“Ho‘i Ka Wai II”: “The Water Returns,” a fund-raiser to help pay legal fees in the Waiahole water usage case hearing, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Waiahole Elementary School. Concert with Ho‘okena, Genoa Keawe, the Lim family, Chinky Mahoe, Gary Haleamau, Na Molokama and others; community speakers; food, arts, crafts and informational booths. Tickets $10 general, free for children. Call the Makawai Stream Restoration Alliance at 239-5670.
Celebrity Sports Invitational: The Ihilani Resort & Spa has a benefit dinner, auction and concert for Hawaii’s Olympians and the U.S. Olympic Committee, Saturday. Tickets $125; tables $1,250. Call Linda Asahi at 679-0079.
Dance for AIDS-free Hawaii: The Hard Rock Cafe sponsors “Dance-A-Thon” 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday in Dole Cannery Square’s Lanai Ballroom. With funk/reggae band One World Tribe, My Dad’s Jazz Band, Deejay Lee and Dano. Raise $100 in pledges and get a T-shirt; or buy a ticket for $25. Call 521-0344. Benefits Pacificare and the Gay and Lesbian Community Center.
Fun run/walk: Participate in an 8K or 2.4-mile run/walk beginning 6:30 a.m. Sunday at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center’s Fountain Courtyard. Benefits the American Red Cross and the Honolulu Fire Department Welfare Fund.
Hawaii’s Race for the Cure: Register by Oct. 11 for the walk/run, 4 p.m. Oct. 19 at Restaurant Row. The Susan G. Komen Foundation fund-raiser for breast cancer research offers participants the choice of a 5K run or one-mile walk. Groups of five or more may register together for $15 per person. Call 973-5967. Packet pick-up Oct. 19.
Plant and baked goods sale: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 11 and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 12, Hale Pulama Mau Auditorium, Kuakini Medical Center. Proceeds go to Kuakini Foundation.
McGruff Fun Run: Annual anti-crime fund-raiser will be Oct. 13 at Kapiolani Park. The 8K race starts 6:30 a.m., the 3K race 7:30 a.m. To register, call 255-4479. Supports projects teaching children how to keep themselves safe from crime.
Benefit concert: “Hanai Pono (Nourish That Which Is Right)” features Israel Kamakawiwo‘ole and friends, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 19, Makaha Sheraton Luau Grounds, Makaha Valley Road. Tickets $10 (includes stew plate lunch and one drink); free for children (lunch not included). Beach chairs and mats allowed, but leave coolers and alcohol at home. Call Rosemond Aho at 695-9043. Benefits Ohana Ola O Kahumana, a transitional housing program.
Roasted chicken sale: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 26, Iolani School. Tickets $7.50; benefits student activities. Call 943-2309.
“Le Masquerade”: Honolulu Theatre for Youth presents a “black tie and mask optional” gala Oct. 26 at the Hawaii Prince Hotel. HTY honors Indru and Gulab Watumull for their support of the arts. Fund-raiser begins with a silent auction at 6 p.m.; Laurence Paxton, Matthew Pedersen, Leda Asher Yager and Beebe Freitas perform a musical tribute; mask contest and dancing to music by Full Circle. Tickets $150; tables $1,750 to $2,500. Call 839-9885.