Wake Forest Police Officer M.W. Sattler said this week donations for the police department’s annual Turkey Drive continue to be slow. “So far donations have been coming in little by little. Things usually pick up in November, so we’re hoping for the same this year.” Last year the community donated enough money and turkeys to allow the officers to give away more than 800 turkeys to needy families. This is the 11th year of the Turkey Drive. In the first 10 years the department has distributed nearly 6,000 turkeys. Officer Sattler organized the police department’s first Turkey Drive in 2007 and has been in charge of it since then, This year the police department is making it easier than ever for area residents to support this worthy cause by accepting online donations via PayPal at www.wakeforestnc.gov/donate-to-our-turkey-drive.aspx. Cash and checks written to the Wake Forest Police Department are also being accepted.

The free walking tours of the local Wake Forest Historic District began in October, but tours are still available. The tours will be offered on the following days and times: Thursday, Nov. 2; 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8; 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15; 1 p.m. To register for a tour go to https://www.wakeforestnc.gov/wake-forest-historic-district-walking-tours.aspx. Led by architectural historian and Town Historic Preservation Planner Michelle Michael, the tours will include areas along North Main Street, North Avenue, Front Street and South Avenue. Along the way, each group will discuss the developmental and architectural history of the area, along with the significant men and women who lived in the homes. Individual homes will not be toured. Each tour will begin and end at the Wake Forest Historical Museum at 414 North Main Street. Space is limited to the first 12 participants to sign up for each tour, so pre-registration is required by completing the online sign-up form. Additional tours

The Wake Forest Area Chamber’s first ever Sporting Clays Tournament will be held Thursday, Nov. 2, at 1 p.m. at Rose Hill Plantation in Nashville. It is open to both novice and experienced sports shooters, and will be a fun afternoon of friendly competition and networking. Sporting Clays is a form of clay pigeon shooting, often described as “golf with a shotgun.” A typical course includes from 10 to 15 shooting stations laid out over natural terrain. The course at Rose Hill Plantation has been featured on ESPN Outdoors and is home to one of the country’s most elite shooting tournaments. You can register online. The cost is $100 per player which includes a celebratory dinner reception at conclusion of play. * * * * The chamber’s Ambassador Program, sponsored by Sam’s Club, is now accepting applications for new ambassadors! Chamber Ambassadors serve as the goodwill arm of the Wake

Although many of the programs and services offered by the Northern Wake Senior Center have been distributed all over Wake Forest in preparation for the expansion construction to the building, the center is still open as is the center’s office. Both are still at 235 East Holding Avenue. Miranda Strider-Allen’s latest update says, “The new expansion date has been moved to January 2018. Our senior center office and staff will be moving to The Lodge later this year. “The Body Shop, computer lab, SHIIP counseling, ceramics, meeting groups and some Wake Tech classes are still being held at the center.” There are details and schedules in the written update. A very special event will be held from on Thursday, Nov. 2, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Renaissance Centre – a party celebrating the senior center anniversary and a veterans’ celebration, Giving Thanks. There will be fun, food and

*Art Walk Wake Forest will draw shoppers and strollers to historic South White Street Friday, Nov. 3, from 6 to 9 p.m. Shops and galleries will be open, displaying art work and Christmas items and welcoming shoppers with entertainment, food and wine. *The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be held in Renaissance Plaza on Brooks Street Saturday, Nov. 4, from 8 a.m. to noon. See the market’s Facebook page for vendors for the market. Remember the market now be open its winter hours in November, being open every Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon. *Monday Night Bingo at The Factory is hosted by the Wake Forest Kiwanis Club in the Mill Room from 7 to 9:30 p.m. every Monday night. All profits support the club’s projects for children. Visit www.wakeforestbingo.com for more information. *Tri-Area Ministry Food Pantry at 149 East Holding Avenue is now open from 9 to 11 a.m.