S.D. Social Circuit

The San Diego Zoo’s 5th annual “Celebration for the Critters” benefit will be held Nov. 1 in the Atlas Ballroom at the Town & Country Hotel. “An Affair for the Ark” will benefit the zoo’s Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species.

San Diego Chargers place kicker Rolf Benirschke will be honorary chairman for the party, which will include an hors d’oeuvres buffet, dancing to the Mar Dels, door prizes and a silent auction. The party will begin at 7:30 p.m. and run until 11 p.m. Tickets are $50 per person. Call the San Diego Zoo for more information.

The Women’s Guild of the Home of Guiding Hands will hold its 14th annual fashion luncheon Nov. 2 at the Town & Country Hotel’s Atlas Ballroom. The event will begin with a handicrafts sale at 10 a.m., followed by lunch and a May Co. fashion show.

Proceeds will benefit the home, a Lakeside residential facility for the developmentally disabled. Tickets are $22 per person. For more information, call the Home of Guiding Hands.