Help us ring in the holiday season and launch our annual holiday donation drive during the Wake Forest Cares Holiday Kick-off on Saturday, Nov. 16. Free and open to everyone, this family-friendly celebration is scheduled from noon-4 p.m. in downtown Wake Forest.
Promising fun-filled activities for both children and adults, our Holiday Kick-off will offer a slew of activities and attractions the entire family can enjoy, including the Carolina Hurricanes Storm Tour and Slapshot Booth, Snow Axe Throwing, Zap-A-Penguin, Curling, roaming street performers, community performances, children’s craft activities, and more!
Food and refreshments will be available for purchase at several downtown restaurants, while the following food and dessert trucks will also be onsite throughout the afternoon: La Katrina Tacos, Kono Pizza, Ultimate Eggrolls and Dusty Donuts.
Free parking will be available at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and along several side streets and parking lots throughout downtown Wake Forest and beyond.
In addition to ringing in the holiday season, the Holiday Kick-off will signal the start of the Wake Forest Cares Holiday Donation Drive. As part of this effort, we are inviting the community to support one or more of these Town-sponsored programs: Helping Others by Providing Electricity (HOPE), Northern Community Food Security Team, Shop with a Cop, Wake Forest Firefighters Foundation, and Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Scholarship Program.
All are working to address specific needs in our community – whether it be hunger, home lighting and heating, health, and fitness, and/or joy and hope during the holiday season and beyond.
The following sponsors have generously contributed to the 2024 Wake Forest Cares Holiday Kick-off: Mitchell Heating & Cooling, McPherson Family Eye Care, Girl Scouts – NC Coastal Pines, Triangle Family Dentistry, Goldfish Swim School, Avance Care – North Wake Forest, Radeas Laboratories, The College at Southeastern, B&W Hardware, Carolina Hurricanes, Birkner Insurance, Bumgarner & Martin Orthodontics, Wild Birds Unlimited, Mitchell & Nemitz PA, Primrose School of Heritage Wake Forest, Kids Street Urgent Care, Atlantic Tire & Service Center, Emulent Creative Marketing, Lightbridge Academy of Wake Forest, Edward Jones, Fidelity Bank, Wake Forest Federal, Carolina Regenerative Medicine, and Wake Forest Chamber.
The Wake Forest Cares Holiday Kick-off is the perfect occasion to stroll through downtown Wake Forest, shop for that one-of-a-kind gift, dine in one of our distinctive restaurants, and socialize with friends and neighbors. For more information on this one-of-a-kind celebration, visit https://bit.ly/WFCaresHolidayKickoff or email Downtown Development Manager Jennifer Herbert at jherbert@wakeforestnc.gov.
