🌱 Wake Summer Meal Programs + Name Your Price Cat Adoptions

Raleigh NC

20 June, 2022

3:52 PM

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Happy Summer Solstice Raleigh! First, today's weather: Times of clouds and sun. High: 86 Low: 63. 🏡 Attention, real estate pros in Raleigh! We're now offering an exclusive sponsorship opportunity for an agent interested in attracting local clients and standing apart from the competition. Click here to learn more. Here are the top five stories in Raleigh today: Wake County is offering various summer meal programs that will provide free food for children during the summer. The meal sites will serve children and teenagers under the age of 18, regardless of Wake County school enrollment status. The sites began operation Monday, and meals must be eaten on site. To find a location parents can search online or text "FOOD" or "COMIDA" to 304-304. (WRAL)The Wake County Animal Center is offering a "Name Your Price" cat adoption process that will run through the rest of the month. During the summer, Wake County Animal Center gets an influx of adoptable pets. Wake County Commissioner Vickie Adamson is asking the community to step up to provide forever homes. City officials are also encouraging pet owners to have their cats spayed or neutered to help reduce the number of cats at the shelter. (CBS17)The Natural Capital Exchange (NCX) is working to connect companies that are aiming to reduce their carbon footprint, and now it is partnering with NC State. NCX will be working with NC State's College of Natural Resources because of its good forestry program and its employees who are well respected in the forestry community. The partnership began in May 2021, and it has a contract lasting from July 2021 and June 2022. (The Technician)On Monday, Governor Roy Cooper confirmed via Twitter that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Cooper said in a video that his symptoms are mild thanks to vaccinations and boosters, and he is taking Paxlovid while working from home. (WAVY) This comes as Wake County is in the process of rolling out vaccines for children under 5 years old, and the first shipments reach North Carolina. (CBS17) To stay up-to-date with all Wake County COVID-19 information check in here. Help us make this newsletter better! We've been getting so much positive feedback about the Raleigh Daily that we're starting to get a big head. Want to bring us back down to earth with some constructive feedback? If so, take our simple — and quick! — reader survey. Your feedback will help us make sure we're covering the kind of local news, events and scuttlebutt you really care about. And it will help us toward our goal of being an indispensable local resource and the last email you'd ever unsubscribe from. We'd be so appreciative of your feedback that, if you take the survey, we'll enter your email address in a drawing for a small mountain of Patch swag. You know you want that tote bag — so click the link and give it to us straight. Thank you! Take the Survey 👉 Today in Raleigh: Breakfast Bingo at Chick-Fil-A Falls Village (9 - 10 a.m.)Team on Draft Raleigh Brewing Ride at Raleigh Brewing Company (5:50 - 7 p.m.)Music Bingo: Greenway Beer & Wine (6:30 - 8:30 p.m.), Mellow Mushroom Cary (7 - 9 p.m.), Doherty's Cary (8 - 10 p.m.)Trivia: Flying Saucer (7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.), Bottle Rev (7 - 9 p.m.), Pride Theme Craft Beer Cellar Cary (7 - 9 p.m.), Bass Lake Draft House Holly Springs (7 - 9 p.m.), The Parkway Tavern (7 - 10 p.m.), Hickory Tavern Morrisville (7:30 - 9:30 p.m.)North Carolina's Funniest: Preliminary Round at Goodnights Comedy (7:30 p.m.) From my notebook: Not only is today the Summer Solstice, it is also International Yoga Day. The town of Cary is hosting solstice yoga events, and the North Carolina Museum of Art is holding Solstice Sunset Yoga, a celebration of both! The North Carolina Department of Public Safety is looking for nurses and offering up to $5,000 in bonuses for nurses who come on board. (CBS17)Raleigh City Farm is celebrating the beginning of Pollinator Week with special pollinator facts and expanded Farmstand offerings on Wednesday. (RCF Instagram)You could win free coffee for a year if you are one of the first 50 guests at Dunkin' Donuts on High House Road at their grand opening tomorrow. (WRAL) More from our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! Events: One-of-A-Kind Meerkat Experience Coming To The Streets at Southpoint (June 28) Add your event You're all caught up for today! See you all tomorrow for another update. — CJ Fullford Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Raleigh Daily? Contact me at [email protected]