Happenings

ANEWGO, a Holly Springs-based real estate technology company, recently launched anewgo.com, a marketplace designed specifically for new construction, where home buyers can search across local builders for new homes with their desired features, design and compare homes, and eventually reserve them online. NC listings include 20 builders across 54 cities and 123 communities. anewgo.com

On Nov. 5, CONCERT SINGERS OF CARY kicked off their first concert of the season with American Triptych by Jake Runestad, an award-winning artist and 2020 Grammy nominee. The rest of the program featured American music, including favorite hymns and folk songs, and selected works by Black American composers. concertsingers.org

True REST Float Spa

offered free float therapy to 588 veterans on Veterans Day to honor those who have sacrificed so much while serving in the US military.

The White Oak Foundation, Inc. in Apex

hosted a community-wide health and wellness event on Dec. 17 at White Oak Missionary Baptist Church, offering a variety of medical and dental screenings free of charge. wofnc.org

In December, STATE

EMPLOYEES’ CREDIT

UNION (SECU) held its first statewide Toy Drive to help spread good cheer to NC children and their families. SECU worked with charitable organizations across the state to ensure that all gifts were delivered to children in the communities where donated items were received. ncsecu.org

In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month in October, CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH in Cary

held a special worship service featuring a performance by the Triangle Alliance Chorus, a choir made up of adults with disabilities — their first performance since the start of the pandemic.

On Nov. 10–13, the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile rolled into the

Triangle on a coast-to-coast “weenie roast” and collected $5,137 for the Alzheimer’s Association of Raleigh in exchange for limited-edition Wienermobile swag.

Staples in Cary partnered with the Cary Chamber of

Commerce to host a National

Chamber Event in October, inviting media and local officials to view refreshed

locations and showcase their improved services, expanded product assortment, and new store amenities.

THE WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S, held in Raleigh at the end of October, was attended by more than 1,500 people and raised over $378,000 to fund Alzheimer’s care, support, and research programs. alz.org/nc

Internationally renowned visual teaching artist Gowri Savoor led a series of lanternmaking workshops starting in November in preparation for Cary’s second annual UNDER THE SILVER MOON LANTERN PARADE, scheduled for

Saturday, Jan. 14. Don’t miss it!

ARTISANS AT APEX, a weekly outdoor market held on Thursday afternoons from 4–7 p.m. at Beaver Creek Crossings, officially launched in October!

THE CARYING PLACE held its inaugural Journey Home Gala at the end of October with special guest speaker Rennie Curran, former NFL draft participant and executive director of the Game Changers Foundation. The Carying Place teaches life skills to homeless, working families with children and provides short-term housing and support. thecaryingplace.org

LEBOWSKIFEST RALEIGH 2023, benefiting Note in the Pocket and celebrating all things The Big Lebowski, will be held on Saturday, March 4, at Penny Lanes in Cary. Note in the Pocket is a Triangle-area charity that believes no child should be limited in their educational and social development because they do not have appropriate clothes for school. noteinthepocket.org

ERYCKA ANDERSON, owner

of TXV Studios, LLC, a video production company in Cary, held a private showing of her first short film, Duplicate, at Paragon Theatre Parkside Commons in Cary on Nov. 4. Produced in Raleigh, the film has won four film festivals and is streaming on UrbanFlix with submission into Sundance and Tribeca film festivals this winter.

Art for All, a mobile and

virtual nonprofit art studio, hosted its first

All Art’s Welcome Art Auction on Dec.

11, featuring visual arts and crafts made

locally in the Triangle. Art for All cultivates

community through art by providing arts

education and experience to all, regardless

The largest Hindu temple in North America was unveiled in Cary during Diwali — Sri Venkateswara

Temple of NC stands at 87 feet, with each tower telling a story of Indian mythology.

On Oct. 18, SAFEchild, the only organization in Wake County that offers a full range of child abuse prevention and intervention services to children

and families at no cost, broke ground on a new 20,000-square-foot facility in Raleigh that will triple its capacity over the next five years. safechildnc.org

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Rose & Lee Collective presented the first Apex Charity Fashion Show on Oct. 6, the first of its kind in Downtown Apex. Proceeds from the evening benefited Emi’s Enchanted Events, a local charity working to bring support and joy to children who are battling medical illness. roseandleeco.com

In November, FAMILY PROMISE OF WAKE COUNTY, a nonprofit

providing emergency shelter and stability to Wake County families experiencing temporary homelessness, celebrated the donation of a manufactured home by Clayton Homes to use for their transitional housing program. familypromisewakenc.org