Tag Archives: WakeForestRotary

On Saturday, October 24, 2020, the Wake Forest Rotary Club held it’s 4th Annual Oyster Roast in a Drive-Thru format. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the regular all you can eat oyster event was not possible. The Wake Forest Rotary Club […]

Government Affairs of WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Andi Curtis formally received the $8,450.10 Medical Debt Relief check from Wake Forest Rotary President Karlene Turrentine. This amount and the generosity of Wake Med will help eliminate $169,000 of past-due medical debt […]

Wake County Register of Deeds Charles Gilliam provided insights into one of Wake County’s busiest government departments.  As an elected official, Gilliam leads the office that handles all real estate transactions and vital records, such as births, deaths and marriages. […]

What happened this week? The Rotary Club of Wake Forest met Monday, 10.19.2020, both in-person and on Zoom at The Forks Cafeteria in downtown Wake Forest.  President Karlene Turrentine opened the meeting with a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance.   Announcements […]

What happened this week? Wake Forest Rotarians met online and in-person on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at The Forks Cafeteria.  President-elect Mark Vasconcellos opened the 7 p.m. meeting and Rev. Dr. Marion Holloway gave the invocation.   Mark recognized guest […]

President Karlene Turrentine welcomed the Hon. Paul Martin Newby, serving the NC Supreme Court since 2004 and currently running for the position of Chief Justice.  He told members that he too had joined Rotary in his early career and complimented […]

Observing that October is Polio Plus Month and Oct. 24 is Polio Plus Day,  Randy Lickey, Polio Plus chair for D7710, updated members about this project which he described as the “largest public/private health initiative in history.” Launched in 1985, […]

What happened this week? The Rotary Club of Wake Forest met Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, at The Forks both online and in person.  Rev. Ken Steigler, having returned from his annual summer retreat to New England, gave the prayer.  President […]

What happened this week? What a meeting we had!  Along with our guest speaker, we were very happy to welcome our own Mayor Vivian Jones and Town Commissioner Liz  Simpers, as well as Andre & Judah Turrentine as guests joined […]

NC Court of Appeals Judge Reuben Young joined us in person to discuss the state of the judiciary and access to justice.  He first described the kinds of cases the Court of Appeals decides and further described how the Court […]