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2024 Events
April Events
Autism Awareness Month
Child Abuse Prevention Month
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
TBA: Empty Bowls with Firefly Valley Pottery (Bountiful Cities)
April 2: Dine To Be Kind (Asheville Humane Society)
April 11: Saplings to Scholars: Verner’s Farm to Table Experience (Verner Center for Early Learning)
April 13: Spring Gala (Children’s Well-Being League)
April 17: Standing Strong Asheville (Planned Parenthood South Atlantic)
April 17: First Words of Hope Luncheon (St. Gerard House)
April 17: WWC Giving Day (Warren Wilson College)
April 17: Annual Persimmon Social (YWCA)
April 18: Planning Your Legacy Breakfast (Eliada Homes)
April 20: MasterWorks #6 (Asheville Symphony)
April 20: Ezekiel’s Journey (Mountain Area Pregnancy Services)
April 21: Running of the Goats 5k and Nature Walk (WNC Nature Center)
April 22: Golf Against Hunger Tournament (Bountiful Cities)
April 22: Golf Against Hunger Tournament (Food Connection)
April 25: Dining Out for Life (WNCAP)
April 26: Annual Golf Tournament (Irene Wortham Center)
April 30: A Seat at the Table (Haywood Street Congregation)
May Events
Mental Health Awareness Month
TBA: An Evening for Kids Deserve Justice (Pisgah Legal Services)
May 2: Community Partnership Luncheon (Eliada Homes)
May 3: Chamber Challenge (Asheville Chamber of Commerce)
May 3-4: Spring Plant Sale (Botanical Gardens at Asheville)
May 4 or 21st TBA: 39th Annual Restoring Lives Golf Tournament (ABCCM)
May 8: Grant Awards Celebration (Women for Women)
May 9: Community Impact Awards Dinner (United Way)
May 9-12: Spring LEAF Retreat (LEAF Global Arts)
May 10: Plant Sales (Bountiful Cities)
May 10: Brews and Bears (WNC Nature Center)
May 11: The Mane Event (Horse Sense of the Carolinas)
May 16: Five Points Film Festival (MountainTrue)
May 18: Masterworks #7 (Asheville Symphony)
May 21: ALT ASO (Asheville Symphony)
May 21: Welcome Home Annual Luncheon (Homeward Bound)
May 24: Bi-annual Parliamentary Meeting (Seek Healing)
May 31: Jazz at the Vineyard (Asheville Humane Society)
June Events
Give Back Recipient with Botiwalla (Bountiful Cities)
TBA: Annual Meeting (Asheville Chamber of Commerce)
TBA: Blue Ridge Proud (Blue Ridge Pride Center)
June 1: Annual Gala and Auction (Asheville Art Museum)
June 6: Blueprint Breakfast for Dinner (Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity)
June 14: Urban Garden Tour and Tasting (Bountiful Cities)
June 14: Brews and Bears (WNC Nature Center)
June 25-27: Peer Support Conference (Sunrise Community for Recovery and Wellness)
July Events
TBA: Jim Barrett Retirement Celebration (Pisgah Legal Services)
July 6, 13, 20, 27: Shindig on the Green (Folk Heritage Committee)
July 12: Brews and Bears (WNC Nature Center)
July 16: Wicked Weed/Brad Johnson Celebrity Golf Tournament (Eblen Charities)
August Events
TBA: Chamber Classic Golf Tournament (Asheville Chamber of Commerce)
August 1-3: Mountain Dance and Folk Festival (Folk Heritage Committee)
August 2: Light Up the Night 5k (Western Carolina Rescue Ministries)
August 9: Brews and Bears (WNC Nature Center)
Aug 10, 17, 24: Shindig on the Green (Folk Heritage Committee)
August 22: Farm to Fork Dinner (Eliada Homes)
August 23: Sporting Clay Event (Mountain Area Pregnancy Services)
August 30: Transformation Celebration Auction and Gala (ABCCM)
September Events
TBA: Chefs in Action (Food Connection)
Labor Day Weekend: Beer City Cup
Sept. 14: Fall Plant Sale (Botanical Gardens at Asheville)
Sept. 14: Annual Gathering (MountainTrue)
Sept. 20: Fall Festival and Corn Maze Begins (Eliada Homes)
Sept. 21: 2nd Annual Mental Health Matters Walk/Run for Awareness (All Souls Counseling Center)
Sept. 21: Affair in Red (Loving Food Resources)
October Events
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
TBA: Justice Forum (Pisgah Legal Services)
Oct. 3: Fall Banquet (Mountain Area Pregnancy Services)
Oct. 3: Perfect Love Gala (Western Carolina Rescue Ministries)
Oct. 14: 23rd Annual Empty Bowls (MANNA)
Oct. 17-20: LEAF Festival (LEAF Global Arts)
Oct. 24: Bi-annual Parliamentary Meeting (Seek Healing)
November Events
TBA: WomanUp Celebration (Asheville Chamber of Commerce)
Nov. 2: Coats for the Cold Giveaway (Western Carolina Rescue Ministries)
Nov. 11: Veteran’s Day Livestream Luncheon (ABCCM)
December Events
TBA: Metro Economic Outlook (Asheville Chamber of Commerce)
TBA: Venture Asheville Honors (Asheville Chamber of Commerce)
All month: Irene’s Elves (Irene Wortham Center)
Dec. 1: World AIDS Day (WNCAP)
Dec. 2-24: Christmas Angel (ABCCM)
Dec. 12-24: Return to Bethlehem (ABCCM)
