Clubs and organizations

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 If the information about your group is wrong or out of date, please send a note with the corrections to that same email address.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 residents?

Last updated on July 1, 2023.

*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 Doug Doster at 1-603-660-6948.

*American Heritage Girls (AHG) meets at 6:30 p.m. at Hope Lutheran Church on Rogers Road on the second and fourth Thursdays. Get in touch with 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 the second and fourth Thursdays at 12 p.m. There are speakers at each meeting except the first meeting of the month, which is devoted to business. Go to www.wakeforestkiwanis.com. Kiwanis is a global organization dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. Richard Hamilton is the president, rham14@gmail.com.

*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 Clubmeets 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 Wake Forest Historical Museum at 414 North Main Street. Guests are welcome. The club president is Paige Bivens. For information, go to www.wfgardenclub.org or gardenclubwakeforest@gmail.com.

*The Wake Forest Lions Club meets the second and forth Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. at the Forks Cafeteria. For information about the club, call President Glenn Day at 919-539-3706.

*The Wake Forest Optimist Clubmeets the first and third Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at The Forks Cafeteria, www.wakeforestoptimistclub@gmail.com. Also, Dawn Nakash at 919-867-1767.

*ARTS Wake Forest(formerly the Wake Forest Cultural Arts Association) meets the second Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom. E-mail President Mary Petretich at president@artswakeforest.org, phone 919-961-7778.

*The Wake Forest Rotary Club meets each Monday at 6:30 p.m. at The Forks Cafeteria.  Johnny Whitfield is the president and his number is 919-812-4086.

*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.

*Neuse River Hawks Conservationists, a chapter of the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, meets on the third Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Forest Ridge Park Welcome Center. Pat Amyx is the president.  Contact info is ncneuseriverhawks@gmail.com or see our Facebook page at Neuse River Hawks Conservationists: the Wake Forest chapter of the NCWF.  

*The Wakefield/Wake Forest Rotary Club meets from 8 to 8:45 a.m. every Thursday at Heritage Golf Club, 1250 Heritage Club Avenue. More information at www.WakefieldRotaryNC.com or email infor@WakefieldRotaryNC.com.

*The Wake Forest Woman’s Club meets the first Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Wake Forest Community House at 123 West Owen Avenue but does not meet during the summer. For information please go to wakeforestwomansclub@gmail.com or visit our website, www.wake-forest-womans-club.com.

*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. Frank Everitt is the current chair, Feveritt3@gmail.com.

*The Wake Forest American Legion Auxiliary Unit 187 of Wake Forest meets on the third Thursday of each month at 225 E. Holding Avenue, Wake Forest. Dinner is served before the meeting (6:00pm) with the meeting beginning at 7:00pm. For further information email the Auxiliary at unit187alaux@gmail.com.

*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. Karen Winstead, 919-556-8399, is the president.

*The Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committeemeets the fourth 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.

*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.

*The Wake Forest Brain Injury and Stroke Support Groupmeets the second Monday of each month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Allied Rehab, 900 South Franklin Street, Suite 201. The contact person is Brooke Hinnant, Brooke.W.Hinnant@gmail.com.

*Koinonia meets from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. every third Monday at The Forks Cafeteria, 339 Brooks Street. Everyone is welcome. Prophets, seers, visionaries on site. The contact number is 919-633-5343.

*The Northeast Community Coalitionmeets at 6:30 p.m. every third Monday at the Alston-Massenburg Center on North Taylor Street.

*The Senior Information Networking Group of Wake Forest (SING-WF) provides a comprehensive resource for volunteers, nonprofits and for-profit senior focused organizations. Contact them at info@sing-wf.com or visit the website at www.SING-WF.com.

*PFLAG Triangle, the local chapter of the organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people, their parents, families and allies, meets each second Tuesday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce, 350 South White Street in Wake Forest.

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