Wake Forest Purple Heart Foundation Banquet
The 2024 annual banquet will be held at the Richland Creek Community Church starting at 3 o’clock the afternoon of August 3, 2024.
The Wake Forest Purple Heart Foundation, a non-profit volunteer organization was formed in 2009. The foundation’s mission is to raise enough sponsorships to host an annual dinner inviting area purple heart recipients and their families to attend at no charge.
From the beginning, through the present time, all funds raised go directly into the non-profit to focus on the mission. There is no paid staff. The dinner is made possible by the number of volunteers who freely donate their time to honor area Purple Heart veterans.
Wake Forest has been designated as a Purple Heart community. Local signs leading to the city demonstrate the village’s respect and admiration for our nation’s wounded veterans. Only those veterans wounded in the performance of duty during periods of wars are authorized to wear the Purple Heart Medal.
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Kars for Kids Charity Car Show
The Wake Forest Optimist Club presents the fourth annual Kars for Kids Charity Car Show. The charity car show will be held on Saturday, September 21, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Market of Wake Forest shopping center located at Business 98 and Capital Boulevard.
This is a fun family friendly event and admission is free to spectators. Cars displayed and judged must pay a $20 registration fee.
Antique, Pony, Trucks, Muscle, Rods, and Custom Cars & Trucks will be on display. Everything from mild to wild – vintage to modern.
The Grand Sponsor of Kars for Kids is Ted Wilder Agency State Farm Insurance.
Mr. Wilder is also an avid antique car enthusiast and collector. Gold sponsors are Zapolski Real Estate Property Management Company, Johnson Hyundai of Wake Forest, Charlie’s Kabobs, Wake Forest Dental Arts, Sam’s Xpress Car Wash, Carolina Comfort Air, McCorkle Sign & Awning, ReMax Reliance, S.T. Wooten, Herring & Son Collision, Wake Forest Chick-fil-A. Silver sponsors are Fidelity Bank, Wegmans, PIC Publications, Corvettes International, Hartura. Friends of the Show are Ron Tanciar, Cateland Classics and Dean & Les Tryon.
Admission is free. Attendees are also encouraged to eat and shop at the local retail establishments @ The Market of Wake Forest, that are also sponsoring this event.
Please bring four cans of food or personal hygiene products to donate to Tri-Area Ministry Food Pantry.
The Wake Forest Optimist Club, part of one of the world’s largest civic service organizations, has chosen to hold a charity car show to fundraise to help the local youth of Wake Forest. After limited expenses, 100% of the monies raised will go right back into the community to help “bring out the best in kids”. They provide food, clothing, hygiene products, school supplies and spread optimism to the local schools in the area.
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