Good-cause calendar
AUGUST
31 FISH FRY FUNDRAISER, Ooltewah United Methodist Church, 6131 Relocation Way, 5:30-7 p.m., free but donations accepted; dinner and sides by Moss’s Place II and ballet performance by students at The Beth; benefits education programming at Bethlehem Center. 423-266-1384, ext. 3.
SEPTEMBER
4 STOCKING FULL OF LOVE SOCK HOP, Walker County Civic Center, 10052 N. Highway 27, Rock Spring, Ga., 7-11 p.m., $5 ages 7 and older; benefits dance for Walker County children’s Christmas fund and includes best 1950’s dance and dress contests, music by Paul Smith and the Sky High Band. 423-6381909, ext. 1276.
5 LABOR DAY CAR SHOW, Walker County Civic Center, 10052 N. Highway 27, Rock Spring, Ga., registration 8-11:30 a.m., $15 entry fee in advance, $20 day of show; car and truck show to benefit Al Millard Memorial Stocking Full of Love children’s Christmas fund, includes silent auction and raffle, 10 award categories. 706-638-1909, ext. 1276.
8 FIRST AMENDMENT DINNER, Jewish Cultural Center, 5461 N. Terrace Road, 6 p.m., $12 if reserved by Sept. 2, free for veterans; $14 for everyone after Sept. 2; Shelley Rose, interim regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, is featured speaker. Reservations required: 423493-0270, ext. 10.
8 CLEVELAND WOMEN OF DISTINCTION, Museum Center at Five Points, 200 E. Inman St., Cleveland, Tenn., 11:30 a.m., $45 individual, $360 table of eight; benefits American Lung Association in Tennessee. TNWomenofDistinction.org.
16 CHILI COOK-OFF, Miller Plaza, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., $250 team entry, $5 to sample chili at contest; Chattanooga Friends sponsors competition between teams from local companies, restaurants and nonprofits to benefit four nonprofits. Email 423friends@gmail.com.
16 CELEBRATE AMERICA OF THE 1920-30s, Sculpture Fields at Montague Park, 1800 Polk St., 6 p.m., $250 per person, reservations required; benefit begins at Sculpture Fields with music and performers reminiscent of the 1920s and ’30s, then boards Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum train for dinner and ride before night ends at home of John and Pamela Henry. 423-266-7288.