Restaurant Group to Host Golf Benefit

* The Ventura County chapter of the California Restaurant Assn. will host the Golf Funfest Wednesday at the Buenaventura Golf Course, 5880 Olivas Park Drive, Ventura. Registration begins at 11 a.m. and there will be a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Proceeds benefit Ventura County’s Food Share program and the restaurant association’s political action committee. $100 registration includes a buffet dinner; $25 for dinner only. Information: (800) 794-4272.

Show to Benefit Children’s Theater Group

* The Gypsy Players will present “The Hilarious Hillbilly Massacre,” an interactive murder-mystery dinner show Thursday and Friday and Aug. 12 and 13 at 7 p.m. at Dakota’s Mesquite BBQ & Steakhouse, 2525 Stow Ave., Simi Valley. Proceeds will benefit the Gypsies in a Trunk children’s theater ensemble, to help cover costume and production costs for the group’s Fairy Tales in the Park series. $29.95 Thursday and Aug. 12, $34.95 Friday and Aug. 13. Reservations: 522-0449.

Club Event to Assist Nutrition Program

* The Pleasant Valley Lions Club will sponsor its annual chicken and tri-tip barbecue to benefit the Ventura County Senior Nutrition Program from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at 2220 Ventura Blvd., Camarillo. $6. Tickets: 388-4317.

College Foundation to Sponsor Concerts

* The Ventura College Foundation will sponsor a benefit concert series from 6 to 8 p.m. every other Saturday through September at the outdoor stage on campus, 4667 Telegraph Road. Teresa Russell will perform Saturday, followed by Brother Orphan on Aug. 7, Bob Jones on Aug. 21, Acadiana on Sept. 11 and Blues Stew on Sept. 25. Proceeds will go toward the Phoenix Scholarship Program for Re-Entry Students at Ventura College. $5 advance, $7 at the gate. Information: 654-6461.

Youth Club Presents Food, Wine Festival

* The Boys & Girls Club of Camarillo will hold its 12th annual “A Taste of Camarillo” food and wine festival from 1 to 4 p.m. July 25 at the Cal State Channel Islands campus, off Lewis Road, Camarillo. More than 60 wineries and 40 food vendors will provide taste samples. Wine tasting and hors d’oeuvres will be served beginning at 1 p.m. with a wine auction at 2 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by the Estrada Brothers Jazz Band. $45 advance, $50 at the event. Tickets: 482-8113.

Sale to Raise Money for Children’s Hospital

* The Ladies Oriental Shrine will host a benefit parking lot sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 25 at the Masonic Center, 341 South K St., Oxnard. Proceeds will benefit the Shriners Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles. Free admission. Information: 487-9710.

Rotary to Sponsor Kids Golf Tournament

* The Rotary Clubs of Camarillo will sponsor the seventh annual Care for Kids Golf Classic on July 26 at Spanish Hills Country Club, 999 Crestview Ave., Camarillo. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. with the shotgun start at noon. Cocktails will be served at 5:30 p.m., followed by an awards dinner and live and silent auctions. Proceeds will benefit Casa Pacifica, a crisis care and treatment center for abused and neglected children. $375. Registration: 445-7800.

Salsa Festival Offers a Dash of Exercise

* Organizers of the sixth annual Oxnard Salsa Festival will hold a 5K salsa dash July 31 beginning at Oxnard’s Heritage Square and ending at the festival site in Plaza Park. All runners who finish the race will be entered into a prize drawing. Proceeds will go toward preservation and revitalization work in downtown Oxnard. $20 entry includes a Salsa Festival tank top; $10 without the shirt. Information: 247-0197.

Tournament to Aid Wellness Community

* The Wellness Community Valley-Ventura will host its seventh annual Celebrity Golf Tournament Aug. 2 at the North Ranch Country Club, 4761 Valley Spring Drive, Westlake Village. Registration and continental breakfast will begin at 9 a.m. followed by the tournament at 11 a.m. An awards dinner, auction and celebrity reception will follow at about 4 p.m. Proceeds will benefit Wellness Community, which provides free support and educational services to cancer patients and their families. $295. Registration: 379-4777.

Salsa Music Festival at Lake Casitas

* The California Salsa Music Festival, sponsored by the Ventura-East Rotary Club, will be held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 28 at Lake Casitas, off Highway 150, outside Ojai. Along with music there will be salsa dance instruction, dance contests and food. Proceeds will go toward the Rotary Club’s scholarship fund. $12 advance, $15 at the door for adults; free for children 12 and younger. Tickets: (888) 491-7342.

Ojai Inn Presents Golf, Tennis Classic

* The Ojai Valley Inn & Spa will host the 10th annual Golf & Tennis Classic Aug. 30 at 905 Country Club Drive, Ojai. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit St. John’s Regional Medical Center and St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital. The entry fee for the golf tournament is $450, which includes breakfast, lunch, a cocktail reception and dinner; or $750, which also includes overnight accommodations and a spa treatment. The tennis tournament entry fee is $200 and $450 for the respective packages. Information: 988-2721 or 988-2724.

Transplant Group Plans Lunch, Golf Event

* The Ventura chapter of Transplant Recipients International and the Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center will host its inaugural Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Luncheon and Golf Outing on Sept. 10 at the Sherwood County Club, 320 Stafford Road, Thousand Oaks. The program will include lunch and a silent auction. Golf will be available for corporate sponsors. Actor Larry Hagman, a liver transplant recipient, will be among the celebrity guests. $50 per person. Information: 492-9810 or 884-1648.

Community Chest, a weekly listing of charitable fund-raising events, is compiled by Leo Smith. Please address items, with a publishable telephone number, to Community Chest, Los Angeles Times, 93 S. Chestnut St., Ventura 93001. Items can also be faxed to The Times at 653-7576 or 653-7548.