Hint: Google Photos lets you view an album as a slideshow.
+Select a link below to open the desired photo album.
+Then, look for and select the triple vertical dots in the top right corner - 
+Select the menu option for "Slideshow".
The community website has a
photo album function, but it has several weaknesses and it is not currently used.
- 2025 -
Many thanks to Cynthia Rizzo who put together a beautiful program on Wednesday evening for us to start the Holiday season by remembering our loved ones. Laurie again brought her special talent to us and Karen Zack captured a sound clip for those who could not attend.
The Villas peeps all stepped up and contributed by reading, and participating in so many way. The facilities crew worked so hard to set the stage along with a “big thank you” to Nancy Brooks and Kathy Holland who set so many luminaries in place. Private donations have funded this event for several years and your generosity is so appreciated.
Photo credits to Karen Zack and Barbara Lyon.
2025-11-11 Al Zack Honored as Outstanding Veteran
On Veteran’s Day, our friend and neighbor, Al Zack was awarded the Quilt of Valor at the Wake Forest Veteran’s Memorial Ceremony. This award goes to living Veterans touched by war. Al served as a Marine two tours in Viet Nam and continues to serve volunteering with the Wake Forest VFW. Congratulations Al!
On such a chilly day there was plenty of warmth in the Clubhouse yesterday as we honored our Veterans. Susan made Chili and with Chic fila sponsorship, it was a great lunch. Lots of helping hands under Karen Zack’s continued leadership on this event. Now enjoy Marti’s pictures!
Many thanks to Carol Noble, despite the technical difficulties, found a way to entertain and challenge our minds.
Many thanks to Terry Pike and Crew for another amazing Ice Cream Social. To the facilities guys for setting the stage and to Marti for the great photos attached to this message!
Thanks to all who helped to stage, serve, clean-up, snap photos and worked so hard.
Many thanks to Pat Ellis who worked with Britt travel to launch our first bus trip! We look forward to what Pat may plan for us in 2026. Kathee and the Social Committee
Thanks to Kathy Holland who was a busy bee snapping these photos. As usual Carol Noble presented an “all you need to know” program. We found out that we aren’t very bright “bees”. The photos of Carol gives you an idea of the fun we all had.
Many thanks to all who set up, cleaned up, chef and bakers, photos (Marti), and entertainment (Carol Noble and Rich Pike).
Thank you Linda Coffey for choosing great restaurants and for organizing our group.
The audience roared for Carol Noble’s creative genius as again she continues to entertain us and enrich our lives here.
So the winners are: Best Overall Susan Hoekstra, Best Dessert Sandy Fore and Spiciest Sandra Manning, Best Other Than Red Shirley Thompson, Hotest Diane Spear. Shirley Thompson and Sandra Manning tied for Best Decorated.
What an amazing send off Kathy Holland and crew organized for us yesterday. Many thanks to that team of volunteers who created the event in honor of Nadine.
- 2024 -
Many thanks to Pat and Lessie Pearce for hosting a beautiful Christmas Day Luncheon for residents yesterday! A lovely menu of smoked ham and turkey complimented by several side dishes was enjoyed by all who attended. Photo credits go to Marti Spaker, thanks Marti. -- Kathee and the Social Committee
Many thanks to Cynthia Rizzo for her work on last night’s program. It was beautiful. And to team of residents who set the stage. Laurie again didn’t disappoint so listen to her on the videos with these photos. Cynthia’s selection of readings for the candle lighting ceremony were perfect and those that read did a fine job.
The stars twinkled too!
Kathee and the Social Committee
Sometimes it all just comes together! Many thanks to all who assisted in making this a perfect day. These photos have been submitted by Woody Woodard, Cynthia Rizzo and Marti Spaker and there will be more added as they come in. Most loved this year was our pianist Bernardo Guzman. And of course Cannon Catering did their usual fine job.
Congratulations to the 13 winners of our gorgeous door-prizes created by our own Villas’ floral designers. — Kathee and the Social Committee
What a wonderful day we had yesterday to honor our Veterans. Many thanks to all who helped to make this so successful. Karen Zack is responsible for making this a year- after-year tradition so she deserves a salute too!
Halloween the day after didn’t disappoint! Thanks to Roy Summers the Villas jokester and talented Carol Noble for the entertainment. Again the Villas’ chefs put on a feast! Costume award winners Terry Pike, Cheryl and Paul Matala, Rich Pike and Beverly Caloggero!
Thanks to Marti for these wonderful photos. Many thanks to Chris and facilities guys for all the quick work setting up. Big kudos to my social committee and all others who worked so hard to make this happen. Happy Kathee
Many thanks to Terry Pike and crew for the biggest, most successful Ice Cream Social ever! It was so much fun and so yummy!
A big thank you to Marti for most of these photos!
And to all the Villas residents who worked so hard in the humidity, donated edibles, cleaned up, set up and made this special event happen.
-- Kathee and the Social Committee
Send any photos you wish to add to Bob Turnage
Special thanks to Karen Zack and Stephen Cannon (drone photos)
“A Party it Was” special thanks to all who helped, donate drinkables and edibles and made this an event to be remembered! Happy St. Pat’s Day!
- 2023 -
- Special thanks to Cynthia Rizzo in her creation of the candle lighting program and Pat Gillingham for her lettering of the luminaries (there were over 100 this year). And of course Laurie who is a true gift to this community.
- Thanks to Carol Noble the Chef and Roy Summers the Jokester for the entertainment!
- We had an event to remember with great food and costumes!
Kathee and the Social Committee
- What a beautiful evening at the Villas last night.
- Many thanks to the VFW for serving us.
Kathee and Social Committee
- Welcome Newcomers
- Thank You Volunteers
- Many thanks to Terry Pike, those that baked and those that helped.
- Al and facility guys set the unusual stage graced by:
- wonderful Laurie Gartland
- Ron Anderson
- Roy Summers
- Barney Ford
- About 95 Villas residents participated and managed not to get wet!
- A nice crowd of 32 steak loving men attended, and were treated like royalty by the Villas lady volunteers.
- The food was superior thanks to Terry Pike and Susan Hoekstra along with the Villas bakers.
- 2022 -
- Thanks for the entertainment, Carol Noble & Marvin Etheridge
- Many thanks to Karen Zack and Shirley Neal for coordinating the event
- A "thank you" to Terry Pike for the aquatic classes
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Florals were compliments of Wegmans and designed by Nadine with one very large vase from Frank Leech and daughter JoAnne.
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We celebrated Frank’s wife Maureen who brought the very first Tea to the Villas in 2015.
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Enjoy the photos, add more to the link, and please make comments on them if you wish.
- Fantastic food prepared by our Villas chefs and lots of laughs thanks to our entertainers Roy Summers and Carole Noble, made for a great pre-Hurricane party last night.
- Thanks to the chefs, set-up and clean-up crews, we had another great evening at the Villas of Wake Forest. Photo credits to Super volunteer Carole Noble.
- Thanks to Terry Pike and all that worked to make our Sundaes perfect!
- 2021 -
Great weather. Great food. Great gathering!!
Thanks VFW for making it a success!
Outside gathering.
Beautiful day... Beautiful people.
It was SO good...
Happiness is living at the Villas of Wake Forest
Combined with the Redneck BBQ Lab Food Truck
What a great evening!
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