Check-Out Hunger: The Hawaii Foodbank fund-raiser, which asks people to add a $1 or $5 donation tag to their grocery bill, ends Friday. Participating stores on Oahu include Safeway, Daiei, Times, Kokua Market Natural Foods, Tamura's Wahiawa and Waianae Tamura Super. Last year the Foodbank distributed over 4.8 million pounds of food to more than 300 member agencies. Call 836-3600.
Country-western dinner dance: The River City Band entertains, and Kim Tomlinson gives group and individual dance lessons, 6:30 to 10 p.m. Friday, Disabled American Veterans Hall, 2685 N. Nimitz Highway. Art, Chinese ceramics, gift certificates and more are displayed for silent auction. Tickets $25. Call 486-8420. Benefits the American Cancer Society.
Book sale: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Kailua Library. Call Carolyn at 261-6177.
Art & Craft Fair: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, He'eia State Park, 46-465 Kamehameha Highway. Call 247-3156.
Bigger & Better fair: Handcrafted Valentine's gifts, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 6, Amfac Building, 745 Fort Street Mall. Call 676-5886.
Banquet and auction: The Windward Chapter of Ducks Unlimited, a national conservation group, welcomes new hunters, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 6, Kaneohe Bay Officers' Club, Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Auctions feature shotguns, rifles, artwork, decoys and clothing. Admission $50. Call 254-0277 or 254-5588.
Bazaar: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 8, Hauula Elementary School, 54-046 Kamehameha Highway.
Craft fair: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 8 and 9, Diamond Head end of Ala Moana Beach Park. Benefits Hawaii Meals on Wheels Inc., which serves isolated elderly and disabled people.
Breakfast Brunch: The Kauai chapter of the American Culinary Federation cooks up Danish pastry, eggs, sausage, bacon, pancakes, omelets and more for a fund-raiser, 7 to 11 a.m. Feb. 16, Queen Victoria Dining Room, Kauai Community College. Tickets $8 general, $4 children in advance; $10 and $5 at the door. Tickets available at Pono Market in Kapaa; Fish Express in Lihue; Kalaheo Coffee Co.; Koloa Fish Market; Hanalei Bay Resort, Princeville; and the college. Proceeds go to the college's Food Service Training Program.
Craft fair: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 22 and 23, Kapiolani Park. Benefits the Arthritis Foundation.
Fantasies in Chocolate: Sample delicacies donated by restaurants, bakeries and specialty shops 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, a benefit for the Hawaiian Humane Society. Admission is $25 or $55, including brunch, an exclusive hour of tasting and an appearance by chocolatier Alice Medrich, author of "Chocolate and Low-Fat Desserts" and "Cocolat - Extraordinary Chocolate Desserts." The Society offers tickets gift-wrapped for Valentine's Day. Call 946-2187 ext. 213.