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Wake Forest Rotary members assembling holiday care packages at a service project
Rotary Club of Wake Forest · Est. 1937

Service above self,
right here in Wake Forest

Neighbors who meet every week and turn that hour into festivals, scholarships, small-business programs, and millions in relieved medical debt.

50
Members
89
Years of service
$4.7M
Medical debt relieved
We meet
Mondays · 6:30 PM
Where
The Forks Cafeteria · 339 Brooks St
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Portrait of Robert "Bob" McCamy
In loving memory
Robert “Bob” McCamy
January 23, 1938 - July 31, 2026 · 60 years of Service Above Self
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31
August
Special event
WF Rotary Club Board Meeting
The Forks Cafeteria

Quarterly WF Rotary Club Board Meeting will be held at 5:00PM before a regular meeting.

14
September
Special event
Interact Picnic and Social
Wake Forest Baptist Church - Stephenson Campus

Join us for a fun and meaningful evening as we bring together Rotary members and Interact students to kick off the new year of service. This social is a chance for Rotarians to get to know our students, help them feel welcomed and supported, and build connections before we begin our service projects for the year. We’ll provide hamburgers and hot dogs and pulled pork, and we invite attendees to bring a side dish, appetizer, or snack to share. The evening will include food, conversation, and light ice breakers designed to help students and Rotarians connect in a relaxed and welcoming setting. This is a great opportunity to encourage our Interact students, share what Rotary is all about, and start the year off with energy, connection, and a shared commitment to service.

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19
September
Service
Wake Forest Charity Car Show Volunteers Needed on Sept 19
The Market of Wake Forest (Front of Big Lots)

The event organizers are seeking 10 Rotary volunteers to assist with parking, registration, and car judging on Saturday, September 19. If our club provides at least 10 volunteers, they will donate $500 to support our club. Volunteers will receive an event t-shirt. Please consider donating a few hours to help make this community event a success while furthering Rotary’s mission of service above self. VOLUNTEER RESPONSIBILITIES Parking | Shift: 7:00 am to 11:00 am | Hold/attend briefing meeting at 7:15 am to be ready for the gates to open at 7:30 am. Direct-entry cars were to park and be guided into their spots. We prefer each car to have its own parking space, and larger cars may need more space. Use a pool noodle to mark spacing when outside a parking space. Cars are “backed in” to each space, with the front of the car facing the aisle. Registrants are not permitted to choose their own parking space. Make sure to have volunteers at the entry and interspersed throughout the parking area, including the early leavers area, near the entry, and the back row of the lot near the ATM (all entries come through the main registration point, even volunteers). Supplies needed: pool noodles, safety vests. Volunteers needed: 10+ (Leads: Brad Scott) Judging | Shift: 8:30 am to 2:00 pm | Hold/attend briefing meeting at 8:30 am. Judging begins at approximately 9:00 a.m., and each team will be assigned two volunteers. If you have a car in the show, you cannot judge your own car. Cars will be judged on a 100-point scale. Volunteers will be provided with a clipboard, pens, judging forms, and judging dots. Forms are to be completed legibly and signed/initialed if the Judging Chair has questions. Judging forms will be picked up by “Runners” and delivered to the Tabulators inside Hartura. Prior experience is preferred. Supplies needed: clipboards (with classes on the backside), judging forms, pens, highlighters, judging dots, safety vests. Volunteers needed: 20 (Chair: Ken Nagy) All volunteers in the show area must wear a safety vest! Rotarians can wear their safety vests.

June 5, 2027 · Downtown Wake Forest

Cars & Carnivores turns five

Our signature street festival is back: 100+ show cars, an SCA-sanctioned steak cook-off, and a cornhole tournament, all for a good cause.

Festival-goers admiring a maroon Pontiac GTO, the 2026 Best in Show, at the Cars & Carnivores Street Festival
5th Anniversary of the Cars & Carnivores Street Festival
Presented with our 5th-anniversary sponsors
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Portrait of Robert "Bob" McCamy
In loving memory

Remembering Bob McCamy

Bob joined this club on February 1, 1966 and gave it 60 years: twice its president, its treasurer for a decade, and a mentor to generations of Rotarians who learned Service Above Self by watching him do it quietly.

In 2026 a unanimous selection committee awarded him the Vivian A. Jones Peace Prize, one of Wake Forest's highest civic honors. He passed away on July 31, 2026.

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What people say about this club

Joining the Wake Forest Rotary Club was one of the most formative decisions of my adulthood! I joined when I was 24, having moved to a new town and looking for a community. The people I met have become family.
Rachel Chen
Joined at 24
The club’s community service work is exceptional. Members are constantly involved in hands-on projects that directly support families, seniors, youth, and local nonprofits.
Mark Scarbrough
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I volunteered to help with the annual Cars and Carnivores charity event that raises money to pay off local residents cancer treatment debt. It was so much fun and the people were so friendly and welcoming, that I decided to join the club.
Simon Cobb
Joined after volunteering

5.0 from 19 Google reviews. Read them all on Google ↗

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