The Carrollwood Area Business Association will host its 10th annual Holiday Tree Lighting Festival from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Carrollwood Village Shopping Center on N Dale Mabry Highway at Fletcher Avenue. Festivities will begin with a children's parade around the shopping center; children are invited to dress up in Christmas costumes. The event will feature music, food and a Fantasy Forest for kids. Throughout the evening, local churches and school groups will perform. Children can tell their holiday wishes to Santa at a free visit. Pictures can be taken with Santa for $3. Also, there will be a drawing with valuable prizes. For information, call (813) 264-0006.

Ruskin/Sun City Center

Computer club to hold software demonstration

The Computer Club in Sun City Center will meet at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Community Hall, 1910 S Pebble Beach Blvd. Matt McCann will give a demonstration of QUICKEN 2001, the latest version of the popular financial software. Membership in the club is open to Sun City Center Community Association members and residents of Kings Point. For information, call (813) 633-8114 or (813) 633-1624.

Tampa

MacDonald Parents Group will meet on Dec. 7

The MacDonald Parents Group will meet at 9 a.m. Dec. 7. The group meetings are open to people concerned about those who are physically and mentally handicapped. Meetings are in the board room at the MacDonald Training Center, 5420 W Cypress St. For information, call (813) 932-9907.

Catholic Charities sponsors support group

Catholic Charities, 2021 E Busch Blvd., sponsors Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Group meetings from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. the first Thursday of each month. Tampa General Hospital's Pain Management Program will give a presentation at the next potluck luncheon Dec. 7. The free meeting is open to people with rheumatoid arthritis and their families. For information, call (813) 631-4370.

Society, museum plan holiday dinner, awards

The Tampa Historical Society and the Henry B. Plant Museum will host a holiday dinner and D.B. McKay Award ceremony. The event will be in the Grand Salon at the University of Tampa, 401 W Kennedy Blvd. Guests can enjoy the magic of Christmas past at the museum's Victorian Christmas Stroll from 6 to 7 p.m. Dec. 7. Cocktails are at 7 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m featuring classical piano music reliving the elegance of Mr. Plant's resort hotel. Larry Eugene Rivers, professor of history at Florida A & M University, is this year's recipient of the McKay Award. The cost is $100 per individual patron, $750 per patron table of 10 or $50 per individual guest. Patrons will be given priority seating. Seating is limited. For information or reservations, call (813) 259-1111.

Humane Society to host tree-lighting ceremony

The Humane Society of Tampa Bay, 3607 N Armenia Ave., will hold its annual tree-lighting ceremony at 7 p.m. Dec. 7. The event will feature the Holiday Tree of Love for participants to have a special ornament placed on the tree to symbolize the number of shelter animals around the world who were not adopted. Donations are $5 for an ornament and $10 for a luminary (with pet's name), which will light the way to the Humane Society. Deadline is Monday. For information, call (813) 876-7138.

Deadline is Monday for mini-retreat

The Franciscan Center, 3010 Perry Ave., is having a conscious contact mini-retreat from 5 to 8 p.m. Dec. 6. Sister Catherine Cahill and Sister Naureen Marie Kelly will present the program "Doing the Will of God" following 12-step spirituality. The mini-retreat will also include time for quiet, discussion, dinner and prayer. Mass will begin at 4 p.m. The deadline to register is Monday. The cost is $18 per person. For information or to register, call (813) 229-2695. -- Information about meetings and events can be sent to Connie Drew, the St. Petersburg Times, 14358-B N Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa, FL 33618, or faxed to 226-3352. The deadline is two weeks before the event.

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