Lake Co. fundraisers
March 19
Alzheimer's Association wine tasting: Thursday, March 19, River East Art Center, 435 E. Illinois St., Chicago. "A Toast to Remember," premier wine tasting. $100-$125. Alzheimers-illinois.org/toast/
Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center charity concert: 7 p.m. Thursday, March 19, Chicago House of Blues, 329 N. Dearborn St., Chicago. Featuring Richard Marx. $135. ZCenter.org.
March 20
St. Joseph the Worker Friday fish fry: 4-8 p.m. March 20, 181 W. Dundee Road, Wheeling. All you can eat fist fry includes choice of potato, coleslaw and rye bread. Shrimp dinners, salad bar and soup also available. (847) 537-2740.
CURE's 11th annual Benefit Chicago: Friday, March 20, Field Museum, Chicago. Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy host benefit with guest speaker Tom Brokaw. (312) 255-1801.
March 21
Sleep-Out-Saturday: Saturday, March 21, Countryside Unitarian Universalist Church, Palatine. Sleep out in a cardboard tent to benefit PADS. Includes soup dinner, worship service, discussion. (847) 359-8440, ext. 4 or nomoreturningaway.org.
March 22
Concert for Life: 4 p.m. Sunday, March 22, St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, 6401 Gages Lake Road, Gurnee. Singer-songwriter Matt Wessel will bring his inspirational music to the annual concert and raffle event held by Warren Township High School's Future Business Leaders of America to benefit the American Cancer Society. Tickets are $5 in advance, $8 at the door. Buy tickets at Warren Township High School, online at blue.wths.net/concertforlife/index.htm, or by e-mail through Kim Wessel, at kwessel@dist50.net.
Ongoing
It Can Be Done: Mondays and Tuesdays, Francesca's Intimo, 293 E Illinois Road, Lake Forest. Francesca's Intimo has agreed to donate 15 percent of patrons' bills to the nonprofit organization It Can Be Done! on Mondays and Tuesdays if the customer mentions the organization to a restaurant employee. The proceeds will benefit the purchasing of a drill to construct wells throughout the 12 villages of Uru on Mount Kilimanjaro, providing the 30,000 people living there with freshwater. For information or to donate, visit itcanbedoneafrica.org or e-mail Barbara Joye at barbarajoye@gmail.com.
Busy Brains fundraiser: Wednesdays in March, Mickey Finn's Brewery, 412 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville. Each Wednesday night in March, if a patron mentions Busy Brains Children's Museum, Mickey Finn's will donate 15 percent of their total to the museum. For information, visit busybrains.org, or call (224) 381-0138.