Clinton Area Chamber Of Commerce issued the following announcement on Nov. 23.
The Felix Adler Children's Discovery Center, "Clinton, Iowa's Children's Museum!” will offer traditional holiday activities done while observing the new way to stay safe and play. They will be open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of this Thanksgiving weekend. The week will begin with a Pizza Hut fundraising night, Tuesday, November 24.
Pizza Hut Fundraising Night: Tuesday, November 24
Pizza Hut on North Second Street, in Clinton, will hold a fundraising night for the non-profit children’s museum this Tuesday, from 5 to 7 p.m., and the public is encouraged to eat good food for a good cause.
Customers can order pizza for delivery or carry out.. Carry out service is particularly easy for customers as Pizza Hut employees bring the pizzas out to the customers’ cars for convenience. The Discovery Center will receive 20% of everything sold during the two-hour fundraiser.
Funtime Friday November 27: Getting Ready for Santa
This week on Friday, November 27, children and their families can help the Discovery Center get ready for Santa’s visit on the following day. A tree will need to be trimmed and a holiday story enjoyed. The program begins promptly at 10:30 a.m.
Funtime Friday is the Discovery Center’s long-running morning program for young children and their caregivers. It is literacy-based and designed to support the developmental needs and school success skills of young children, although all ages are always welcome. Each week brings a different theme which is explored through reading a story book and engaging in related hands-on activities. Weekly activities are different and varied and might include music, dance and movement, science experiments and demonstrations, holiday and cultural fun, arts and craft creations, guest presenters, biology and nature, guided exploration throughout the children’s museum, and others.
The programs require no advance registration and participation is free with regular museum admission. Families participating will be socially distanced and masks are required.
Saturday Morning: A Visit With Santa Sponsored by Krumpets
A Visit With Santa will be held on Saturday, November 28, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The event is sponsored by long-time business supporter Krumpets Bakery & Café.
The event will include adjusted aspects in order to provide safety and minimal risk. Santa’s “house” at the Discovery Center will still be decorated to the nines with a giant tree, lighted garlands overhead, and a glittering backdrop. This year, an oversized stone fireplace will provide the perfect focal point for a distanced visit. Santa will sit in his chair on one side of the fireplace, and children can sit in a second large chair on the other side of the fireplace. The setting will be perfect for photo opportunities so plan to bring a camera.
Each child will be given a wrapped Krumpets cookie to take home, instead of the usual on-site milk and cookies.
This event requires no advance registration and is free with regular museum admission.
Saturday Afternoon: Saturday Special Program -- Holiday Keepsakes
Saturday Special is held every Saturday afternoon, from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. This Saturday, November 28,
a holiday ornament crafting time. Children and families can get artistic together and make easy ornaments to keep or give as gifts. All materials will be provided.
The Saturday Special program requires no advance registration and participation is free with regular museum admission. The program is geared for school-aged children and their grown-ups although all ages are always welcome. Each week presents an opportunity for hands-on learning with topics including science demos, art techniques, engineering challenges, musical exploration, games, cultural topics, and much more.
Families participating will be socially distanced and masks are required.
New Hours & New Way to Stay Safe and Play
The Discovery Center is open adjusted hours and is following a procedure for “the new way to stay safe and play.” Hours are Fridays and Saturdays with a morning play period from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and an afternoon play period from 2:30 to 5 p.m. The mid-day closure is a time for museum staff to sanitize and disinfect all surfaces and to replace all toys and costumes.
On Sundays, the Discovery Center is open for an afternoon play period from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Toy rotation, sanitizing and disinfecting is done again at the end of each day.
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.
Face masks are required for everyone ages two and older. Guests may wear their own masks or they may get one at the Discovery Center. Disposable masks are available for purchase for $1. If cloth face masks are preferred, they are available to rent for $1. The cloth masks were hand-sewn for the Discovery Center by the Clinton County Mask Task Force volunteers.
Guests are asked not to bring in food or snacks to be eaten during general playtimes. The only food allowed is for scheduled private parties held inside the closed party rooms.
Also, as a precaution, members of the public who are experiencing fever, cough, shortness of breath, other coronavirus symptoms or who have been in contact with someone diagnosed with COVID-19, are asked not to enter the Discovery Center at this time.
The mission of the Felix Adler Children’s Discovery Center 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. They turn no one away based on inability to pay.
The Discovery Center is located at 332 8th Avenue South in downtown Clinton, Iowa, at the foot of the U.S. 30 Bridge over the mighty Mississippi – where the Lincoln Highway meets the Great River Road
Contact them at (563) 243-3600, email at info@adlerdiscoverycenter.org or message them on Facebook at FelixAdlerChildrensDiscoveryCenter.
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Source: Clinton Area Chamber Of Commerce
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