The Wake Forest Farmers Market now has summer hours, 8 a.m. to noon, and will be open on Saturday, April 21, in Renaissance Plaza on Brooks Street. Local farmers and artisans will offer meats, seasonal vegetables, bread and baked goods and other local wares. See the market’s Facebook page for information about the vendors.
*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.
*Shred-It, the town-sponsored paper-shredding event will be held for the third year on Monday, April 23, in the Renaissance Plaza parking lot from noon to 6:30 p.m. or until the four Shred-it trucks are full.
*The Dementia Awareness Education Program begins its series of meetings about aspects of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease on Thursday, April 26, at 9:30 a.m. at the Renaissance Centre. See article in this issue to learn how to register for the free program.
*Wake Forest will host the 2018 National Public Power Lineworkers Rodeo on Saturday, April 28, beginning at 8 a.m. on land just north of Holding Village on South Franklin Street. This should be one of the really fun events of the year. Spectators should turn onto South Franklin Street from Rogers to get to the site at the dead end of Franklin.
*Six Sundays in Spring will return on Sunday, April 29, with the free outdoor concerts through June 3 in the amphitheater at E. Carroll Joyner Park. The music begins at 5 p.m. and ends at 7. The entertainment on Sunday, April 29, will be The Connells. See article in this issue for more information.
*Dairies? Cows? On Sunday, April 29, the Wake Forest Historical Association will present a program about the many local dairy farms that surrounded the town and dotted the landscape for miles around up through the 1990s. The program will begin at 3 p.m. and is free to everyone. See details in this issue.
*The 38th Meet in the Street sponsored by the Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce will be held on Saturday, May 5, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The chamber is now accepting applications for the booths in four categories: handmade arts and crafts, non-profit, food vendor and downtown Wake Forest merchant. Call Corey Hutcherson at 919-556-1519, option 2, or send him an email, corey@wakeforestchamber.org.
*The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics will take place Saturday, May 12, on a course between Walmart on South Main Street and Publix on Forestville Road. See how to register in the article in this issue.
*The Mad Hatter’s Tea and Garden Party, the annual event that is the Wake Forest Garden Club’s only fundraiser, will be held on Saturday, May 12. Please see article in this issue for all information.
*The Historic Wake Forest Cemetery Walking Tour will take place Saturday, May 12, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. It is free, open to everyone and a great way to learn about Wake Forest’s history from the docents stationed at important graves. See article in this issue for more information.
*Get your tickets now for the Saturday, June 2, Beach Music & BBQ with the Band of Oz at the grand re-opening of the renovated Renaissance Centre on Brooks Street. Tickets are $25 and include the barbecue by Papa Jack’s Catering.
*The Sixth Annual Charity Car Show will be held Saturday, June 16, in Wake Forest’s historic downtown. See article in this issue for more details.
*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, on the lawn of the Calvin Jones House and the Wake Forest Historical Museum. 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 lot of volunteers will be needed as will donations.
