From a Cinco de Mayo festival to teen youth camps and adult softball leagues, Shreveport Public Assembly and Recreation (SPAR) offers a number of activities and events. It has released a schedule of all activities for 2013:

Starting about 9 a.m. on Thursday, the I-49 North Safety Coalition will hold a disaster drill on a closed section of the new Interstate 49 near Mira. The drill will simulate a major crash with mass casualties on the new Interstate.

Sections of the interstate are scheduled to open in the summer of 2013.

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society: Louisiana is looking for volunteers to help with Walk MS: Shreveport-Bossier City with presenting sponsor Pfizer.

On Saturday, April 6, more than 400 walkers are expected to walk and help raise the goal of $40,000. Funds raised will support programs and direct services for people with MS and their families in Louisiana and MS research to find a cure for this chronic disease of the central nervous system.