Everyone is gearing up for fall, and that includes the many civic and interest groups in Wake Forest.
Below is a list of groups – and if your group is not included and should be – please send a note with the information to cwpelosi@aol.com. If the information about your group is wrong or out of date, please send a note with the corrections to that same email address. Aren’t we lucky to have so many groups that benefit our town and its resident!
* 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.
*Wake Forest River Hawks, a chapter of the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, meets the third Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Wake Forest Historical Museum, 414 North Main Street. The discussion Feb. 21 will focus on naturalist walks of interest in and around Wake Forest and Rolesville. Email Debra Ludas at debraludas@aol.com for more information.
* The Wakefield/Wake Forest Rotary Club meets from 8 to 9 a.m. on Thursdays at Heritage Golf Club, 1250 Heritage Club Avenue. Angela Bendorf Jamison is club president. For information about the club, contact Matthew Hilliard, membership chairman, at mhilliard05@gmail.com, 919-758-9161 or show up for the breakfast meeting any Thursday at 7:45 a.m. at the Heritage Club.
* The Wake Forest Woman’s Club meets the first Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Wake Forest Community House on West Owen Avenue. 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. Mike Johnson – johnsonmichael5@frontier.com – is the president.
* The Friends of the Wake Forest Public Library is voluntarily dissolving the nonprofit but a skeleton board of Kris Wright, Kenille Baumgardner and Carol Pelosi will oversee the remaining funds until they are all expended on library projects.
* 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 11 a.m. 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. James Grant is the chairman.
*Cars & Coffee is a free monthly gathering of auto and motorcycle enthusiasts that happens every fourth Saturday from 8 to 11 a.m. at 940 Gateway Commons Circle.
*Overeaters Anonymous meets on Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the Wake Forest United Methodist Church, 905 South Main Street. Enter through the back by the office. No dues, fees or weigh-ins. Everyone welcome! Contact Jennifer at 928-225-5236.
