The Menard Home is Re-Opening...Soon!!!!

Good news everyone! We were told today that all the laid-off state employees are being recalled next week and that the historic sites will reopen shortly there after. Thank you all very much for your support, kind words and prayers that helped the home through some very dark months. We must now look forward and toward a brighter future and a renewed purpose for the home and for the volunteers.

We, the Friends of the Menard Home are still here and are still plugging away. We are still dedicating ourselves to making sure that the home is taken care of that we are doing everything that we can possibly do to alert people who hold positions of authority that the home is an important part of the history of not only this county, but also this state and this nation. We have been fighting this battle for over a year now to bring attention to the plight of this once grand home. We will continue to fight and draw attention when we can to the needs of the home, looking out for it's welfare and being watchdogs who will make the necessary noise to get the attention the home needs. Some may call us crazy...or worse, we choose to say we are passionate, but we will not stop until the home is properly taken care of.

We are already starting to work on plans to host another Garden Walk this year, please stay tuned for more information on this event, as well as many others and an opening date for the Menard Home.