Wellness starts here! 🚲 Walking or biking to school isn’t just good for the body—it helps kids stay focused, healthy and ready to learn. #DidYouKnow… ✅ Kids who walk, bike, or roll to school are 30–40% more active as adults. ✅ Just a 15-minute walk each way helps kids reach their daily exercise goals. ✅ Walking to school is linked to improved academic performance! Join families across #WakeCounty on Oct. 8 for Walk & Roll to School Day and help your child build healthy habits that last a lifeti

Despite the crisp fall mornings, falling leaves and shorter days, Joanne Wetzel never misses a day at WakeGov Pets: Wake County Animal Center, taking photos of our pets and making sure they’re represented in the best possible light. 📷 🐾 A dedicated long-time volunteer, Joanne is an essential part of our team. After all that hard work, she hopes her photos will touch hearts and inspire people to open their homes to another furry friend. While Joanne runs Five Freedoms Photography: Raleigh Pet P

WATCH LIVE: Wake County Homeless Memorial. Some names are never spoken out loud. Some stories end quietly, in the cold or in a shelter bed, with no family to hold vigil. In Wake County, dozens of people died this year while experiencing homelessness or after having lived through it. Their absence leaves a mark on our community whether we see it or not. | Wake County Government