Mountain View, AR – Want to spend a day with family and friends and find out what is new at the Ozark Folk Center State Park? Join us for our Volunteer Cleanup Day on Saturday, March 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Bringing together the barn-raising spirit, spring fever and the spring cleaning urge, volunteers come from far and wide to help us put the finishing touch on our park before we open. We’ve had folks from Colorado, Maryland, Oregon and Louisiana chipping in to scrub walls, paint window and weed gardens right next to our neighbors from down the street.

Some of the projects are planned, like scrubbing the outside of every window in the village, hanging the pictures in the General Store, dusting the School House or planting the garden around some of the craft workshops. Others take stock of volunteer’s strengths like painting shop signs or rebuilding displays. Some volunteers run drinks, tools and messages to other helpers. Musicians who want to practice and warm up their acts after the long winter can perform on the outdoor stage and add energy to the event.

This is a chance for you to spend some time being part of the Ozark Folk Center State Park family. If you’ve never been to the Folk Center, this will be a chance to find out what it’s about and share in the start of a great new season. If you are a part of the Folk Center history, come and see what’s new and catch up on what’s happening this year.

We’ll have a potluck on the outdoor Picnic Pavilion at noon. Bring enough food to share and your own plates and utensils. The Ozark Folk Center isn’t open during this event, we open officially April 1. So if you’re looking for top quality music shows and crafters taking the time to demonstrate their crafts, wait a few more days. But if you want to come be a part of the community spirit that the Center was founded to preserve and perpetuate, join us on March 28 for Volunteer Cleanup Day.

Volunteers will meet at the beginning of the day and sign in the Homespun Gift Shop. To sign up for a particular task, or for more information, call Jeanette at 870-269-3851 or email Jeanette.Larson@arkansas.gov.

The mission of Ozark Folk Center State Park is to perpetuate, present and promote the Ozark way of life in an educational and enjoyable manner; through craft demonstrations, musical programs, the Heritage Herb Garden, workshops and other special events. Visit the web site at www.ozarkfolkcenter.com for more information on classes, concerts and the Ozark way of life.