Here is a list of events for December 2009:

December 1st at 5:30 p.m. Providence House hosts its annual 'Deck the House Benefit for the Babies' at the Cleveland Browns Stadium City View Lounge. For more information call 216-651-5982 or visit www.provhouse.org

December 2nd at 7:30 p.m. Unity Chapel of Light hosts a Holiday Healing Service with John Davis. For more information call 440-853-6741 or visit www.johnofnew.com

December 3rd at 6:30 p.m. The Gathering Place West offers another poetic medicine workshop that offers participants a place to express themselves within the container of a poem. Advance registration is required for The Healing Art of Poem Making. For more information call 216-595-9546 or visit www.touchedbycancer.org

December 5th at 10:00 a.m. St. Thomas Lutheran Church 21211 Detroit Road, hosts its First Annual Cookie Walk. For more information call 440-835-1095

December 5th at 7:30 a.m. Child Advocacy Course addressing medical child abuse. Event will take place at the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, 9500 Euclid Avenue. For more information call 216-444-9187 or visit www.ccfcme.org

December 5th The Women's Center of Greater Cleveland presents the 4th Annual Baking Memories Bake Sale and Fundraiser. For more information visit www.womenctr.org

December 11th at 12:30 p.m. The Gathering Place East hosts a workshop to present healthy soup recipes to those touched by cancer. For more information call 216-595-9546 or visit www.touchedbycancer.org

December 11th at 10:00 a.m. and December 13th at 12:30 P.M.The Cleveland Orchestra Musical Rainbows - presents the Music of Chanukah. Musical Rainbows are appropriate for children up to age 9. For more information visit www.clevelandorchestra.com

December 13th at 3:00 p.m. Christmas at Camp Fitch . The camp is celebrating the opening of the new Trinity Chapel and raising support for the Camp Fitch Scholarship Fund. For more information call 814-922-3219 or visit www.campfitchchymca.org

December 16th Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage deadline for 'Stop the Hate Youth Speakout Essay Contest' for scholarships and prizes. Contest is open to students from any school, including home schooled studens in Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Summit counties. For more information including contest rules and entry form visit www.mmjh.org

December 17th at 7:00 p.m. PFLAG meets at the North Springfield Presbyterian Church, 671 Canton Road in Akron. For more information call 330-342-5825 or visit www.pflagakron.org

December 18th at 10:00 a.m. The Cleveland Orchestra Musical Rainbows - presents All About Kwanzaa at Severance Hall. Holiday Musical Rainbows are appropriate for children up to age 9. For more information visit www.clevelandorchestra.com

December 21st at 3:00 p.m.The Gathering Place East presents Look Good, Feel Better - a workshop where women facing cancer can learn to cope with teh appearance related side effects of treatment and learn new techniques using cosmetics and skin care products. The workshop is sponsored by the American Cancer Society Personal Care Products and the National Cosmetology Association. Advanced registration is required. For more information call 216-595-9546 or visit www.touchedbycancer.org

December 26th at 3:00 p.m. Boar's Head Yule Log Festival at Trinity Cathedral has been a longstanding tradition for many during the Christmas holidays. Event is free. For information about choir openings, historical information, parking or other concerns call 216-771-3630 Ext. 392 or visit www.boarsheadcleveland.org