Wake Forest Cares Holiday Kickoff
2024 Wake Forest Cares Holiday Kick-Off
Saturday, Nov. 16 | Noon-4 pm
Downtown Wake Forest
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, from noon-4 p.m. in downtown Wake Forest!
Free and open to everyone, our Holiday Kick-Off will offer a slew of activities 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!
You will also have the chance to learn more about several Wake Forest Cares initiatives and how they are making a positive difference in our community.
While enjoying the kick-off, you are invited to Experience Downtown Wake Forest and all that it has to offer. We hope you will shop small and support local this holiday season.
Food
Food and refreshments will be available for purchase at multiple downtown restaurants.
In addition, several food and dessert vendors are scheduled to participate in this year's Wake Forest Cares Holiday Kick-Off including: La Katrina Tacos, Kono Pizza, Ultimate Eggrolls and Dusty Donuts.
Wake Forest Cares Holiday Donation Drive
In addition to ringing in the holiday season, the Wake Forest Cares Holiday Kick-Off will signal the start of our 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 initiatives: 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.
Carolina Hurricanes
The Carolina Hurricanes will be onsite at the Wake Forest Cares Holiday Kick-off with their Storm Tour mobile fan experience and Slapshot booth!
Slapshot Booth
The Carolina Hurricanes Slapshot booth provides fun for the entire family! Think you have what it takes to score on Carolina Hurricanes Hall of Famer Cam Ward? Come test your hockey skills at the slapshot booth and see how many times you can get the puck in the targets!
Storm Tour Mobile Fan Experience
The Storm Tour is an exclusive 28-foot mobile fan experience full of interactive Canes exhibits, history, and photo opportunities.
Experience the team like never before! The Storm Tour: A Carolina Hurricanes Experience gives fans the opportunity to suit up like a Canes player, find out what it is like to sit in the locker room before puck drop, take a photo with the replica 2005-06 Stanley Cup trophy and more!
Storm Tour elements include:
Canes Locker Room Photo Opportunity
Canes Uniform AR Mirror Photo Opportunity
2005-06 Replica Stanley Cup Trophy
Interactive touchscreen technology with fun games and team history
Canes Branded Giveaways
Parking
Free parking will be available along several side streets and parking lots throughout downtown Wake Forest and beyond. Please note: some parking lots may appear to be public, when in fact they are private. Read all signage in the parking lot to determine what type of lot you are using. Private lots are intended for business patrons only. Public lots that are open to attendees will be clearly marked.
Your best option is to take advantage of the free parking at the Northern Wake Senior Center or Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS) has graciously made available in several campus lots. All of these lots are well with-in a 15-minute walk of South White Street.
Click the image to the right to view permitted parking in the following areas of downtown and SEBTS:
lots between South Main Street and South College Street
lot behind Carson Hall
lot on Wingate Street
lots at Stadium Drive and Rock Spring Road
Accessible Parking is available in the Town Hall Parking Lot located at 301 South Brooks Street from 11am-4pm.
Street Closures - Saturday, Nov. 16
The portion of South White Street from Elm Avenue to Jones Avenue will close at 9 a.m.
East Owen Avenue will also close at 9 a.m.
Anna Bolton
Marketing & Business Relations Specialist
919-435-9422
