Hope House in Wake Forest now serving free meals Food insecurity – not knowing if you and your family will have enough to eat – is a heavy burden some people bear, but in Wake Forest now there is a simple solution: Provide meals for those families. Hope House at 334 North Allen Road now serves free, nutritious dinners to families and individuals at 6:30 p.m. every day except Saturday. The meals are prepared by The Forks Cafeteria and families and individuals can either eat at Hope House or take the meals home. The meals are made possible by a private donor. Hope House was founded by Friendship Chapel Missionary Baptist Church pastor, the Rev. Enoch Holloway, and his wife, the Rev. Marion Holloway, to serve the youth and community in Wake Forest’s East End. Norma Bennekin and Pastor Holloway are the leaders in arranging the dinners. Andrew Brown Jr.,

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department will host a Father-Daughter Dance on Friday, Sept. 20, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Fathers and daughters throughout Wake Forest are invited to celebrate their special bond during an unforgettable evening at the Wake Forest Community House at 133 West Owen Avenue. Featuring music, dancing and refreshments, this event is sure to create memories that will last a lifetime. The cost is $25 per couple (Wake Forest residents) and $35/couple (non-Wake Forest residents), plus $5 for each additional daughter. To register, visit http://wakeforestnc.recdesk.com/recdeskportal/. #

Music at Midday was cancelled last week because of Hurricane Dorian but will be on schedule this week. Co-sponsored by the Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department and ARTS Wake Forest, the free music series begins Thursday, Sept. 5, and continues every Thursday through Sept. 26. Scheduled from noon to 1 p.m., Music at Midday will feature a variety of local performers and take place in Centennial Plaza in front of the Wake Forest Town Hall at 301 South Brooks Street. This year’s fall concert lineup includes Blue Cactus (cosmic country/Americana) on Sept. 12; M.S.G. Acoustic Blues Trio (blues, gospel and ragtime) on Sept. 19; and DryBread Road (bluegrass, popular, folk, rock, blues, country and Cajun) on Sept. 26. For information about each performer, visit http://bit.ly/WFMusicMidday. Area residents are encouraged to bring lunch – either from home or a local restaurant – relax and enjoy the entertainment during Music

Updated September 18, 2019 Northern Wake Senior Center will be completed sometime in September, it now appears. The network cabling has been installed, and AirFiber is scheduled to install in September. The reconstruction is adding 9,000 square feet plus renovations throughout the original center on East Holding Avenue. There will be a new entrance to the building, an expanded parking lot and a new parking lot entrance on the extension of Brooks Street which has finally connected Elm Avenue to East Holding. Among the new features will be an addition to the exercise room, a new roof and a new multipurpose room. Focus Design Builders has the $3.9 million contract and the target date for completion is May 1, 2019. Focus Design won the contract because it promised to complete the work within 269 days – nine months – when the other bidders’ numbers were 300 to 365 days. The

Celebrate 10 years in business with SignCraft Solutions during Business After Hours on Thursday, Sept. 19, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at 4154 Shearon Farms Avenue. Together with Well-Bean Coffee and Floor Coverings International, SignCraft Solutions has an amazing networking event in store for you! Enjoy music, food and drinks with plenty of time getting to know other Wake Forest Chamber members. Make sure to visit all three businesses. You’ll find cold brew at Well-Bean Coffee, sandwiches and fruit at SignCraft Solutions and dessert at Floor Coverings International. You can also participate in a trivia hunt for great prizes and don’t leave without a goody bag! Parking will be available behind the building as the front parking lot will be blocked off for this event. Enjoy a chauffeured ride in a golf cart from the back parking lot to the registration table, courtesy of Capital Chevrolet. This is a members-only

Thursday, Nov. 7, the center will mark the day with its annual Veterans Celebration and the senior center’s anniversary. You are encouraged to sign up early. The Northern Wake Senior Center Quilting Group has made a beautiful queen-sized quilt that will be raffled off at the Nov. 7 celebration. Tickets are $1 each or six for $5. Stop by the senior center to purchase tickets or check with our instructors. You do not need to be present to win. * * * * September is National Senior Center Month! Senior Centers are the key to aging well. Join us at the Northern Wake Senior Center for great classes and events and opportunities to advocate for seniors. * * * All Senior Center members receive a detailed calendar of events from Resources for Seniors. Check for changes in the schedules. During the renovation/rebuilding of the Northern Wake Senior Center, activities are

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 County North Regional Center is collecting donations for Hurricane Dorian Bahamas Relief through Saturday, Sept. 21. The center is at 360 East Holding Avenue in Wake Forest. The list of items needed include ready-to-eat meals, tents, Pampers (all sizes), baby formula (food, powdered milk), baby wipes, hygiene kits, cases of bottled water, first aid items, nonperishable food, batteries (D, AA), cleaning supplies, flashlights, insect repellents, blankets/towels, sanitary items, toothpaste/brushes, tissue paper, paper towels, hand sanitizer, adult cots, plastic tarps, disposable cutlery (prepackage cutlery, cups, plates). *The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open from 8 a.m. to noon this Saturday, Sept. 21, 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