Giving gifts is an important part of the holiday season, especially if those gifts help spread joy to numerous people! This year, in addition to finding the perfect present for mom, grandpa, or Fluffy, consider giving to someone in need through the Discovery Museum’s Holiday Giving Tree and Giving Tree Junior.
Attendees of our annual Morning with Santa event and $1,000 Holiday Shopping Spree Raffle Drawing on Saturday, Dec. 13, will get to be the first people to pick philanthropic ornaments off the giving trees. The “adult” tree will include such opportunities as volunteering at the museum, purchasing a Discovery Museum birthday party in someone’s honor, making a monetary donation to help with operational costs, or donating some much-needed supplies for our Creation Station and weekly programs. The “junior” tree for our smaller patrons will include fun ways for little ones to give, such as making a card for someone, helping mom or dad around the house, or giving someone a hug.
Items donated through the giving trees will help the Discovery Museum and its staff continue to provide affordable, accessible educational services to all families in our community. The trees will be up through the New Year, so stop by soon to pick out an ornament!
The Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum is at 705 S. McClelland St. in Santa Maria. We are open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.
For more information about the Holiday Giving Trees, Morning with Santa, or the $1,000 Holiday Shopping Spree Raffle, call the museum at 928-8414.
Amy Blasco, program director for the Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum, wrote this week’s Discovery Corner, a weekly column in the Sun highlighting events, science activities, and more. Send comments to discoverycorner@santamariasun.com.
This article appears in Dec 11-18, 2014.