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* American Legion Post 187 meets the second Thursday at 7 p.m. in the American Legion Hall at 225 East Holding Avenue. The dinner begins at 6 p.m. and costs $5. For information and membership, call Commander Dave Goetze at 569-0471 or visit www.alpost187.org.
* American Heritage Girls (AHG) meets at 6:30 p.m. at Hope Lutheran Church on Rogers Road on the second and fourth Thursdays. Contact Amy Minor at chrisnamy34@hotmail.com or see the website, www.hopelutheranwf.org.
* The General James Moore Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution meets the third Tuesday but does not meet in June, July and August. Call 919-880-1915 for the location and time.
* The Kiwanis Club of Wake Forest meets at The Forks Cafeteria every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. There are speakers at each meeting except the first meeting of the month, which is devoted to business. Call Thomas Walters at 919-606-9108 or go to www.wakeforestkiwanis.com. Kiwanis is a global organization dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.
* The Wake Forest Camera Club meets the second Tuesday at The Forks Cafeteria with a buffet dinner served on arrival. Call Bernie Hardy at 562-1637.
* The Wake Forest Civitan Club meets at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Thursday at The Forks Cafeteria. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. The president is Ann Marie Davella who can be reached at 919-410-3192.
* The Wake Forest Garden Club holds its monthly meeting on the second Tuesday (September through May) with a social hour at 9:30 and the regular meeting at 10 a.m. at the Community House on West Owen Avenue. Guests are welcome. For information contact club President Mary Petretich at 919-761-1130 or marypetretich@nc.rr.com.
* The Wake Forest Lions Club meets the second and fourth Thursday at 7 p.m. at The Forks Cafeteria. For information about the club, call President Connie Sedlak at 919-554-2064.
* The Wake Forest Optimist Club meets the first and third Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at The Forks Cafeteria. Nicole Marsh is president and you can reach her at 919-389-4487.
* Wake Forest ARTS (formerly the Wake Forest Cultural Arts Association) meets the second Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. (note the morning hour) at the Wake Forest Historical Museum on North Main Street. E-mail President Mary Petretich at president@wakeforestarts.org, phone 919-761-1130.
* The Wake Forest Rotary Club meets each Monday at 6:30 p.m. at The Forks Cafeteria. Rachel Prather is the president, and her number is 919-434-3118.
* The Wake Forest Toastmasters Club meets the first and third Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at the Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce. Call Gail Barker at 554-1840 for information.
* The Wakefield/Wake Forest Rotary Club meets Thursdays at noon at the TPC Wakefield Plantation Country Club for lunch. Contact President Louis Mullinger at 919-219-5769, louismullinger@gmail.com or go to www.wakefieldrotarync.com.
* The Wake Forest Woman’s Club meets the first Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Community House on West Owen Avenue but does not meet during the summer. For information please contact Gorland McBride, membership chairman, at wakeforestwomansclub@gmail.com or visit our website, www.wake-forest-womans-club.com.
* The Wake Forest Junior Woman’s Club meets at 7 p.m. the second Thursday, September through June, at the Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce on South White Street. The incoming president is Stephanie Hollowell, who can be reached at Stephanie Hollowell@yahoo.com. Find information about the club at wakeforestjuniors@gmail.com. New member are always welcome.
* The Wake Forest Community Council meets the second Wednesday, September through June, at The Forks Cafeteria. All area clubs and organizations are encouraged to send a representative to the hour-long Dutch-treat informational meeting. Ed Morris – morrisce@wfu.edu, 919-556-2911 – is the president.
* The Friends of the Wake Forest Public Library meets every third Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the North Regional Center. Jennifer Davis is the president, and you can reach her at friendswflibrary@yahoo.com.
* The Wake Forest American Legion Auxiliary meets at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday (except December and July) in the Legion Hall on East Holding Avenue. For information contact Mary Petretich, legion187aux@gmail.com, 919-761-1130.
* Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8466 meets the first Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Legion Hall on East Holding Avenue. For information, call the commander at 919-518-3749 or see the website at www.myvfw.org/nc/post8466.
* The Wake Forest Historical Association’s board meets the first Tuesday at noon in the Wake Forest College Birthplace on North Main Street but does not meet in June, July and August. Sanford Bailey, 919-417-5617, is the president.
* The Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee meets the third Monday at 7 p.m. at Friendship Chapel Baptist Church on Friendship Chapel Road from August, when planning begins, through January. Lori Moss is the chairman.
