Chattanooga area good-cause calendar, upcoming fundraisers

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 spierce@timesfree press.com. Include event name, location and who fundraiser benefited. Contact: Susan Pierce at 757-6284.

FEBRUARY

• 11: ZUMBATHON, UTC Aquatic and Recreation Center, 601 E. Fifth St., 4-7 p.m., $5 UTC students, $10 all others. Dance to raise money for American Heart Association's Go Red for Women, with giveaways and deejay. 423-425-4213.

• 12: POSSIBILITIES, Chattanooga Convention Center, 1100 Carter St., 11:30 p.m., $75. Col. Greg Gadson, who lost both legs in an IED explosion in Iraq, is featured speaker at fundraiser for Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation. 423-634-1208.

• 14: BROKEN HEARTS BALL, Stratton Hall, 3146 Broad St., 8 p.m., $35 advance registration, $45 at door. Come single or with a date for music and dancing with Valentine's entertainment such as "worst breakup line" or "best forever story"; benefits Partnership for Families, Children and Adults' Rape Crisis Center. 423-697-3828.

• 21-23: HOUSTON ANTIQUES SHOW AND SALE, Stratton Hall, 3146 Broad St., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 21-22, noon-4 p.m. Feb. 23, $15 ticket good for three days, benefits Houston Museum of Decorative Arts. Preview party is Thursday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m., $75 ticket includes show admission. 423-267-7176.

• 25: SPAY-GHETTI NO MEATBALLS, Stratton Hall, 3146 Broad St., 6-9 p.m., $50, silent auction and dinner catered by 1885 to benefit Wally's Friends spay/neuter program. 423-877-9966.

• 28: TRI-STATE HOME SHOW, Chattanooga Convention Center, 1100 Carter St., 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Feb. 28 and March 1; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. March • 2. Annual home show sponsored by Home Builders Association of Greater Chattanooga and EPB Fiber Optics. Admission $7 ages 17 and older; $2 discount to senior adults on Friday, $1 discount to anyone bringing a canned good for donation to the Chattanooga Area Food Bank on Saturday or Sunday.

MARCH

• 3: BACCHANALIA, Pre-party at Sheraton Read House Hotel, 6 p.m., followed by Chestnut Street Strut to Walden Club at 7 p.m. for dinner and auction, Mardi Gras mask contest, dancing to music of Booker T. Scruggs, $100 per person, benefits Chattanooga Bach Choir. Reservations required by Friday, Feb. 24: 423-902-9191 or merilee.dgp@gmail.com.

• 13: ON POINT ANNUAL DINNER, Chattanooga Convention Center, 1100 Carter St., 6:30 p.m. dinner, $75 per person, $350 table of eight, featured speaker is Wess Stafford, Compassion International president, benefits teen advocacy organization On Point. liveonpoint.org

To be included, email information to Susan Pierce at spierce@timesfreepress.com.

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