Barn-raising planned at Johnny Cash home

By - Associated Press - Sunday, November 30, 2014

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) - Hoping to collect money for a barn-raising at the site of the boyhood home of country music legend Johnny Cash, the Arkansas State University Alumni Association is planning an online fundraising campaign for Tuesday.

The campaign is scheduled for what is being called Giving Tuesday, with the association asking alumni, friends of the university and Johnny Cash fans to contribute.

Were trying to counteract the commercialism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday with Giving Tuesday, Elaine Poynter, director of annual giving at the A-State Alumni office, told the Jonesboro Sun (http://bit.ly/1B36baI). Its a chance for people to give back.

Arkansas States Heritage Sites program has overseen the renovation and restoration of the Historic Dyess Colony and the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home in northeastern Arkansas.

In the book Recollections by J. R. Cash, by Cashs daughter, Tara Cash Schwoebel, she said the barn - especially the hayloft - has sentimental value as a special place where her father liked being alone as a boy. Plans for the barn include an education center and a classroom for visiting school groups.

Using archival photographs as a guide, Poynter said the plan is to eventually add a chicken coop, a smokehouse and an outhouse at the site.

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Online: http://www.AstateAlumni.org/GivingTuesday

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