On March 6 Fuquay-Varina, will be 100 years old and to celebrate this milestone many activities have been planned for the actual date, as well as throughout 2009.

In order of their founding, local churches will toll their bells twenty times each in fifteen-minute intervals beginning at 11:00 am on Friday, March 6. Since Piney Grove Baptist Church is the oldest church in the area, their bells will toll first, followed by Wake Chapel Christian Church, First United Methodist Church and Fuquay-Varina United Methodist Church. The final bell tolls will be led by the Fuquay-Varina Presbyterian Church but rung simultaneously by all the above churches including St. Bernadette's Catholic Church. School children and local citizens with hand bells will chime in for the last bell ringing at noon, so you should hear them all over Fuquay-Varina!

Town Officials will meet for a ceremony at noon at Centennial Square, the new parking lot and park located at the corner of Main and Academy Street. Everyone is invited to attend.

Businesses in the historic downtown areas on and around Main and Broad Streets will have historic displays in their windows, stores and lobbies. Make sure to stop in and see a bit of Fuquay-Varina's 100 years of history. While you are there, make sure to have a piece of birthday cake. Most stores and businesses in the downtown area will serve birthday cake on Friday, March 6 to customers in celebration of this momentous occasion that happens only every 100 years!

Even our Fuquay-Varina schools will be celebrating our Town's birthday on Friday, March 6. Classes will be participating in local history study, hosting guest speakers, viewing historic photos and enjoying birthday cake for lunch. When you send your child off to school on March 6, make sure they know it is a special day in our Town's history!

On March 13-28, the Fuquay-Varina Revitalization Association will host the Hunt 100, a historical scavenger hunt. The clues will lead you to historical photos placed throughout downtown Fuquay-Varina. Answer the clues, collect the stamps and be entered to win one of three $100 downtown gift certificates. You may just have a lot of fun and in the process learn a lot about Fuquay-Varina's history! Look for a full page ad in the Fuquay-Varina Independent on March 11. Game pieces will be available on www.fuquay-varinadowntown.com.

Make sure you participate in some small way on March 6 or in 2009 in the Town's 100th Birthday Celebration.