Making Magnolia Blossom is inviting the community to join in on a “Second Saturday” kick-off event from 9 a.m. to noon on May 9, in which litter will be picked up in preparation for the Blossom Festival.
On the second Saturday of every month, MMB will meet volunteers at 9 a.m. at the corner of Union and Jackson Streets, and then all will go out to tackle specific projects in the city. Each month different tasks at different locations will be completed, from trash pickup to light landscaping to small paint projects.
Making Magnolia Blossom (MMB) has hosted two Big Splash cleanup events that have helped transform our Main Street and downtown.
The first, a kick-off event on October 25, garnered more than 500 volunteers from Magnolia and Southern Arkansas University. Projects big and small were completed, with spotlight areas including the painting of two historic buildings near Dudney and Main and the addition of landscaping plots around Columbia Shopping Center.
More recently on April 11, around 100 volunteers came out to clean up and paint around downtown. A dramatic transformation took place at the historic service station at Main and Pine.
MMB, a community organization established at SAU in 2014, is geared toward spurring community involvement and economic development in Magnolia. To sign up for email updates from Making Magnolia Blossom to keep up-to-date on volunteer opportunities, enter your email address at www.MagnoliaBlossom.org or call SAU Community Involvement Coordinator Deana Taylor at 870-235-4922.
