2022 Wake Forest Cares Holiday Donation Drive is underway

Monday, November 21, 2022 - 3:19pm

The 2022 Wake Forest Cares Holiday Donation Drive is underway. As part of this year’s effort, area residents and businesses can contribute online at www.wakeforestnc.gov/wake-forest-cares to one or more of the following initiatives:

  • Helping Others by Providing Electricity (HOPE)

  • Northern Community Food Security Team

  • Shop with a Cop

  • Wake Forest Firefighters Foundation

  • Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Scholarship Program

These programs are addressing specific needs in our community, including hunger, home lighting and heating, youth health and fitness, and providing joy and hope during the holiday season and beyond. The Wake Forest Cares Holiday Donation Drive is an opportunity to demonstrate the community’s support for these important efforts.

In addition to online donations, checks are accepted and should be made payable to Town of Wake Forest (include “Wake Forest Cares” in the memo line), then mailed to Town of Wake Forest, 301 S. Brooks St., Wake Forest, NC 27587.

Donations will be accepted through Saturday, Dec. 31, and may be designated to more than one initiative. Donations to more than one cause will be distributed evenly unless otherwise noted on the online donation form. So, for example, a $50 donation to two causes would result in each receiving $25. One hundred percent of all contributions will be directed to the designated organization(s)/initiative(s). 

Every person, family, business, and community organization that donates to Wake Forest Cares will receive a Wake Forest Cares certificate. All who donate are invited to share photos of themselves and/or their representatives holding their certificates through the online form on our website at www.wakeforestnc.gov/wake-forest-cares.

Through the end of 2022, the Town will recognize contributors by posting their pictures on the Town of Wake Forest Facebook page and the Wake Forest Cares online photo gallery. We also invite you to post your pictures on social media and use the hashtag #WakeForestCares. For more information or to donate online, visit www.wakeforestnc.gov/wake-forest-cares.