Victor McBride with Focus Design, the firm doing the renovations at the senior center, said Tuesday night that all the inspections should be completed by the end of next week, after which the staff and volunteers can begin moving everything back in.
The staff at the Northern Wake Senior Center said they hope to be in the greatly renovated building on East Holding Avenue and be up and running in November.
Those are the Resources for Seniors people and the volunteers who have been keeping all the programs operating in 14 locations for close to two years.
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The volunteers who organize the CROP Walk each year sent along this note: Thank you to all the supporters of this year’s successful 40th Annual Wake Forest CROP Hunger Walk, held on September 22.
Donations to this “Walk. Give. Change the World.” fundraiser totaled a record-setting $14,700. Twenty-five percent of the proceeds will be shared between Tri-Area Ministry Food Pantry and Wake Forest Hope House. The other proceeds will be put to good use by Church World Service for outreach to improve the lives of families around the world, including disaster relief after storms and guidance and tools for community leaders in developing countries’ rural areas to provide clean water, nourishing food, and income opportunities.
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The Town of Wake Forest is making it easy for you to keep track of town events with its new 14-month wall calendar – running from November 2019 through December 2020. It is free and available in several area locations (see below) and at town events.
* Alston-Massenburg Center, 416 N. Taylor St.
* Christian Brothers Automotive, 1751 Heritage Center Dr.
* Flaherty Park Community Center, 1226 N. White St.
* Lowe’s Foods, 12524 Capital Blvd.
* Lowe’s Foods, 932 Gateway Commons Circle
* McPherson Family Eye Care, 3150 Rogers Road, Suite #110
* Michelle Palatine & Co. at Allen Tate, 3635 Rogers Road
* Northern Regional Center, 350 E. Holding Ave.
* Southern Suds & Gifts, 213 S. White St.
* Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce, 350 S. White St.
* Wake Forest Coffee Company, 156 S. White St.
* Wake Forest Community Library, 400 E. Holding Ave.
* Wake Forest Historical Museum, 414 N. Main St.
* Wake Forest Renaissance Centre, 405 S. Brooks St.
* Wake Forest Town Hall, 301 S. Brooks St.
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The Taylor Street Park Sprayground closed Monday for the winter and will reopen in April 2020. If you need a lift in your spirits, go sit on one of the benches at the sprayground or nearby and listen to the children as they explore the wonder of water. It will have to be next spring, but you can imagine the delighted squeals of delight when you are having a blue day in January.
