*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open from 8 a.m. to noon this Saturday, Aug. 3, 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 11th annual Wake Forest Purple Heart Banquet will be held Saturday, Aug. 3, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Richland Creek Community Church. It is open to all veterans, military families and the public. The $20 tickets can be purchased online at www.WakeForestPurpleHeartFoundation.org or by emailing www.info@WakeForestPurpleHeartFoundation.org. Please see article in this issue.
*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.
*Forest Moon Theater will present “Steel Magnolias” over two weekends in September, and tickets are available at the Renaissance Centre box office. The play will be staged Friday through Sunday on Sept. 20 to 23 and Sept. 27 to 29.
