Business After Hours in March will be held Thursday, March 19, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at North State Bank, 14901 Falls of Neuse Road. There will be heavy hors d’ oeuvres by Catering Works, beer, wine and networking with fellow chamber members.
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The Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the Family Expo for the second year, and it will take place Saturday, March 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Richland Creek Community Church.
Come and find family-friendly businesses – summer and track-out camps, healthcare and local school options, and extracurricular activities like swim lessons and scouts. Go to the chamber Facebook page for updates.
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The Wake Forest Area Chamber Foundation is hosting an old-fashioned CBS Sports Bracket Challenge for the NCAA brackets to raise money for youth leadership development programming.
Tickets are $10 each, three for $25, and the more the foundation raises, the more you can win, which is half the prize. Sign up now or soon before selection Sunday on March 15. Go to the chamber website and find Nothing But Net!
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There is a new benefit that is only available to members of the Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce. President Ann Welton announced it Monday, a new job-posting website, wakeforestworks.com. And it’s free!
Chamber members can post their open jobs and find qualified applicants who are willing to work in the Wake Forest area.
To use it, go to wakeforestworks.com and click on Employer Registration where you can fill out a simple form. You will get an approval email with your user name and password. Now you can log in and start posting jobs.
Meanwhile Welton and the chamber staff will be marketing the site to job seekers in the Wake Forest area.
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The third annual Reality of Money Fair will be held in March. This year is very exciting as the Wake Forest Chamber Foundation is expanding to bring the Reality of Money Fair to two schools, Wake Forest Middle School and North Wake College & Career Academy. Since the program will be impacting more students, we need more volunteers who can help with both the planning and implementation of the fair. Sign up now through SignUpGenius to volunteer!
What is the Reality of Money Fair? It’s a way to teach youth financial literacy skills that will help them in adulthood. Through a hands-on, interactive fair, students learn how to manage money more effectively, gain an understanding of basic tax planning and tax concepts, practice budgeting based on their assigned career path, and experience the consequences of poor money management.
Click here for volunteer dates, times and descriptions. We hope to see you there!
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Reserve your Meet in the Street booth now. Applications are available on the chamber website and are due in February.
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