Category: For a good cause

🥙 Scottsdale-based Pita Jungle celebrates National Pita Day today with an all-day promotion to raise money for Arizona non-profit Waste Not, whose mission is creating sustainable food systems that help people and the planet flourish. For every pita sandwich sold today at its participating

💵 FnB in Old Town Scottsdale will host a fundraising evening of food and wine Saturday, April 15, for the Blue Watermelon Project, a local non-profit group of chefs, restaurateurs, farmers, and community food advocates dedicated to expanding, encouraging, and engaging students in healthy eating.

🎓 Downtown Phoenix fine-dining restaurant Anhelo, whose owner/chef Ivan Jacobo is an Estrella Mountain Community College alum, is hosting a wine dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday to raise money for four culinary arts scholarships to the school. Tickets are $600 per

👨‍🍳 The inaugural Nicole Learmont ‘‘F*ck Cancer’’ benefit dinner – a six-course family-style meal created by Valley chefs Adam Allison, Mark Coakley, Brent Kille, Jeff Kraus, Mat Meyer, and Dom Ruggiero – will take place at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 19, at

Pedal Haus Brewery has brewed a special seasonal and will host a kickoff party from 6-9 p.m. Friday for the Rob Dollar Foundation bike ride 🚲 to raise road safety awareness for cyclists and drivers. The beer: R.A.D Pumpkin 🍺

The ninth annual Save Second Base Pub Crawl ⚾️⚾️, a fundraiser for two Valley women fighting breast cancer, takes place Friday and Saturday in downtown Chandler. Participating bars: San Tan Brewery, Murphy’s Law, Bourbon Jacks, The Perch, The Stillery, Quart Haus, Recreo, The

Phoenix Empty Bowls, an annual fundraiser for local non-profit Waste Not, will be held 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday at the Arizona Center on the northeast corner of Third Street and Van Buren in downtown Phoenix. What: Colorful bowls created by

AZ Women in Food, a group created last year to support woman-led local food businesses, is offering a Labor Day package of shelf-stable sweets, recipe kits, seasonings, snacks, and more from its members. Included: Gwen’s Granola from FnB Potato chips