*The Wake Forest Farmers Market has moved to the town employees’ parking lot on Taylor Street behind town hall. The market will be open this Saturday, Sept. 1, from 8 a.m. to noon, and local farmers and artisans will have meats, seasonal vegetables, bread, baked good and other local wares for sale. See the market’s Facebook page for information about the vendors and sign up for a weekly notice about the offerings that Saturday.
*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.
*Wake Forest Unplugged . . . Get Connected will get underway Sunday, Sept. 2, from 4 to 6 p.m. in E. Carroll Joyner Park with a free concert from 5 to 7 p.m. by Ellis Dyson & The Shambles. See article in this issue for all details.
*Faster than a Pastor, a 5K race hosted by Woodland Baptist Church to raise money for the Tri- Area Ministry Food Pantry and the ChurchNet Foundation. Those organizations help community people with food and help with utility costs and prescription drugs. It will be run Saturday, Sept. 8. The entry fee of $25 before Aug. 9, $30 after, includes a T-shirt. Go to www.fasterthanapastor.com for complete information.
*The first Trung Thu Moon Festival will take place Saturday, Sept. 8, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the Renaissance Centre on Brooks Street. Tickets are still available for this Vietnamese festival which unites parents and children.
*Lawn Care 101 will be held Monday, Sept. 10, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Wake Forest Community House on West Owen Avenue. See how to register in the article in this issue.
*Forest Moon Theater will present ‘Crimes of the Heart’ on Friday through Sunday, Sept. 14 through 16, and Sept. 21 through 23, at the Renaissance Centre at 405 Brooks Street. See article in this issue for more information.
*Good Neighbor Day will be held Saturday, Sept. 15, from 1 to 4 p.m. at E. Carroll Joyner Park on Harris Road. It is a free event to bring together neighbors from all over town to enjoy games, music, food and fellowship.
*Exploring the Heritage of the Ailey Young House will be held Sunday, Sept. 16, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Alston-Massenburg Center at 416 North Taylor Street. This session, hosted by the Town of Wake Forest, is the first in a new series of presentations on the history of the northeast area of Wake Forest entitled Community Connections in Northeast Wake Forest.
*Comic Con (mini) sponsored by Play4Life Comics on South White Street will be held Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre. More details will be available soon.
*National Night Out will be celebrated in Wake Forest on Monday, Oct. 1, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. in the parking lot at the Renaissance Plaza on Brooks Street with a DJ, food and special prizes. Residents, businesses, neighborhood groups and homeowners association are encouraged to show their support for police-community crime prevention partnerships by attending.
*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, in E. Carroll Joyner Park on Harris Road. 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 welcoming ceremony will be held Thursday, Oct. 18, at 4 p.m.
*The Wake Forest Literary Festival will be held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 19 and 20, at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre on Brooks Street. It is sponsored by Page 158 Books on Brooks Street and the Town of Wake Forest. More details will be available soon.
*Stop Hunger Feed Hope dinner, a fund-raising event for Tri-Area Ministry Food Pantry, will be held Friday, Oct. 19, at Wake Forest Presbyterian Church from 4 to 9 p.m. Tickets cost $25 and include entertainment, a door prize raffle ticket and dinner. Send a check to PO Box 1394, Wake Forest, NC 27588 to purchase tickets.
