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Dear Members and Friends of the Children’s Museum of Skagit County,
The year of 2022 has been a memorable one, filled with the return of celebrations, special events, thriving preschool and camps programs, exponential growth of the Help Me Grow Skagit Family Resource Center and a busy museum! It’s a joy to see so many delighted children and adults, especially on this last week of December. Hearing the voices of many languages in the museum reminds us of our ability to welcome and serve all children and families who walk through our doors. After nineteen years of operations, I am still inspired daily!
I am grateful for our steadfast, committed Board of Directors: Anna Holm, President; Vicki Aslett, Vice President; Maura Jurenka, Secretary; Tracy Duncan, Treasurer; Tracey Levine, Co-Founder; BJ Larson, DDS; Lynda Clements, PhD; Karen Beckner, Dawn Latimer, Dave Hillman and Lena Beamer. Thank you all for your time, talent and treasures. You are caring and wonderful people!
The staff at CMSC has had a very busy year! We’ve welcomed new members, and said farewell to several others, who remain part of the CMSC family. We’re going to be adding more about them next month, in our eblast and on our website. Emily, Kate, Jenny, Madison, Liz, Maddie, Jillian, Lauren, Alex, Alondra, Aoife, Kelly, Addie, Xiomara and Ayanna: thank you for all that you do to make the museum, programs, events and everything else happen. You are all an amazing team!
To the many, many businesses, individuals, foundations, and volunteers who support the museum, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts! We couldn’t run the organization, nor our many events without you. We’re also grateful for the many partner organizations, for together we make Skagit County a better place for children and families.
We’re already excited to be planning for 2023. We have some major grants that have come in, plus new programming that will be added in the new year. As always, we look forward to seeing you all in the museum.
On behalf of CMSC, we wish you all a very happy, healthy, and wonderful new year. May 2023 be filled with playful learning, hope and joy!
Cate L. Anderson, Executive Director
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Join us at the Museum for New Year's at Noon on December 31, 2022. Arrive by 11:45am for noisemakers, a countdown and Auld Lang Syne! 
Thank you to the Skagit Valley Food Coop, and all of you who shopped on December 23rd, during the 4% Friday that benefitted the Help Me Grow Skagit Family Resource Center. We just received a check for $3,088.00, which is fantastic!
We're grateful to the following individuals, businesses and foundations for their support, which helps our museum, programs and projects thrive!
Sheri Edson - In Honor of Aunt Joyce & In Honor of Tracey Levine's Birthday
John Wood
The Blackburn Family Foundation
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
Jerry & Marilyn Eisner
Tracey & Rick Levine
Linda Sanders - In Honor of HD Sanders
Ma & Pa Kettle Corn
Burlington Lions
Karen Beckner
Diane & Mark Studley
BJ Larson, DDS
Skagit Valley Unitarian Universalist Church
John &Terri Carlson
Brad Teter
Sue and Don Ney
TessaRose Petersen and Family
Janet Hansom
Hammond Family Fund
Sally Richendrfer
We also appreciate all of you who support donations that we receive via Amazon Smile, PayPal and Kroger/Fred Meyer.
Many thanks to the Pegan Family for the gifts from your BD Party at CMSC!
New Admission and Membership fees will begin on January 1, 2023. We're also adding a new membership for Museums for All-EBT cardholders. This is the first time we have increased our rates since August of 2019. Our expenses have increased dramatically over the past few years making an increase necessary.
Remember: Be sure to scroll all the way through our eBlast for upcoming events, articles, and community resources!
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Join us at 11:45am on Saturday, December 31st for New Year's @ Noon! We'll celebrate the dawning of 2023 with noisemakers, a countdown and singing Auld Lang Syne! This fun annual event is one you won't want to miss, and is graciously sponsored by
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Dec 31 - New Years @ Noon
Jan 1 - **Museum Closed**
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- The Museum is open to Members and Non-Members --> Click here for membership info
- Masks are no longer required in the Museum (except on Masked Up Monday)
- Click here for current hours
- By entering the Museum, visitors accept the health waiver and agree to follow the Visitor Code of Conduct
- **Unexpected closures due to weather or sickness may happen with no notice**
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Masked Up Monday Mornings is a weekly session that runs from 10am-12pm. Everyone in the museum will be required to wear a mask, to ensure the safety of visitors, and those who are medically fragile. Children under three, who are not able to mask, will not be able to attend this session. These sessions are made possible by generous support from the Nysether Family Foundation and the Skagit Community Foundation.
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● Help Me Grow - Skagit Family Resource Center is based at the Children's Museum of Skagit County and provides basic needs items, early learning kits & connections to other services. Call or text 360 230 9129 or visit HelpMeGrowSkagit.com.
● Skagit Perinatal Support's From Expecting to The Unexpected is a weekly, drop-in peer support group for the sometimes difficult transition to parenthood! This group addresses the ups and downs of the early parenting journey from pregnancy to postpartum. Meets Tuesdays from 12:30 to 1:30 PM from Sept. 20, 2022 through June 27, 2023 (no meeting Dec. 27, 2022) at the Children's Museum of Skagit County. Learn more here.
● United General Hospital Dist 304's LSPAN program has wonderful monthly newsletters, full of family resources! Check them out here.
● Burlington Healthy Communities Coalition has been bringing together youth and adults for over 30 years to support and promote healthy environments and opportunities for all youth to gain skills and receive positive recognition in order to prevent and reduce youth substance use. The BHCC is a partnership of schools, families, and community members representing the diversity of the broader Burlington area. Visit https://burlingtonhcc.org/ to learn more.
● Need help paying for childcare? The Emergency Child Care Voucher Program, supported by the Opportunity Council, might be able to help. Parents and caregivers can apply for temporary assistance to help pay for current or past due child care bills and to help alleviate financial crisis. Visit www.ccanorthwest.org/assistance or call (360) 603-0202 for more information.
● Need a COVID vaccine or test?
> Click here for information on COVID vaccines, testing sites and other important information from the Skagit County's website.
> Click here to check your eligibility for free at-home rapid tests from Washington State. |
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CMSC on YouTube
Sponsored by Banner Bank
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Learn about the Children's Museum, our role in the community and how you can support!
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Check out what our YouTube Channel has to offer! Put some Science Saturday into your holiday meals! Get moving and stretching with Ms. Jill's preschool yoga! See all the other cool channels we follow!
Click here to go to our channel!
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During the pandemic, CMSC Educators developed Activities@Home - instructions and supply lists are available in the Camps & Classes section of our website!
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