*The Wake Forest Farmers Market has moved to the town employees’ parking lot on Taylor Street behind town hall. The market will be open this Saturday, Oct. 20, from 8 a.m. to noon, if the weather permits. 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.
*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 Saturday along with its regular hours on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for food distribution. It serves about 700 families in Wake Forest, Youngsville, Rolesville and their surrounding areas. Call 919-556-7144 for information about receiving food, volunteering and donations. You can send donations to Tri-Area at PO Box 1394, Wake Forest NC 27588.
*Hope House Weekly Food Pantry distributes food at 1 p.m. every Thursday. Hope House volunteers pick up the food from the Food Bank of Eastern and Central North Carolina and the house typically has vegetables, fruits, salad packages and breads but sometimes does have meat, eggs, fruit juice and milk. Hope House is at 334 North Allen Road. For more information, call Norma Bennekin at 919-263-1007.
*The Wall that Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., will be displayed in Wake Forest for four days in October, Oct. 18 through 21, in E. Carroll Joyner Park on Harris Road. The Wake Forest Purple Heart Foundation is the sponsor. The wall and the museum will be open for 24 hours each day for the four days. A welcoming ceremony will be held Thursday, Oct. 18, at 4 p.m.
*The Wake Forest Literary Festival will be held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 19 and 20, at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre on Brooks Street. It is sponsored by Page 158 Books on Brooks Street and the Town of Wake Forest. More details will be available soon.
*Stop Hunger Feed Hope dinner, a fund-raising event for Tri-Area Ministry Food Pantry, will be held Friday, Oct. 19, at Wake Forest Presbyterian Church from 4 to 9 p.m. Tickets cost $25 and include entertainment, a door prize raffle ticket and dinner. Send a check to PO Box 1394, Wake Forest, NC 27588 to purchase tickets.
*The Gobblers Run, a family-friendly 5K run through Wake Forest on Thanksgiving Day morning, is now in its 13th year raising money for the Wake Forest Boys & Girls Club. See article in this issue for details.
*The Christmas Historic Home Tour sponsored by the Wake Forest Historic Preservation Commission and the Wake Forest Women’s Club will be held Saturday, Dec. 1 from 1 to 7 p.m. whether there is rain, snow or good weather. Advance tickets of $20 will go on sale Oct. 1 online at www.wakeforestnc.gov/christmashometour.aspx<http://www.wakeforestnc.gov/christmashometour.aspx> and at several area locations. There will only be 2,000 tickets. See article in this issue for more information.
