The Venice Garden and Home Tour is an annual event in Venice, California that showcases unusual and delightful homes and gardens that exemplify the creative and original style of their owners, as well as the talents of local designers. You can get a little taste of previous tours by viewing the photo archive.

The tour was conceived by Venice landscape designer Jay Griffith and Venice community leaders Linda Lucks and Jan Brilliot as a fundraising event to benefit the Neighborhood Youth Association's Las Doradas Children's Center. NYA was founded in 1906 by the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and has enhanced the lives of thousands of "at risk" children.

more info http://www.venicegardentour.org/

12th Annual New Jersey Marathon
Event Site:	Long Branch
Address:	One Ocean Blvd., Long Branch, NJ 07740
Phone#:	(732) 578-1771
URL:	www.njmarathon.org
Description:	World-class 26.2 mile urban marathon with Start/Finish on oceanfront.
Event Dates:	05/04/2008-05/04/2008

New Jersey Marathon
May 1 - 3, 2009
A Weekend of Events to Benefit children's charities
and to Kick Off Global Hepatitis Awareness
in partnership with Bosco's Buddies

more info http://www.njmarathon.org/