*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open from 8 a.m. to noon this Saturday, June 29, in the employee parking lot along South Taylor Street behind Wake Forest Town Hall.
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. Remember the Wake Forest Farmers Market is unusual in that it is owned by the farmers who sell their wares there.
*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.
*Game Night at the Alston-Massenburg Center offers fun every first Friday through Aug. 2. From 6 to 8 p.m. adults 21 and older are invited to go to the center to play different card games, spades, bid whist and more.
*The Wake Forest Renaissance Centre is inviting military veterans and their families to a free Heroes Music & Dessert Social from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 30. See details in this issue.
*Wake Forest’s Fourth of July Celebration will begin Wednesday, July 3, with the free stadium show and fireworks display at Heritage High School stadium and conclude Thursday, July 4, with the Children’s Parade at 10:30 a.m. along North Main Street followed by games and art projects in Holding Park immediately afterward.
*Friday Night on White continues on Friday, July 12, when Soul Psychedelique will be on the stage. There will be more information in later issues.
*The Wake Forest Home & Garden Show will return to the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 24 and 25. Come find out what is new for your home and garden.
