Log Cabin Day 2022 Volunteers

Schedule

Sun Jun 26 2022 at 10:00 am to 06:30 pm

Location

Palmer Park | Detroit, MI

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Log Cabin Day, a free, family-friendly festival presented by People for Palmer Park NEEDS VOLUNTEERS for setup, arts for kids, cleanup, etc
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Log Cabin Day & Ice Cream Social Returns to Palmer Park

DETROIT – Log Cabin Day, a free, family-friendly festival presented by People for Palmer Park, will celebrate history, music, dance, theater, storytelling, and art on Sunday, June 26 from 1-5 pm. VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED from about 10 AM to 6 PM (2-3 hours shifts, half-day, or all day) make this a successful event for the community. We need help with the arts and crafts, serving beer, serving ice cream, set up in the beginning, cleanup at the end, helping artists set up, etc.


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VOLUNTEER for LOG CABIN DAY!
Log Cabin Day — which coincides with National Log Cabin Day — will be held in the beautiful outdoor setting next to the historic Palmer Park Log Cabin, as well as inside the Log Cabin, overlooking Lake Frances.

Dressing-up in vintage attire and hats from the 1800s-early 1900s is encouraged. Palmer Park is located in northwest Detroit, just west of Woodward Avenue, between McNichols and Seven Mile Roads and bordered by Merrill Plaisance.

This beloved community event, held for the past decade, transforms the grounds of the Palmer Park Log Cabin with vibrancy, fun, and enrichment with a variety of activities and presenters, including:

  • Meet the 102nd USTA Black Civil War History Group;
  • Learn about the history of the Log Cabin and Palmer Park from our Mrs. Lizzie Palmer actress and friends;
  • Enjoy free homemade ice cream and frozen desserts from Motor City Brewing Works for the first 500;
  • Arts and crafts for all ages; make a mini-log cabin!
  • Readings by story tellers from the Association of Black Storytellers, including a special visit by Harriet Tubman, reenacted by one of the storytellers!
  • Quilting demonstrations and quilt display with April Shipp of Griot’s of Cloth;
  • Display of a collection of the historic, renown Gee’s Bend Alabama quilts;
  • Weaving demonstrations by Michael Daitch of Coat of Many Colors Weaver;
  • Spinning wheels and knitting demos
  • Musical theatre with Dreams Arts Company’s gifted youth performing excerpts from CInderella;
  • Country & Celtic Fiddling with Natcho, an ensemble of alumni from the Chelsea Home Orchestra.
  • The Wheelman on their penny farthings;
  • Food pop-up with the Pink Flamingo To Go and Qui-Qui's Edibles Specialty Hot Dogs.

Built in 1885 for Senator Thomas and Lizzie Merrill Palmer by the renowned architects George D. Mason and Zachariah Rice, Palmer Park’s extraordinary Log Cabin makes history come alive. The cabin, which looks like a rustic cabin on the outside and a Victorian-era home on the inside, was used by the Palmers as a place to host parties in what then was the countryside outside of pre-auto industry Detroit. The impressive landmark with new restoration, shimmering stain-glass windows, pocketdoors, and more is an enchanting testament to historic preservation.

Sen. Palmer donated the land to Detroit in 1897 with the stipulation that it always remain a park for the enjoyment of all. The cabin lay dormant for some four decades until People for Palmer Park and the City of Detroit successfully raised funds to restore it. Log Cabin Day celebrates the rebirth of the cabin and of Palmer Park. People for Palmer Park’s sponsors for this year’s event include City of Detroit Parks & Recreation Dept., City of Detroit General Services, Motor City Brewing Works, and Integrity Shows.

Located between McNichols and 7 Mile Roads and west of Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Palmer Park has been a treasured nature park and recreation site for more than 135 years.

PFPP is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization committed to the revitalization of Palmer Park. The group helps to organize free classes for yoga and t’ai chi, weekly bike rides, a walking group, tennis programs for children and adults, a community garden and gardening workshops, and more. For more information, visit peopleforpalmerpark.org


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Where is it happening?

Palmer Park, 910 Merrill Plaisance Street, Detroit, United States

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