The Summit County Historical Society will host a Lazy Day Summer Tea on the Porch from noon to 2 p.m.
at the Perkins Stone Mansion, 550 Copley Road, Akron. Tea, sandwiches, fresh fruit or salad and a light dessert. Reservations are required. $20. For reservations, call 330-535-1120 or visit . The Medina County SPCA will host an appearance by Mary Ann Winkowski, the ”Ghost Whisperer,” at 7 p.m. at the Diamond Event Center, 1480 Pearl Road, Brunswick. $45, includes dinner. Call Sue at 330-721-0812 or Barb at 330-220-9728. The Gathering Place will benefit from a fundraiser hosted by M Lang Executive Attire and Lounge from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at 1275 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Free custom-made shirt with $49 minimum donation to the Gathering Place. 216-389-5600. Crown Point Ecology Center will mark its 20th anniversary with its Taste of the Earth dinner and auction at 5 p.m. at the Crown Point farm, 3220 Ira Road, Bath Township. The event will honor Dominican Sister Patricia Marie Sigler, who envisioned the property as an ecology center in 1989. Music by the Brick Road Ramblers. $100. 330-668-8892 or . The Erhart Firefighters Association will host A Night at the Races fundraiser at 6 p.m. at Rustic Hills Country Club, 5399 River Styx Road, Montville Township. Entertainment, dinner, cash bar, silent and live auctions, with a portion of the proceeds going to Faith in Action — Medina County Caregivers. $25, advance only. 330-725-4641. The Women’s Network’s Judith A. Resnik Scholarship Fund will benefit from funds raised at the Rubber City Rollergirls bout against the Black-n-Bluegrass Girls from Northern Kentucky at 6 p.m. at the John S. Knight Center, 77 E. Mill Street in Akron. The Rape Crisis Center of Medina and Summit Counties will benefit from the Ride for Healing bike rally at Century Harley-Davidson, 3053 Eastpointe Drive, Medina Township. Registration begins at 8 a.m. with first bike out at 9 and all bikes back by noon. Food, music, games and raffles. Contact Janet at 330-374-0740, ext. 126.
Tallmadge Hair Service will host a Cut-A-Thon to benefit the Diabetes Association from noon to 4 p.m. at 71 West Ave., Tallmadge. 330-633-5111.