May is National Preservation Month and the Wake Forest Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) is celebrating by sponsoring a photo-sharing campaign that invites area residents to share their memories and stories about places in Wake Forest that are important to them. “This Place Matters” encourages individuals and groups to take photos of themselves at buildings, residences, landmarks, and other structures in Wake Forest that hold special meaning and submit them by Tuesday, May 31, for posting on the town’s website, Facebook and Instagram pages. Photos of older buildings and structures are especially wanted. To participate, visit wakeforestnc.gov and search “This Place Matters,” then download and print the “This Place Matters” sign. Take a digital photograph of yourself or others holding the sign in front of locations in Wake Forest that matter to you. Email your photographs along with a short explanation of why each place is meaningful to thisplacematters@wakeforestnc.gov. The deadline

There will be Bingo tomorrow, April 21, at 10:30 a.m. Also, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. there will be a discussion about current events moderated by RoseMarie Betuke. On Monday, April 25, free blood pressure checks will be provided by Dr. Casey Baldwin at 10:30 a.m. On Thursday, April 28, a seminar about Medicare will be presented by the North Carolina Department of Insurance from 1 to 3 p.m. The Wednesday Zumba class is being held at the Flaherty Community Center during March and April. There is a full schedule of events, classes, support groups and other offerings every day at the center as well as Bingo, blood pressure checks and exercise classes. The Northern Wake Senior Center at 235 East Holding Avenue is owned by the Town of Wake Forest with programming and staffing provide by Resources for Seniors. Most programs are free for all. The center is open

*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open in Renaissance Plaza on Saturday, April 23, with its regular spring, summer and fall hours, 8 a.m. to noon. *The Old Campus Trek, an annual event at the Wake Forest Birthplace (the Calvin Jones House), brings students from the university in Winston-Salem and alumni from all over back to the original Wake Forest College campus. It will take place Saturday, April 23, beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the Calvin Jones House and Wake Forest Historical Museum on North Main Street. Activities include guided tours of the campus. At 1:30 p.m. Provost Emeritus Dr. Edwin G. Wilson and Professor Jenny Puckett will lead a program, “Then and Now,” featuring stories from the old campus. Advance registration is required. Call 919-556-2911 or email Executive Director Ed Morris at morrisce@wfu.edu. *The Wake Forest Kiwanis Club holds fund-raising Bingo every Monday night at The Factory in

Have you checked this lately to see if the information about your club or organization is correct? If it is not, please send the correct information to the editor at cwpelosi@aol.com. * American Legion Post 187 meets the second Thursday at 7 p.m. in the American Legion Hall at 225 East Holding Avenue. The dinner begins at 6 p.m. and costs $5. For information and membership, call Commander Dave Goetze at 569-0471 or visit www.alpost187.org. * American Heritage Girls (AHG) meets at 6:30 p.m. at Hope Lutheran Church on Rogers Road on the second and fourth Thursdays. Contact Amy Minor at chrisnamy34@hotmail.com or see the website, www.hopelutheranwf.org. * The General James Moore Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution meets the third Tuesday but does not meet in June, July and August. Call 919-880-1915 for the location and time. * The Kiwanis Club of Wake Forest meets at The