Support Kidzu Children's Museum
“Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.” - Fred Rogers
A message to our Kidzu Children’s Museum community:
A water main broke at University Place late Friday, August 23rd, while the museum was closed. The break caused severe flooding in the museum with irreparable damage to our space. Our incredible team rushed in before dawn Saturday morning to start the clean up process and we are salvaging everything we can. We are grateful to the fire department and others who helped throughout the night.
In typical incredible Kidzu fashion, even while we were cleaning up the flood inside the museum, our staff facilitated an already planned event outside the museum for hundreds of Ukrainian immigrant and refugee families as they celebrated Ukrainian Independence Day together. Even while we continue damage assessment and clean up, staff from The Nest is in our garden hosting our first session of Supported Playgroups with the Orange County Partnership for Young Children, WIC, and UNC. In our greatest time of crisis, we were proud to still be able to provide learning opportunities, support, and celebration space for our community.
In the coming days, we’re going to need the support of our community. While our University Place location will be closed for the foreseeable future, crippling our ability to generate revenue, we have plans to be able to continue our incredibly important programming almost immediately and will share that information in the coming days.
In the meantime, we appreciate your understanding and patience, and ask you to reach into your hearts and wallets and help us recover as quickly as possible.
Captured amongst the damage inside the museum, a single goldfish cracker with its playful smile, sits resiliently on irreparable wood floors.
Since 2006, Kidzu Children’s Museum has nurtured the creativity and confidence of thousands of area children. We are counting on donations from friends like you who understand the important role Kidzu plays in the lives of so many children. We hope you’ll consider making a contribution to help Kidzu provide access to play and educational activities for our community. Your donation is a gift that goes beyond Kidzu’s doors. Thank you for your participation.
**Kidzu is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent the law allows.
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Kidzu Children’s Museum, 201 S. Estes Drive (University Place), Suite A9, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
