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Updated: March 12, 2012 8:00AM

CHESTERTON

Pet food distribution: Best Buddies Pet Pantry is distributing pet food from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, at the Duneland Community Center, 801 Broadway. Recipients must be at least age 21 and a Porter County resident. Identification and proof of need required. For more details, visit www.bestbuddiespetpantry.org.

VALPARAISO

Create a scrapbook: Memory Keepers Scrapbooking is from 3 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, at the South Haven Branch of the Porter County Public Library, 403 W. County Road 700N. For more details, call 759-4474.

GARY

Romance on Broadway: A Valentine’s Day candlelight dinner is from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, at The Plaza One Bistro inside the Genesis Convention Center, One Genesis Center Plaza. Tickets are $25 per person. Reservation deadline is Monday, Feb. 13; call 882-5505.

EAST CHICAGO

The second annual Mardi Gras scholarship fundraiser of the I Too Sing America Organization of Northwest Indiana is from 6 p.m. to midnight Friday, Feb. 17, at Ameristar Casino & Hotel, Discovery Ballroom, 777 Ameristar Blvd. Cost is $35. Proceeds fund three $500 scholarships. Call 397-3474.