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Sunday, January 24
The Children's Discovery Museum is open to the public at no charge from noon until 4:00 pm, courtesy of the Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Kinsmen Free Day is the 4th
Sunday of each month.
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Congratulations
Darlene!
We are so excited for our board member, Darlene Brander as she takes on a new role as Chair of the Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners.
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Museum Notices:
School group visits:
Reminder that we reserve Mondays and Tuesdays for bookings, but will be open to the public if there are no bookings.
Please check the museum's online calendar for closures due to group bookings.
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January 27, February 3, 10, 24 - Romp 'n' READ morning program - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
January 24 - Kinsmen FREE day
January 28 - Kids on the Block Puppet Show - 10:00 am
February 7 - Booth at the Heritage Festival of Saskatoon - 12:00pm - 4:00pm - Western Development Museum
February 9 - Annual General Meeting - 7:00pm at the Museum
February 15 - Family Day - Museum Open 12:00pm - 4:00pm
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Kid Quotes:
"I recorded a song - it's called "Once there was a little fish"
-Boy aged 5 playing on the stage
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Did you know -
Just like fingerprints, your tongue also has a unique print!
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Director of Development
Manager
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| Upcoming in February - Messy fingers handprint art |
Kid Approved
Capital Campaign
We are very excited to announce that we officially launched our Kid Approved Capital Campaign on January 11, 2016!!
Our goal is $10M, and with your help, we will be transforming the Mendel building into an amazing state-of-the-art children's museum for our community!
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The Children's Discovery Museum Board of Directors and Campaign Leadership Team are showing their commitment to the Kid Approved Campaign by sharing their time, talent and treasure.
On behalf of future explorers of the fun, interactive museum, thank you to this group for committing $234,739 to the capital campaign! Campaign Leadership members include (left to right): Back Row - Lesley McGilp, Lyndi Dyck, Ranga Ranganathan, Debbie Morozoff, Cass Cozens, Sean Sinclair, Joni Rynsburger-Rathwell, Amanda Sawlor, Judy McConachie, Shannon Harnett. Front Row - Mouna Karam, Christine Magneson, Darlene Brander, Erica Bird, Robin Chapman, Dave Hunchak, Jaki French. Not Shown: Bryan Leverick, Danielle Tochor, Jim Hutch.
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Kids have BIG IDEAS
We asked kids in the community, what they would like to see in the new Children's Discovery Museum - here are some of their ideas.
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Heritage Festival of Saskatoon 
Come visit us in Boomtown for the 2016 Heritage Festival of Saskatoon! This year's theme is Entertaining Saskatoon - can't wait to see what will be happening!
Sunday, February 7 - 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Western Development Museum
2610 Lorne Avenue, Saskatoon
Free Admission
For more information, and to see a list of events, demonstrations and other exhibitors, click here. |
Fundraising Opportunities 
Are you interested in helping us with fundraising for the new museum?
If you would like to learn more about our capital campaign and how you, your friends, family or workplace can get involved with raising funds - contact our Director of Development, Shannon to ask about our "Milk and Cookie Nights" at the museum!
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Save the date
Children's Discovery Museum
Annual General Meeting
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 7:00 pm
Children's Discovery Museum
116-2325 Preston Ave S (Market Mall)
Everyone is welcome! We need the support of the community to reach our future goals, so please consider adding your voice. We look forward to seeing you at the AGM. Thank you for your support! |
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