Happy campers: OPUS Hotel's John Evans welcomed guests to his Fairmont Pacific Rim residence for a benefit in support of UBC's CampOUT, a summer camp for LGBT kids and their allies. Business and community leaders gathered on the 33rd floor of his waterfront condo for the intimate affair that saw architect David Battersby and Roxy nightclub owner Blaine Culling tell their fondest "camp" stories. Both shared childhood challenges of owning and operating an Easy Bake oven. Luckily, cooking for the $250-a-ticket cocktail party and auction was left to Harry Kambolis' C Restaurant.

Chefs tables: Five simultaneous fine-dining dinner parties hosted in private homes and prepared by some of Vancouver's most exciting chefs-that was the premise of Growing Chef Society's inaugural Guess Who's Coming to Dinner fundraiser. Proceeds went towards teaching kids about food and urban agriculture.

Charity catwalk: Wear Else president and CEO Zahra Mamdani welcomed spring with a runway romp at her West Fourth store benefitting B.C. Women's Hospital. Models clad in Jason Matlo, Sarah Pacini and Hugo Boss rocked the catwalk in the season's top looks, which include the trench coat, bright colours and prints.

Hear Fred Mondays 8:20 a.m. on CBC Radio's The Early Edition AM690 and 88.1FM; email: yvrflee@hotmail.com; Twitter: @FredAboutTown or fredabouttown.blogspot.com.

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Hear Fred Mondays 8:20 a.m. on CBC Radio's The Early Edition AM690 and 88.1FM; email: yvrflee@hotmail.com; Twitter: @FredAboutTown or fredabouttown.blogspot.com.