CLINTON, IOWA (April 26, 2019) — The Felix Adler Children’s Discovery Center, "Clinton, Iowa's Children's Museum," is having a very busy May with many activities and events. Make May flowers for WOW Wednesday. Then, get into spring planting flowers on Funtime Friday. Each of these programs is free with regular museum admission or membership. And mark your calendars great upcoming events including: Great Give Day on May 9, and a Mother’s Day Event and Discovery Center Rummage Sale, both on May 11, and a Pizza Ranch Fundraiser Night on Monday, May 20, 5-7PM. Please note that the Discovery Center will be closed on Sunday, May 12, for Mother’s Day.
Sundays with Miss Jean
Sundays with Miss Jean, is Sunday, April 28, 2-5PM. She is here on the second and fourth Sunday afternoons of each month, and you can join her for juggling, chess, and logic-puzzles. She teaches beginning-chess to all, from pre-schoolers through adult, or she will play a strategic game with an opponent to match their skill-level. Additionally, she loves to juggle and can teach anyone of any age to become a successful juggler. Also, Sweeney has on hand three large cases of logic-puzzles, construction-materials, and hands-on brain-teasers to fascinate any age. She can teach anyone; all ages and abilities are welcome.
WOW Wednesday
Wednesday, May 1, 2-5PM, is a WOW Wednesday at the Discovery Center, sponsored by US Bank Foundation. Stop by the big, red "Please Touch Table" for a May flowers craft. Create something new and beautiful from an everyday item.
WOW Wednesday is perfect for school-aged kids and their families and is a great activity for a school-break, early-out, and home-schoolers. WOW Wednesday is drop in with no pre-registration required — it is an enrichment program with no extra class-fee.
Miss Jean is also here every WOW Wednesday.
Funtime Friday
Friday, May 3, at 10AM, is Funtime Friday, sponsored by Clinton Kiwanis Club and Alliant Energy Foundation. Enjoy some literacy and then put your hands in the ground. You’ll be helping the Discovery Center plant flowers in the raised-bed and the planter-pots in front of the building.
As always, there will be a snack to go along. This popular program is designed for pre-schoolers and their grown-ups, although all-age children are welcome anytime, especially during school-breaks.
Great Give Day
Mark your calendar for Great Give Day, on Thursday, May 9. This on-line day of giving is sponsored by the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque in cooperation with Clinton’s own local foundation River Bluff Community Foundation. Supporters are encouraged to help the Felix Adler Children’s Discovery Center grow their endowment fund. The museum’s endowment fund will support a strong children's museum, long into the future. Donors can pledge as little as $10, and gifts of $50 or more are eligible for the Endow Iowa Tax Credit. Giving is easy and all information can be found online at GreatGiveDay.org.
Those wishing to make a charitable donation to the Discovery Center’s endowment fund may do so now, with early-bird online-scheduling. In fact, your gift to the Felix Alder Children’s Discovery Center Endowment Fund can grow — it will be matched dollar-to-dollar and doubled. This is thanks to $10,000, given by a local anonymous donor, who wants their money used to match donations to local-endowment funds. These matching funds are available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Please make your donation early before matching-funds are gone.
An endowment fund is important because it is a resource for the future that will support the Discovery Center’s mission that Clinton area families have a place to learn together through play for many years to come.
Please go to the Great Give Day website and pledge your support of “Clinton, Iowa’s Children’s Museum.”
Rummage Sale
On Saturday, May 11, the Discovery Center is holding a rummage sale, 10AM-4PM. Drop by and have a look at the great deals in the Discovery Center parking-lot. You'll receive a FREE admission pass with your purchase. All proceeds will benefit Clinton's non-profit children's museum and support our many programs and special events. The Discovery Center is also looking for items to add to the rummage sale. If you would like to donate any item, please contact Andy at 563-468-7108.
Celebrate Moms
On Saturday, May 11, 11AM-1PM, plan to come make a beautiful Mother’s Day card for your wonderful mom. A creative, colorful creation-station will be available for you.
Closed for Mother’s Day
On Sunday, May 12, the Discovery Center will be closed for Mother’s Day. They will reopen and resume regular hours on Wednesday, May 15.
Pizza Ranch Fundraiser Night
On Monday, May 20, 5-8PM, make your dinner plans at the local Pizza Ranch. This fundraiser is to benefit your local children’s museum. Volunteers from the Discovery Center will be at Pizza Ranch waiting tables, earning tips, and helping you have a fun, friendly evening dinner. This fundraiser is to help keep the non-profit children’s museum around for many years of teaching families to grow and learn through fun and play.
The Discovery Center is located at 332 8th Avenue South in downtown Clinton, Iowa, at the foot of the US 30 Bridge over the mighty Mississippi — where the Lincoln Highway meets the Great River Road. They are open Wednesdays through Saturdays, 9:30AM-5PM, and Sundays, 12:30-5PM. Museum-admission is $4 per person ages two to 64, $3 per person ages 65 and older, free for children one and younger, and free for members of the children's museum.
The Felix Adler Children's Discovery Center is a non-profit children's museum whose mission is to provide a safe and positive environment for families to discover the world by exploring arts, culture, literacy, and science through educational programs and interactive exhibits.
For more information on the children's museum and its many programs, contact them at (563) 243-3600, email info@adlerdiscoverycenter.org, or message them on Facebook at Felix Adler Children’s Discovery Center.
