The Wake Forest Human Relations Council (HRC) will host the inaugural Multicultural Day on Saturday, March 23, from 1-4 p.m. at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre, 405 S. Brooks St. With the theme, Celebrating the local flavor of Wake Forest, this free event will feature a variety of multicultural foods available in our community. Several local restaurants, food vendors, caterers and grocery stores will showcase their culturally diverse foods and desserts by providing free samples. Area residents are also invited to come out and view artwork from local students depicting their family’s various countries of origin. Attendees will have the chance to cast their vote for best artwork based on age categories. Several musical acts will also perform throughout the afternoon. One of the major goals of the HRC is to encourage community unity and increase awareness of the unique cultures Wake Forest has to offer. To that end, the

A local favorite band, Big Love, will continue the 2019 Rockin’ the Forest music series at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 22, at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre at 405 South Brooks Street. A six-piece dance band based out of Raleigh, Big Love plays a variety of music guaranteed to get you moving, including jazz, disco, pop, funk, R&B and beach. Advance tickets are $10 each plus tax and can be purchased online with a Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover credit card at www.wakeforestrencen.org/tickets-events<http://www.wakeforestrencen.org/tickets-events>. Advance tickets may also be purchased with cash, check or credit card at the Renaissance Centre Box Office, 405 S. Brooks St. On the day of the concert tickets can be purchased at the door. Assembling some of the top musical acts in our area, the Rockin’ the Forest music series features a variety of popular beach music and cover bands that play rock and

The Wake Forest Woman’s Club will host its second annual Shamrockin’ Casino Gala on Friday, March 15, 2019, at Cross & Main in Youngsville from 7 to 11 p.m. Funds raised will go to many of the charities the club supports, including The Purple Heart Foundation, Note in the Pocket, Safe Space and Meals on Wheels. Tickets are now available at Parler Properties in downtown Wake Forest and through the club’s website. The $65 per person tickets include a Southland BBQ buffet, homemade desserts, one raffle ticket and $5,000 in play money for several casino-style games. More information is available on our website, www.wake-forest-womans-club.com.  

Join us on February 28 for the chamber’s most popular networking event, Business After Hours! This month our host is Del Webb. Join us at the Del Webb @ Traditions clubhouse for heavy hors d’oeuvres and beverages catered by Shuckers, plus plenty of networking with your fellow Chamber members. Make sure to tour this state-of-the-art 18,000-square-foot clubhouse and learn more about this 55-plus active community. Del Webb is also providing a $100 Visa card to be raffled off, so bring your business cards! Del Webb @ Traditions is a 55-plus active community which offers a master-planned community located just minutes from downtown Wake Forest. This community offers open floor plans and a brand new clubhouse with a lifestyle center and onsite director. The just completed clubhouse features an indoor pool, fitness center, multi-purpose rooms, commons lounge, varsity room, pickle ball courts, dog park, and tennis courts. * * * *

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Below is a list of groups – and if your group is not included and should be – please send a note with the information to cwpelosi@aol.com. If the information about your group is wrong or out of date, please send a note with the corrections to that same email address. Aren’t we lucky to have so many groups that benefit our town and its resident! *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

*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open from 10 a.m. to noon this Saturday, Feb. 23, in the employee parking lot along South Taylor Street behind Wake Forest Town Hall. Local farmers and artisans will have meats, seasonal vegetables, bread, baked good and other local wares for sale. See the market’s Facebook page for information about the vendors and sign up for a weekly notice about the offerings that Saturday. Remember the Wake Forest Farmers Market is unusual in that it is owned by the farmers who sell their wares there. *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. every third