Who says charity has to be completely selfless? Visit M5 Modern Mediterranean Restaurant this Friday for the M5 Summer Kick-Off Patio Party presented by Paschal Promotions and M5 and enjoy great food and drink specials while dancing all night long to the musical styling’s of DJ “That Guy Smitty.” Your $10 admission fee will be donated to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and earn you a free drink. So go on, do the right thing, it’s OK to be selfish every once in a while. $10. 5 p.m.-1:30 a.m. M5 Modern Mediterranean, 4310 Sharon Road. 704-909-5500.

— Victoria Creasy