DECEMBER PPLD Cares Food Drive — Through Monday, at all Pikes Peak Library District branches. Go online for most-needed items: ppld.org/ppld-cares. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots — Go online for local donation site or to make a monetary donation, through Wednesday: tinyurl.com/23yb4vrb . Giving Tree Fundraising Event — 11-8 p.m. Sunday, Florence Brewing Co., 200 W. Pikes Peak Ave., Florence; shorturl.at/BIP4v. “Christmas This Year: Holiday Spectacular” — To benefit  Friends of Club 21, a Colorado Springs–based nonprofit that celebrates the Down syndrome community through the arts and education, locally and around the world, 2 and 6 p.m. Sunday, Ent Center for the Arts, Shockley-Zalabak Theater, 5225 N. Nevada Ave. Tickets: entcenterforthearts.org. Festival of Carols: ChoralSong Christmas — To benefit ChoralSong of Colorado Springs, 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Grace St. Stephens Episcopal Church, 601 N. Tejon St. Tickets: choralsong.org/concerts. Empty Stocking Fund — Go online to make a donation: emptystockingfundco.org. JANUARY 100+ Women Who Care Colorado Springs — 5:30 p.m. Jan. 21, The Warehouse Restaurant, 25 W. Cimarron St.; 100wwccs.com. Jeffrey Alan Band — 7 p.m. Jan. 23, Stargazers Theatre, 10 S. Parkside Drive, donation of nonperishable food items or cash to benefit Care and Share Food Bank; stargazerstheatre.com. Tennis Pro Am — To benefit Newborn Hope, 6-9 p.m. Jan. 30, Colorado Springs Racquet Club, 2529 N. Murray Blvd. Registration: secure.qgiv.com/event/newbornhopeproam2026. — Email event details at least two weeks in advance to [email protected] with Community Calendar in the subject line. ...read more read less