 NICKELS FOR NEPAL PANCAKE BREAKFAST, Applebee’s, Northgate Mall, Highway 153, 7-9:30 a.m., $10; sponsored by Gamma chapter of Kappa Kappa Iota professional organization to buy books, supplies and musical instruments for children in the remote Mija village in Nepal. 423-842-0679.
17 DINNER OF FIRSTS, The Chattanoogan, 1201 Broad St., 7 p.m., $150 per person; Chattanooga State Community College’s annual roast and toast to raise scholarship funds honors Edna Varner, principal and teacher coach for the Public Education Foundation. 423-697-3359.
24 GRATEFUL GOBBLER WALK, Coolidge Park, 8 a.m., $25 ages 13 and older, $10 for ages 12 and younger, $15 virtual walker; Thanksgiving morning 5K walk, run and stroll to benefit Maclellan Shelter for Families.
To be included, email event information to Susan Pierce at spierce@timesfreepress.com.