LUNCH OF CHAMPIONS Child Care Incorporated hands out its 2005 awards at the CCI Champions for Children luncheon. Honorees include a lead teacher in the Infant and Toddler Division at the Park West Montessori School, Astrid Celin, and a founder and director of a program that teaches teen parents to read with their babies, Susan Straub.The master of ceremonies is WNBC-TV education reporter Carol Anne Riddell. Today, noon, the Yale Club of New York City, 50 Vanderbilt Ave., between 44th and 45th streets, 212-929-7604 ext. 3024, $125 general, $85 for child care providers and nonprofit employees.

WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT The Avon Foundation celebrates 50 years of working with women and families with a gala evening of dinner and music. Guests include actress Salma Hayek, playwright Eve Ensler, and country music singer Lee Ann Womack. Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, 212-282-5676, tickets start at $2,000.

LEAGUE LUNCHEON The Police Athletic League holds its 17th annual Women of the Year luncheon to raise money for its youth centers and programs. Honorees include “Sopranos” actress Lorraine Bracco and the president of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Susan Lyne. Wednesday, 11:45 a.m., the Pierre, Fifth Avenue at 61st Street, 212-477-9450 ext. 310, $400.

MORE THAN SCRIBBLES The Capuchin Food Pantries presents “Doodle for Hunger,” its sixth annual celebrity art auction with the proceeds to support poor urban families. Fox 5’s Ernie Anastos emcees the event, with doodles available by Bette Midler, Yoko Ono, Billy Joel, Whoopi Goldberg, Carol Burnett, Robin Williams, and Donald Trump, among others. Thursday, 6 p.m., Tavern on the Green, Central Park West at West 67th Street, 212-279-6171, $150 in advance, $200 at the door.

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