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More than 60 Henderson High School students will be helping bring a little extra life to the Depot Grounds during this year’s Syrup Festival, volunteering their time to help operate attractions, welcome visitors and make possible something that hasn’t happened in nearly a decade. Thanks in large part to the student volunteers, several of the historic outbuildings on the Depot Grounds will be open to the public during the festival. Students will also assist the syrup-making team, operate the carousel and work in the festival T-shirt booth. “We couldn’t do it without these students,” said Karen Mobbs, volunteer coordinator for the Syrup Festival on the Depot Grounds and a former HHS teacher. For Mobbs, coordinating volunteers for the Depot Grounds has been one of her biggest tasks, and HHS students have stepped up in a big way. “The largest group of volunteers comes from the high school’s FFA program,” noted Mobbs.

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