--Friday, Sept. 5, Brat Fry - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Pick 'n Save, 55 W. Pioneer Road. Sponsored by Covenant United Methodist Church. --Friday, Sept. 5, Brat Fry - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Pick 'n Save, 760 W. Johnson St. Benefits Laudolff Cancer Fund. --Saturday, Sept. 6, Brat Fry - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Ma and Pa's Grocery Express, 506 S. Main St. Benefits the Fond du Lac Synergy Cooperative. --Saturday, Sept. 6, Brat Fry - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Pick 'n Save, 55 W. Pioneer Road. Sponsored by Covenant United Methodist Church. --Saturday, Sept. 6, Brat Fry - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Pick 'n Save, 760 W. Johnson St. Benefits Laudolff Cancer Fund. --Sunday, Sept. 7, Brat Fry - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Pick 'n Save, 55 W. Pioneer Road. Sponsored by Covenant United Methodist Church. --Thursday, Sept. 11, Italian Dinner - 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., Holiday Inn, 625 W. Rolling Meadows Drive. Benefits Habitat for Humanity. Includes dinner, raffles, auctions and music by Joe Scheibinger and Janice Marie. Tickets are $40 and can be purchased by calling Kathy at (920) 921-6623. --Saturday, Sept. 13, Ride for Diabetes Cure - 10:30 a.m. at Harley Davidson Dealership, 427 W. Sumner St., Hartford. Participants will ride 120 miles through the Kettle Moraine area. Includes four stops. Two- three- and four-wheeled motor vehicles welcome. Event features door prizes and food. A CC Sabathia signed baseball and other items will be available at a live auction. Registration for ride starts at 8:30 a.m. The event is $20. --Saturday, Sept. 13, Heather's Fight Fundraiser - 11 a.m. to midnight, Fairwater Civic Center, Highway 44 and County Trunk E. Benefits the Heather Shanahan Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Fund. Heather needs a life-saving stem cell transplant. Fundraising efforts include a wiffle ball tournament, a volleyball tournament, petting zoo, face painting, bounce castle, raffles, auctions and live music by Road Trip band at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5. To register for wiffle ball, call Shane at (920) 346-5834. To register for volleyball, call Jenny at (920) 517-7788. To volunteer or donate, call Terri at (920) 748-2668. --Saturday, Sept. 20, Walk to Cure Diabetes - 2 p.m., River Park in Sheboygan Falls. Benefits the Fond du Lac County Chapter of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International. Register for 1- or 2-mile walks at www.jdrf.org or (888) 533-WALK. Walkers who raise $100 or more will qualify to win commemorative t-shirts and prizes. Sponsoring a fundraising event in the Fond du Lac area? Get the word out with The Reporter's Fondy Fundraisers, a free weekly column. To send information, contact April Showers at ashowers@fdlreporter.com or (920) 922-4606 ext. 227. Submissions must include the event coordinator's name and phone number. Only events for charitable causes will be accepted.

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