Not enough people have applied to fill all the vacancies on four of the town’s advisory boards – the Cemetery Advisory Board, the Human Relations Council, the Urban Forestry Board and the Senior Center Advisory Board – so the town has extended the deadline to apply to 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30. Wake Forest residents and those living in its extraterritorial jurisdiction may apply. Applications are available on the town’s website at www.wakeforestnc.gov/advisory-boards.aspx and in the town clerk’s office at town hall. Applications may be completed and submitted online. Completed applications may also be mailed or delivered to the Wake Forest Town Hall, Attention: Town Clerk, 301 S. Brooks St., Wake Forest, NC 27587, or faxed to 919-435-9419 but must be received no later than 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30. Candidates will be expected to attend an upcoming meeting of the advisory board to which they applied in order to

The Wake Forest Police Department’s 17th annual Shop with a Cop holiday shopping spree is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 16. On that day approximately 30 area children will visit the Wake Forest Police Department where they will be paired with their police officer “partners.” The kids and their partners will then be transported by bus to the Wake Forest Walmart, where each child will be given $175 to spend on a winter coat and other items of their choice. Parents are encouraged not to accompany their children. Following the shopping spree, the children and their partners will be treated to a pizza party. Shop with a Cop was created to help less fortunate boys and girls in the Wake Forest area experience a joyous Christmas. Since its inception in 1999, the program has helped well over 400 local children. The Wake Forest Police Department raises money for Shop with a

The Town of Wake Forest is seeking community-minded citizens who may be interested in serving on the planning board to enroll in the 2016 Wake Forest Planning Board Academy. The Planning Board Academy is a comprehensive training program designed to prepare residents of the town and its extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) to serve as members of the Wake Forest Planning Board. Completed applications will be accepted Nov. 1 through Nov. 30. Applications may be completed and submitted online by visiting www.wakeforestnc.gov/planning-board-academy.aspx. Applications are also available at town hall, 301 S. Brooks St. Academy participants will be expected to attend one training session one evening per month from February through May 2016. The session dates are the second Monday in the four months: Feb. 8, March 14, April 11 and May 9. Each session will include dinner and will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Wake Forest Town Hall,

The American Cancer Society seeks volunteers in Northern Wake County to be a part of the annual Relay For Life Leadership Team. To learn more, visit the Relay booth at the Wake Forest Chamber Business Expo on Thursday, Oct. 29, from 3 to 7 p.m. at Richland Creek Community Church. Local volunteers and ACS staff will be there to answer questions and provide details on joining the fight against cancer. Community volunteers lead and organize each event with the support of ACS staff. From assisting with planning the annual event to taking part the day-of, there are various volunteer opportunities for interested community members. The Relay For Life program is a community-based event where teams and individuals camp out at a school, park, or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Each team has at least one participant on the track at all times and participates in raising

The Wake Forest High School Juniorettes can help you with your Christmas, birthdays or “just because” gifts while you support a worthy cause. On Sunday, Nov. 1, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Wake Forest Historical Museum, 414 N. Main Street, the Juniorettes will host a social to introduce you to the KEEP-Collective, a collection of one-of-a-kind, interchangeable keepers (bracelets and pendants) and keys (charms) that slide onto the keepers. Each one is a wearable instant reminder of the big things, the small things, and all the things that matter. For a preview before Nov.1 please visit www.thisandthatmom.weebly.com to see the offerings and options to make creative and unique gifts for someone special including yourself. Can’t make the social, click on the WFHS Juniorettes’ tab at the top of the page to learn how you can place your order online before Dec. 31 to support the Juniorettes’ cause. The WFHS

The 36th Annual Wake Forest CROP Hunger Walk is set for Sunday, November 15. Sign in at 2 p.m. and step off at 2:30 p.m. Now is the time for community organizations to register online to walk at www.cropwalkonline.org/wakeforestnc. Sign up and donate or make a donation to support a walker who has already registered. The walk, which begins and ends at the Wake Forest Historical Museum, 414 North Main Street,  is approximately 1.5 miles on sidewalks that include a view of beautiful historic homes and part of the seminary campus in Wake Forest. Anyone may participate. Volunteers will provide water. Before and after the walk, visit the table where you can write notes of encouragement to members of the local households that receive one grocery bag filled with food once a month from Tri-Area Ministry. Visit another table to write Ministry to Military notes of encouragement to deployed soldiers.

Every year Wake Forest people nominate outstanding town residents and organizations for the awards announced at the annual Wake Forest Christmas Dinner: the Peggy Allen Lifetime Achievement Award, the Wake Forest Citizen of the Year and the Wake Forest Club of the Year. The nomination forms are now on the town’s website and paper forms will also be passed out to organization representatives at today’s Community Council meeting. Go to http://www.wakeforestnc.gov/community-council.aspx for the three forms. Printed paper forms are available at the Wake Forest Historical Museum. If you want to make a nomination but do not have a form, email the Gazette at cwpelosi@aol.com and we will email you the forms. The completed nominations must be received at the council’s post office box by Nov. 4 to be considered. Mail them to Wake Forest Community Council, P.O. Box 1003, Wake Forest NC 27588. The council will vote by secret ballot

For nine years Wake Forest adults, children and dogs have turned out early on Thanksgiving Day to have fun, work off a few pounds and, not as an afterthought, raise $202,610 for the Wake Forest Boys & Girls Club. Cat Redd, the race organizer, wants to raise even more money during the tenth annual Gobbler’s Run 5K, this year sponsored by the Jim Allen Group. It is a great way to bring families together, encourage healthy lifestyles and support the community. There were over 2,000 participants last year who raised nearly $40,000. The race begins at8 a.m. in front of the Boys & Girls Club on Wingate Street and everyone is welcome. If you are not up to running, you can volunteer to help with registration and details. To register and to find all the details, go to www.gobblersrun.com.

The Wake Forest Police Department is accepting monetary donations through Saturday, Nov. 21, as part of its ninth annual Turkey Drive. Cash and checks are accepted and will be used to purchase additional turkeys. Checks should be written to the Wake Forest Police Department. Donations of frozen turkeys may be dropped off at the Wake Forest Police Department, 225 S. Taylor St., on Saturday, Nov. 21, from 9 a.m. until noon. The police department will distribute the turkeys while they last on Monday, Nov. 23, from 9-11 a.m., at the Wake Forest Community House, 133 W. Owen Ave. Anyone wishing to contribute to this year’s Turkey Drive should contact Officer M.W. Sattler at 919-795-7270. Officer Sattler organized the police department’s first Turkey Drive in 2007. Since then, the department has distributed nearly 4,000 turkeys to needy families in our area, including over 700 turkeys last year.

Home building continues at a steady pace in Wake Forest, with 43 permits issued in September for new houses, 21 single-family homes and 22 townhouse homes. In addition, there were five permits for commercial buildings but none of them for retail uses. One was for a large addition to the Electric Motor Shop on North White Street, 6,400 sq. ft. with a value of $550,000. The other four are for office centers on Heritage Center Drive, off Rogers Road between South Main and the railroad line. Each of them will have 6,000 sq. ft. with a value of $398,000. Dan Ryan Builders will build 10 townhouses along new Chatuga Way in the Franklin County section of the Richland Hills subdivision. Wilson Parker Homes will build eight townhouses on Oak Forest View Lane in Traditions, and CH Construction will build four townhouses along Winter Wren Circle in the Caveness Farms subdivision.