The Wake Forest Community Council is accepting nominations of local individuals and organizations that have made an extraordinary community impact for its annual awards given during its annual Community Christmas Dinner. Nominations are due by noon on Wednesday, Oct. 16, for the Citizen of the Year Award, the Organization of the Year Award and the Peggy Allen Lifetime Achievement Award. Nominations may be completed and submitted online at http://tiny.cc/pvkucz. Nomination forms may also be picked up/dropped off at the Wake Forest Town Hall front desk, 301 South Brooks Street or mailed to WFCC, PO Box 1003, Wake Forest, NC 27588. Nominations will be reviewed by Wake Forest Community Council members and the award recipients announced at the 72nd  annual Community Christmas Dinner on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019. The Wake Forest Community Council is comprised of area civic, service, social, fraternal, religious and business organizations, as well as interested individuals and is

Good Neighbor Day returns to E. Carroll Joyner Park Saturday, Sept. 21, from 1 to 4 p.m. Good Neighbor Day is an annual celebration that assembles Wake Forest residents from all walks of life for a day of food, fun and family entertainment. By bringing together a mix of cultures, music, ages and ethnicities, the event celebrates diversity and promotes goodwill among all of Wake Forest’s citizens. A special part of this year’s Good Neighbor Day will be the presentation of the 10th annual Good Neighbor of the Year Award. The honor will be presented to two local youths and one adult who consistently demonstrate an unfailing commitment to preserving, maintaining and improving the quality of life in their neighborhood and community. Over 4,000 Wake Forest-area residents have participated in Good Neighbor Day since its inception in 2006. Offering food, dancing, local musicians, a DJ, face painting, prizes, and recreational

The 40th annual Wake Forest CROP Hunger Walk will be held the afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 22, along North Main Street and other nearby streets. It will be either a 5K walk or a shorter 1.5-mile walk, both on sidewalks in the Wake Forest Historic District. Walkers will raise money for nourishing food and clean water for families around the world and for food and other resources for families in the Wake Forest area. Walkers are asked to bring nonperishable food and school supplies for local distribution. Sign-in and pre-walk activities begin at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Wake Forest Historical Museum, 414 North Main Street. Step-off will be at 2:30 p.m. and the walk will end where it began, at the museum. Walk participants are asked to invite family members, friends, employers and others to support their efforts with money contributions before the walk, and walkers may donate money

The Wake Forest Purple Heart Foundation and the Town of Wake Forest are pleased to introduce “The Wall That Heals in Wake Forest Commemorative Photo Book,” a treasure trove of pictures recording The Wall’s 2018 visit to Wake Forest. This beautiful 8.5″ x 11″ hardcover limited-edition volume is now on sale for $47.50 (price includes tax and shipping). Throughout the pages of this book, you can relive The Wall That Heals’ unforgettable stay in our community through hundreds of poignant photos submitted by amateur and professional photographers alike. From Oct. 18-21, 2018, the Wake Forest Purple Heart Foundation and the Town of Wake Forest hosted the replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at E. Carroll Joyner Park. Over those four days, approximately 20,000 people from across North Carolina and beyond visited the park to pay their respects to the more than 58,000 men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice

The Wake Forest Police Department is now accepting monetary donations through Saturday, Nov. 23, as part of its 13th annual Turkey Drive. Area residents can support this worthy cause by submitting online donations via PayPal at http://bit.ly/2019TurkeyDrive. Cash and checks written to the Wake Forest Police Department are also accepted. Anyone wishing to contribute cash or a check to this year’s Turkey Drive should contact Det. M.W. Sattler at 919-795-7270 or msattler@wakeforestnc.gov<mailto:msattler@wakeforestnc.gov>. All monetary donations will be used to purchase additional turkeys. On Saturday, Nov. 23, the police department will accept monetary donations and donations of frozen turkeys at the Wake Forest Police Department Main Station, 225 South Taylor Street, from 9 a.m. until noon. Police officers and staff will distribute the turkeys while they last on Monday, Nov. 25, from 9 to 11 a.m., at the Wake Forest Community House, 133 West Owen Avenue. Det. Sattler organized the police department’s