The Wake Forest Woman’s Club is hosting its first Scholarship Poinsettia Fundraiser during the month of October. These beautiful red poinsettias with green container covers are locally grown by Homewood Nursery and will be available for pick up in Wake Forest in mid-November. The 6 1/2” pots, 16-20″ tall, with six to eight blooms per pot are offered for $15.50 each – please see their website to order online by October 28. Proceeds from this fundraiser will go to support an annual scholarship awarded to a Wake Forest student each spring. For more information about the club and to order and pay for your poinsettias today, please visit www.wake-forest-womans-club.com. #

The Town of Wake Forest and the Local Government Federal Credit Union will celebrate “America Recycles Day” on Monday, Nov. 15, by co-sponsoring a drive-thru paper shredding event. Free and open to the public, the shred event will take place rain or shine in the parking lot of the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre, 405 S. Brooks St., from noon to 6 p.m. – or until the two paper shredding trucks are full. The occasion will offer area residents and businesses the opportunity to protect themselves from identity theft and dispose of confidential documents in an environmentally responsible manner. All paper will be shredded on-site, then recycled. Participants are urged to help reduce contamination by removing all non-paper materials in advance, such as plastic binders, plastic folders and metal tabs. In addition, items that can damage the equipment will not be accepted, such as wet or moist paper, hanging file folders,

From November 22 to December 5, the Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department will host a Virtual Bass Fishing Tournament for ages 13 and older and a Virtual Youth Fishing Tournament for ages 12 and under. Over this two-week period, local anglers are encouraged to visit any public fishery in Wake or Franklin County to try and catch the biggest fish. Participants in the Youth Fishing Tournament may catch any species of fish, while anglers in the Bass Fishing Tournament will be limited to bass only. Online registration for both tournaments is available through Thursday, Nov. 4, at  https://wakeforestnc.recdesk.com/Community/Home. The cost to participate is $10 for the bass tournament and $5 for the youth tourney. Participants in the bass tourney will receive a fishing scale to be used in the competition, while contestants in the youth tournament will receive an “Early Fisherman” packet. Fishing scales and “Early Fisherman” packets

Wake Forest Lions Club will hold their second annual spaghetti dinner on Saturday, October 23, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the American Legion Hall locate at 225 E. Holding Avenue, Wake Forest. It will be dine or take out. Prices are $10 for adults, $7 for ages 4 to 12 years and children under 3 eat free. There will be a vegetarian sauce option. The meal will include spaghetti with either meat or meatless sauce, salad, bread, and dessert. Roseann McFadden will be providing music for the venue. #

Fight identity theft by getting rid of your sensitive documents at a drive-up Shred-a-thon benefitting the Wake Forest Purple Heart Foundation on Saturday, Oct. 30. The fundraising Shred-a-thon is 10 a.m.-1 p.m. in Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Patterson Hall parking lot, 101 N. Wingate St., Wake Forest. Shredding is $10 per box or $25 for three boxes (standard banker box or paper grocery bag; limit five per person). Cash preferred, but check and credit cards accepted. Leave the boxes or bags in trunk or back of your vehicle and volunteers will remove them. Accepted items include old tax returns, bills, receipts, financial statements, cancelled checks, medical records, etc. Cannot accept garbage, three-ring binders, cardboard, credit cards, magazines, newspapers, CDs or hardcover books. All proceeds benefit the Purple Heart Foundation, which hosts an annual banquet saluting military veterans wounded in action. More details at WakeForestPurpleHeartFoundation.org or email events@wfphf.com. #

Since 2010, Wake County has lost 59 percent of its stock of rental units priced below $750 a month and 40 percent of units priced below $1,000 a month. For many families, that means it’s getting harder to find a place to live that they can afford. To address this challenge head on, the Wake County Board of Commissioners today approved a $10.5 million loan and multi-year contract with Self-Help Ventures Fund to preserve existing and naturally occurring affordable housing throughout Wake County. The program will be called The Affordable Housing Preservation Fund. “It’s far easier to preserve a resource than to recreate it,” said Wake County Board of Commissioners Chair Matt Calabria. “By protecting our existing affordable housing, we can ensure families who’ve lived in affordable neighborhoods for generations don’t have to worry about getting priced out of their homes.” In April, the County released an RFP for an Affordable Housing Preservation Fund

Political signs are going up around the community in advance of the November 2 local election. The Town of Wake Forest often receives inquiries from area residents and candidates concerning rules for political signs. Although temporary political signs advertising candidates or issues are permitted, a combination of state law and municipal code regulates how political signs may be displayed within Wake Forest. To ensure these conditions are met, adherence is required to the following regulations establishing the duration, size,  placement, and illumination of political signs: Duration Private Property – can be installed now. State Roads – can be installed now (effective Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021). Political signs must be removed by Friday, Nov. 12, 2021 – within 10 days after the election. Placement Cannot obscure motorist visibility. Cannot be installed on trees, bridges, utility poles, or the like. Cannot be installed in Town road right-of-way. Can be installed in NCDOT road right-way if:

The next monthly American Legion Post 187 famous Pancake Breakfast will be served on Sunday, November 13, 2021 from 8 to 12 a.m. The breakfast is presented every second Sunday of every month at the American Legion Hall, 225 East Holding Avenue, Wake Forest, NC., (Across the street from the Wake Forest Post Office). The breakfast offers a menu of pancakes, several types of sausage (mild and spicy), coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and orange juice. The aspect that has made the offering unique is that customers can eat as much as they care to for one low price. Adults eat for $6.00 per person – Children under 12 for $1.00 and children under 7 eat free. The proceeds from the breakfast are used to assist rehabilitating veterans. #

Wake Forest Downtown, Inc. and the Town of Wake Forest are issuing a “Call to Artists” through Monday, Nov. 29, for a Downtown Mural Project at https://bit.ly/WFDMuralProject. The goal of the initiative is to attract visitors to downtown through the use of art. To be eligible, artists must reside in Wake Forest or it’s ETJ or be a member of the Wake Forest Guild of Artists and reside in one of the following counties: Wake, Durham, Orange, Franklin, Granville or Johnston. An Artist Selection Committee comprised of arts professionals and representatives of the Town of Wake Forest, the Public Art Commission and Wake Forest Downtown will select the winner who will receive a commission and have their mural displayed on the exterior of a downtown building. For more information, contact Downtown Development Manager Jennifer Herbert at  jherbert@wakeforestnc.gov. #

The Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce’s Senior Lifestyle Expo presented by Cadence Living at Wake Forest will be held at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre Saturday, Oct.  16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will connect seniors and their adult children with organizations and companies that can make their lives better. From health care, assisted and independent living, financial planning, mobility solutions, legal advice, home care and more, there is information and help available for local seniors. #