Backyard carnival
Enjoy dinner, drinks, prizes, carnival games and activities, plus live music to benefit the Grace Fund, which helps individuals with multiple sclerosis, ALS and spinal cord injuries in the region.
Fifth annual Family AfFaire
Sunday, Aug. 30, 4-7 p.m.
49 Marland Road, $100, $200/family
Contact: 578-5694
Rub a dub
Give your pup a loving scrub for the cost of a donation to benefit 9 Lives Rescue, Dreampower Animal Rescue and the Bow Wow Buddies Foundation.
Wet 'n Waggin' Charity Dog Wash
Saturday, Aug. 29, 10 a.m. to noon
Colorado Springs and Monument Camp Bow Wow locations
Contact: 260-9247, campbowwow.com/us/co/coloradosprings
Take heart
Catch musical theater, jazz, dance and more by performers from the Fine Arts Center Theatre Company, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and others to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak Region Peace Officers' Memorial.
Heart and Music — Benefit for '09
Monday, Aug. 31, 7:30 p.m.
FAC's SaGaJi Theater, 30 W. Dale St., $20
Contact: 634-5583