*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be held in Renaissance Plaza on Brooks Street Saturday, Nov. 18, from 8 a.m. to noon. See the market’s Facebook page for vendors for the market. Remember the market now be open its winter hours in November, being open every Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon. Remember the Holiday Artisans Market and the Holiday Craft Market and Farmers Market will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7.
*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.
*Turkey Drive Drop-Off is Saturday, Nov. 18, when from 9 a.m. to noon when members of the Wake Forest Police Department will be at the main station, 225 South Taylor Street, to accept donations of frozen turkeys, checks and gift cards to purchase more turkeys. The turkeys will be distributed to disadvantaged families on Monday, Nov. 20, from 9 to 11 a.m. or as long as the supply lasts.
*A Christmas Open House at Under the Oaks at 2033 Wait Avenue will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, and from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 19, with free refreshments, door prizes, and lots of new pottery for your gift giving.
*Native Americans in America and Europeans Among the Cherokee is the topic when William Anderson, professor emeritus of history at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, speaks at a meeting of the General James Moore Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution on Tuesday, Nov. 21, beginning at 2 p.m. The meeting will be in the Wake Forest Historical Museum, 414 North Main Street, and the public is invited.
*The Lighting of Wake Forest on Friday, Dec. 1, will officially start the town’s holiday season. The annual event will be held in Centennial Plaza on Brooks Street in front of Wake Forest Town Hall. The event will begin at 6 p.m. See article in this issue for complete information.
*The Holiday Artisans Market will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, in the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre while outdoors in the Renaissance parking lot the Wake Forest Craft Market and Farmers Market will lure shoppers. Entrance to these three events is free. You will find local potters, jewelers, fabric and fiber creators, wood workers and crafters.
*The 2017 Wake Forest Community Christmas Dinner will be held Monday, Dec. 4, at The Forks Cafeteria. This is the 70th year the dinner has been held. See the article in this issue for all the details.
*The Wake Forest Christmas Parade will step off on South White Street at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9. See article in this issue for all details.
