A food truck rodeo and food drove to benefit Tri-Area Ministry’s food bank will be held Saturday, Sept, 26, from11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Living Word Family Church, 10520 Star Road. This is a fun-filled event for the whole family. There will be inflatables, face painting, vendor tables, crafts, and more! To participate, simply bring one canned good or non-perishable item per person. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1486333881682586/.
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Did you know that the students, staff and parents at Heritage High stock and operate a Food and Clothing Pantry at the school, seeking to “maintain a sustainable program through which our most economically disadvantaged students have access to healthy food, warm clothing, and personal hygiene products.” People in the larger community can help too by donating non-perishable foods for the pantry and take-home backpacks, donating personal hygiene items such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant and soap, and donating clothing items. Take the donations to the school on Forestville Road and drop them off at the student services office. Call or email Trey Salaki, assistant principal intern, jsalaki@wcpss.net, 919-5705638 or Bonnie Mwanda, interventional coordinator, bmwanda@wcpss.net,919-570-5600.
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The drought situation continues to slowly worsen across the state with only the counties directly along the coast and the area around the town of Murphy in the west still experiencing normal rainfall. There is severe drought around Charlotte and to its west, exceptionally dry conditions in other areas.
Wake is now experiencing moderate drought along with three-fourths of Franklin, one-third of Granville, half of Alamance and Chatham and all of Nash, Edgecombe, Wilson, Durham, Orange, Johnston, Harnett, Moore, Sampson and Cumberland counties.
The drought conditions map and information are updated weekly each Tuesday and can be found at http://www.ncwater.org/Drought_Monitoring.
