Cold weather puts many outdoor activities on hiatus, but that doesn't mean participants stop preparing for next season.

Many area recreational sports organizations keep busy through the winter by planning and conducting benefit events to raise funds to pay for equipment, facilities, travel, entry fees or any of the many expenses affiliated with their activities.

Here are three fundraisers coming up over the next three weekends:

New N.C. Central University men's basketball LeVelle Moton and former
University of North Carolina basketball teammates David Noel and Sean
May will host their second annual Celebrity Golf Classic at 8:30 a.m.
Aug. 17 at Brier Creek Country Club in Raleigh.

Proceeds will benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Raleigh and N.C. Central scholarship funds.

Among the invited guests are many other well-known Triangle sports figures, according to an event news release.