Celebrate! is a your guide to events, shopping, dining, and enjoying the holiday season in the Pikes Peak region.

This holiday season, your donations can mean a warm meal, new toy, or safe home for a family, child, neighbor or pet in our community. Look for more ways to reach out and give back on coloradosprings.com this season. Happy Holidays!

December 3

HOLIDAY WINE AND PINE

Holiday Wine & Pine is open to the public and donations will benefit the Bob Telmossé Foundation. The evening’s festivities will include wine tastings from an array of different vineyards from around the world in a collector’s glass, hors d’oeuvres, live entertainment from Dueling Pianos Road Show in the main lobby, and a silent auction on the mezzanine terrace. Christmas trees will be available for guests to purchase or donate on site, courtesy of Harding Nursery. 5:30 p.m. at the Pikes Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade Avenue, $32.50-$45; Call 520-7469 or visit pikespeakcenter.com for more information.

December 5

UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER 5K RUN OR 1 MILE WALK

It’s not just for office parties anymore! Now you can run in that ugly holiday sweater with hundreds of other people. Particpants can run or walk the 5 K or 1 mile event on a mostly flat, fine crushed gravel path in beautiful Monument Valley Park. Prizes to top three 5K overall male and female runners, as well as prizes for those donning the most ugly sweaters. A family friendly event, benefiting the Cerebral Palsy Association of Colorado Springs. 11 a.m. check-in at Beth-El Mennonite Church, 4625 Ranch Drive. Go online for costs and registration: tinyurl.com/nwxcazacqcq.

December 18

TOYS FOR TOTS CONCERT

With (HED) PE and Alien Ant Farm, 6 p.m., Sunshine Studios, 3970 Clear View Frontage Road, $25. Free drink ticket with donation of an unwrapped, unopened toy. Call 392-8921 or visit sunshinestudioslive.com for more information.

Through December 12

WARM CLOTHING DRIVE

Donations of clean, gently used coats, jackets, hats, mittens, sweaters, and boots can be dropped off between 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Mondays-Fridays at Manitou Springs Real Estate, 727 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs. Call 685-0220 for pickup of items. Give-away will be from 11 a.m.-2 p.m., December 12, in front of the Manitou Springs Real Estate.

Through December 18

CROSSFIRE MINISTRIES

Donations of new or gently used gifts or toys for Christmas distribution can be dropped off from 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Tuesdays or from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Wednesdays and Thursdays at 2120 E. La Salle St. Gifts for teen boys especially needed. Call John at 650-4152 for more information. Volunteers needed for distribution of gifts. Call Leslie at 650-4336 for more information.

Through January 4, 2016

PAWS TO GIVE FUND DRIVE

Monetary donations can be made at the Dumb Friends League, 2080 S. Quebec St., Denver, online at ddfl.org/give or by mailing a check to Dumb Friends League Paws to Give, 2080 S. Quebec St., Denver, CO 80231. Funds go to help many homeless pets and horses in the care of the Dumb Friends League. Call 303-751-5772 or visit ddfl.org/give for more information.