Ruthven Bridge for an aerial photograph, will begin at 10:15 a.m. “Walk up and say you want to volunteer and you’re good.”īridge Bash’s annual Hope Ceremony, where participants spell out the word “hope” on the R.M. “The packaging is under a large, white tent just inside the main entrance,” Quick said. Would-be volunteers can register for a shift at the Food Bank’s website, or sign up at the event Saturday. What always gets to me is to see families with little kids volunteer, and the kids are standing on chairs or stools, trying to reach the table. “Sometimes they get a little competitive, but it’s all in good fun. “We have churches, schools and civic groups all packing meals,” Quick said. Over 850 volunteers are involved with the event, with 600 packaging meals in shifts at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m. ![]() “We want to do some good while having some fun.” “Our goal is to repeat what we did last year,” Quick said. The 2015 Bridge Bash raised enough money to provide 500,000 meals and volunteers packaged 100,000 meals on site that day. Stuart, a Mississippi native whose commercial success includes the hits “Hillbilly Rock,” “This One’s Gonna Hurt You,” and the Travis Tritt duet “The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’,” will take the main stage at 5 p.m. “We’ve had calls from Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri and Texas asking when Marty Stuart is going to perform.” “I think everyone is getting excited, the closer we get to Saturday,” said Jeff Quick, the chief executive officer of the North Central Arkansas Food Bank. The day-long event benefits the Food Bank of North Central Arkansas in Norfork and features four shifts of volunteers packaging 100,000 meals to be distributed to those in need. Marty Stuart will cap a day of festivities when he headlines the sixth annual Bridge Bash event at Cotter’s Big Spring Park on Saturday. ![]() A five-time Grammy-winning singer and songwriter will lend his unique fusion of traditional country, rockabilly and folk music to a good cause Saturday evening.
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