Fri., Oct. 17-Sat., Oct. 18, San Marco Square

Portion of sales from participating merchants (find the pink balloon at their door) to benefit The Donna Foundation in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Raffle sales will also be added to the overall Hope Squared donation. In 2013, the event raised $3,700.

Sat., Oct. 18, 3-8 p.m. Jacksonville Fairgrounds Exhibition Hall, 510 Fairgrounds Place

Trick-or-treat at Fantasy Doors; enjoy Magical Meet & Greet Streets, Candyland, Trick-or-Treat Theatre, Groovy Goblin Family Disco, and Ghostbusters Grown-Up Grotto. Benefits Community PedsCare, a program of Community Hospice of NE Florida; call 904.886.3883 or visit HDM.CommunityHospice.com.

Sunday October 19  2 pm    ages 9-12     4 pm ages 13 – adult  $10.00 audition fee

Baggs Studio of Ballet   1276 King Street Jacksonville, Florida 32204    904-388-2466

Artistic Director: Debra Peters Rankin

Tues., Oct. 21, 9:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m., Duval County Extension Office, 1010 N. McDuff Ave.

Workshop topics on pond design, planting and maintenance of ponds. Pre-register by calling (904) 255-7450.

Tues., Oct. 21, 6 p.m., Jacksonville Jewish Center, 3662 Crown Point Rd.

Honoring Lilo and Harry Frisch, recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award. Register via email at [email protected] or call (561) 447-9733.

Thurs., Oct. 23, Noon-1:30 p.m., Florida Blue Conference Center, 4800 Deerwood Campus Pkwy

Benefits Junior Achievement Girl$, which brings financial literacy programs to girls and young women. For information, call (904) 398-9944, ext. 231 or go to www.jajax.com

Thurs., Oct. 23, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m., Fionn MacCool’s at The Landing, 2 Independent Dr.

Event volunteers and participants will gather to launch fundraising efforts for the year. Volunteers and survivors are invited to attend. For more information call (904) 391-3618 or visit RelayForLife.org

Fri., Oct. 24, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Main Library, 303 N. Laura Street

One-day conference with three tracks (See Me Now: Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children; Advocacy to Activism; Girl-Centered Practice). Register at www.seethegirl.org/event

Fri., Oct. 24, 7 p.m. – 11 p.m., The Museum, 4160 Boulevard Center Drive

Raise funds to continue to provide life-saving surgery to children with congenital heart defects from around the world. Theme is Caribbean Tales with “Caribbean chic” dress theme. For tickets, visit www.patronsofthehearts.com

Sat., Oct. 25, 9 a.m., Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Dr.

Noncompetitive 5K walk to raise money to fund breast cancer research and educate women about the importance of early detection and prevention. For more information and to sign up, visit makingstrideswalk.org.