Datebook + A Gala Art Auction hosted by the Childhood Leukemia Foundation (CLF) and the Brick Morning Rotary Charitable Foundation will take place May 18 at the Crystal Point Yacht Club, Point Pleasant, from 6 to 9:30 p.m. The event will benefit the free programs and service that CLF provides to children suffering with all types of cancer in addition to the local charitable causes of the Brick Morning Rotary Club. Entertainment. Preview and cocktail hour: 6-7 p.m. + Brick Youth Club will host the following dances and movies at 7 p.m. at Civic Plaza, 270 Chambers Bridge Road on the following dates. Dances are only for Brick resident middle school kids currently in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Movies are open to the entire family. Dances will be held May 19, June 2 and 16. Movies will be "King Kong" May 26 and "Hoodwinked" June 9. Call (732) 262-1074 for registration. + A yard sale will be held May 19 and 20, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ocean County (BBBSOC), 85 Williams St., Lakewood. All money raised will go to support BBBSOC's life-changing programs to help "at risk" kids in Ocean County. To donate gently used items for sale or rent a table for $10 per day, call (732) 905-5349. + America's Boating Course will be taught by members of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 16-07 on two separate days. Each course will be taught in full in one day on either May 20 or June 10, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Point Pleasant Borough High School on Panther Lane. This course satisfies the state requirement for a boating certificate. Cost of materials is $45. Details and registration: (732) 785-2618. + A Rummage/White Elephant /Bake Sale will be held at United Methodist Church, 714 Herbertsville Road, Brick, May 20 from 10 to 3 p.m. All clothing will be $4 per bag (brown grocery bag). Lunch will be served and baked goods will be for sale. Details: (732) 458-2080. + A Yard Sale benefit will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 20 at The First Baptist Church of Laurelton, 1836 Route 88 east, Brick. Details: (732) 840-9657. + An Indoor Flea Market will be held at the Community First Aid Squad building, 406 Mantoloking Road, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 20. Food and beverages will be available. Details: (732) 920-1554 (after 3 p.m.). + "Long Live the Wreath," a workshop being offered at Calgo Gardens, 84 Cross St. Lakewood, will be held May 20 at 11 a.m. Patti Dixon, a Rutgers University horticulturalist, and Denise Newell, a floral designer, will teach participants how to create a colorful, fragrant living wreath made of annuals, herbs and succulents. The cost of materials is $59. Call (732) 905- 6606 to register. + A van tour leaving from Cattus Island County Park in Toms River May 20 from 7 to 10:30 p.m. will explore "Love Songs of Frogs and Toads." Participants will be required to walk over uneven ground in dark conditions where ticks may be present. The fee is $14 per person, with an age range of 9 years to adult. Call (732) 506-9090 for details and registration. + League of Women Voters of Ocean County and the Ocean County Library will host a free program at the Berkeley library, 20 Station Road, May 20 at 10:30 a.m. Wind as an alternate energy source will be discussed. Details: (732) 914-0154. + The Sierra Club, Ocean County Group, will host an open meeting, May 22 at 7 p.m. at the Skywalk Cafeteria in the Ocean County Administration Building, 129 Hooper Ave., Toms River. Speaker Rich Bizub, of the Pinelands Preservation Alliance will discuss "Water: Our Precious Resource." All are welcome. Details: (732) 451-9220 or (609) 242-9304.