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encourage Mississippi children to develop stronger science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills. One of the most important roles that the museum can play as we delve into our mission is to foster CELEBRATE EVERY DAY! children’s natural curiosity--encouraging them to seek out those seemingly, never-ending questions. In the pages of this issue of the PlayBook, you will Each day at the Mississippi Children’s Museum (MCM) during 2017, we will see how we are fulfilling this purpose to develop more focus and access to be celebrating national days of recognition…. Do you know when the National experiences that encourage important 21st century skills. Day of Robotics is, or how about Apple Day? Do you know there is a National Day of Chess? We will learn new things, explore new concepts, Please join us at the museum to build, count, create, and make discoveries and celebrate the joys of everyday life both large and small. every day for both our youngest visitors and for the adults who love them.

Speaking of questions, how do you think innovation and technology will Susan Garrard, Mississippi Children’s Museum President/CEO change our world in 2017? That is something we, at MCM, keep asking ourselves. As we try to anticipate the myriad of ways the world is changing,

we have planned new programs and activities which will promote and

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MCM-MERIDIAN REPORT 11 The future of Mississippi depends on its ability to boost ANNUAL & QUARTERLY DONORS 12-14 student performance in STEM subjects. A recent study from the Alliance for Science and Technology Research

FUTURE LOOK in America predicts an 8% increase in STEM-related 14 jobs in Mississippi between 2016 and 2025. Educational initiatives centering on STEM are vital to sustain this BY THE NUMBERS 15 economic growth, to keep Mississippi competitive in a global economy, and to create strong communities with MCM-TO-GO 16 diverse, accessible jobs. ,s Because of this, MCM sees a need to provide today students with a much earlier and stronger foundation in math and science than they receive in school alone. MCM is committed to giving children access to quality STEM-based experiences through innovative exhibits, engaging programs, and interactive special events. MCM seeks to foster early interest in STEM subjects while also helping children develop critical thinking and communication skills, creativity, and real-world problem solving.

In addition, MCM has worked to develop strong community partnerships with industry leaders throughout Mississippi to be able to connect children in tangible ways not just to the kinds of learning that they will need to be explore the successful in school, but also to help them multitude of STEM-related career possibilities that exist. This is important if we truly want children to be able to discover and achieve their potential and become the f lexible thinkers, adventurous explorers, and innovative doers we need in our 21st century world.

PUBLISHED BY 2016-17 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Olivia Host Mississippi Children’s Museum Hon. James E. Graves, Jr., Chairman Martin Jue Margaret Cupples Ashley Meena Design Director Kellye McMillan Donna Bruce Melanie Morgan Karen Bush Heidi Noel Editor & Writer Meemie Jackson Dr. Frederick Barr Sunny Sethi Photographer & Writer Lindsay McMurtray Bill Cooke Janet Spain Writer Chellese Hall Oleta Garrett Fitzgerald Design Assistant Marion Steckler John Fletcher EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Beth Hansen Susan Garrard, President/CEO Read more about these experiences on the next page!

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UNEXPECTED METHODS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

“We don’t let them near the kitchen at all,” Joe Bynum jokingly tells “Scientific research often seems like a mystery to kids,” says Dr. Michael MCM staff. Bynum is a member of the museum who was formerly Ryan, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics and Associate Dean convinced that his sons were too rambunctious to combine food and in the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Mississippi fun, but after Tinker with Tuesday at MCM, he’s been forced to Medical Center (UMMC). “They learn prescribed lessons in school, reconsider. but don’t often get to connect with real discovery.”

Bynum’s two sons, Josef and Jonas, stand behind the counter of the Ryan seeks to demystify the process of scientific discovery through HEALTH & WELL BEING Red Rocket Café with a group of children being instructed by Chef CAREER EXPOSURE two events that bring the faculty and students from the UMMC Tom Ramsey, an award winning, Jackson-based culinary artist. For School of Graduate Studies to MCM to engage children in hands-on, On October 1, 2016, MCM held the inaugural Mississippi Science What encourages questions, engages the scientific method, promotes the entire month of October, Ramsey took participants of Tinker with research-based, scientific learning:PhUn Day in the fall and Discovery Festival (MSF), an event created to showcase STEM subjects and positive changes for better health, incorporates STEM, involves 22 Tuesday, MCM’s weekly STEM-based program, on an exploration U Day in the spring. their roles in Mississippi through fun, hands-on activities for children medical specialties, and creates a strong partnership between two of the “science of food.” institutions dedicated to improving the lives and well-being of and families. Because many elementary-aged children may not “PhUn stands for Physiology Understanding. It is a science outreach participate in science and technology activities at home or in school, Mississippi’s children? It’s Question It? Discover It! (QI?DI!), of course! Designed to be hands-on, Ramsey’s approach led little chef-scientists program that was started by the American Physiological Society in MSF is an exciting way for MCM to encourage STEM education in in experimental taste testing, temperature tactics, pickling with pH 2005 as a way to engage the lay public in biomedical sciences,” says Mississippi. Since 2012, MCM and Children’s of Mississippi, a part of the University levels, and making delicious snacks from unexpected ingredients. Ryan. PhUn Day typically focuses on exploring the body systems—the of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), have been partnering for heart, lungs, kidneys, and gastrointestinal tract. Jana Perry, MCM Director of Education and Programs says that the this once-a-month, Saturday program as a way to bring these concepts “There’s a lot of science behind food,” says Ramsey who coordinated festival allowed the museum to provide families with an up-close look together by encouraging children to ask questions and have fun the activities and planned the program curriculum. “The first thing “Discovery U Day is similar in format but rather than exclusively at the wide variety of careers in STEM. “We wanted to strengthen discovering the answers. Topics range from dentistry, the brain, bones, we learned was how to make pasta. I showed them how protein and focusing on different organ systems, we have activities that relate to our STEM offerings in the museum and get together with businesses heart health, and allergies. carbohydrates combine to make something that’s really loose, like all areas of biomedical research including anatomy, microbiology, and educational organizations across the state to help students be flour, into something that sticks together like noodles.” biochemistry, pharmacology, neuroscience, biomedical materials, “It’s all about health!” says Dr. Frederick “Rick” Barr, Senior Associate exposed to STEM concepts and ideas so they would look at careers and physiology,” he says. Making DNA from strawberries, building in those professions a little bit more closely and at younger ages than Dean for Graduate Medical Education, Suzan B. Thames Endowed In another session, Ramsey taught about types of heat: radiant, a model of a molecule, and learning about lung volume are just three they have been in schools,” Perry explains. Professor, and Chairman of Pediatrics, Children’s of Mississippi, conductive, and convective. Understanding heat types and how to of the activities that have been offered. UMMC. measure them is a skill that is just as useful for aerospace technicians, Visitors enjoyed talking to these experts about their careers and many engineers, and chemists in a lab as a chef in the kitchen. Using the One of the rewards of participating in this outreach is getting to see children discovered the surprising science behind things they already “The ultimate goal for Children’s of Mississippi and UMMC is to universal language of food as a foundation for STEM-based teaching when those “teachable moments” happen. “It is always satisfying love. MCM Assistant Director of Programs Patti Reiss says activities improve the health of Mississippi’s citizens. QI?DI! allows us to focus makes these complex concepts more relatable and undeniably when kids can answer a question about science, and to see the look at MSF connected things like robots, beekeeping, and balloons to on health literacy, which means we are helping children understand delicious. of excitement on their faces when they learn or experience something the way their bodies work,” Barr says. “One Saturday a month, our scientific concepts. “Ultimately, it gave children the opportunity to new,” Ryan says. see what scientists are. Not all children would have been able to name medical professionals are available to share health advice and to Sponsored by Georgia Pacific,Tinker with Tuesday engages children an architect or a beekeeper as a scientist.” interact with children in a non-medical setting. We are always excited in inquiry-based methods with the hope of sparking their natural Ryan hopes that giving children these opportunities to meet scientists to hear how many children are interested in health-related careers.” curiosity about STEM topics. Calling on the expertise of professionals and do hands-on experiments will be inspiring. “Although it is cliché, In total, the first MSF had 23 presenting vendors representing like Chef Ramsey is just one way that MCM strives to provide quality I would like them to come away thinking that science is fun and universities, community organizations, corporations, non-profit Nearly 32,000 guests have attended the QI?DI! program since experiences while also fostering a fascination with learning that’s fun. wanting to do experiments at home and at school, so that science 2012. Children’s of Mississippi recently committed to another two organizations, and individual STEM professionals who talked with and discovery become a part of their lives,” he says. years of supporting this program. “This is such a great partnership, visitors about their fields and the various STEM-related careers our two organizations focused on literacy, learning, and health,” says available. Events like the Mississippi Science Festival offer children Barr. “The Mississippi Children’s Museum is such a great environment the opportunity to make hands-on connections between these subjects for children to learn while having fun too. And because both Children’s which may seem abstract and their real-world applications. of Mississippi and the Mississippi Children’s Museum are reaching a statewide audience, it enables both organizations to work together toward the same goals.”

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FACES For Madeleine Wiggs and Emily Kruse, there is only one place to be on Thursday nights in October—at MCM. The two members ofthe MCM Youth Ambassadors Council (YAC) volunteer for the Planting the Seeds to Read family literacy program by helping OF MCM serve dinner and working with children during the activities.

“This is my second Planting the Seeds to Read,” Wiggs says, while Kruse has volunteered for three evenings with another scheduled. “It’s my favorite thing to do,” Kruse explains. “I know that it’s good to just be here and be ready to lend a hand, but it’s good to have a job that you’re doing something really helpful.”

The Planting the Seeds to Read program offers seven weeks of activities for 20 families MCM STAFF | EMILY SIMMONS from the Jackson Public School District designed to help struggling readers and provide caregivers with reading strategies to use at home. Kruse says she can see the difference in Emily Simmons’ skills are undeniably aesthetic! With a degree the children after just a few weeks in the program. “I think that some of these kids are growing. in Art History, a concentration in Museum Studies, and a minor I don’t know where they were at the start, but every week, they are getting a new skill, and they in Studio Art from Millsaps College in Jackson, she was the are in a place where learning is encouraged,” she explains. “I think what we did last week perfect candidate for MCM’s Arts Educator. As the Arts was my favorite. We talked about verbs, and you had to match it with a picture. Educator, Simmons oversees a collaborative art space, plans They were excited about finding which one was theirs!” curriculum, orders supplies, and prepares a room full of materials for hundreds of children! Both of the YACs agree that the museum is more than a place to have fun. It is a place that all families can visit and learn together. “It’s not just about Simmons uses arts integration techniques on a broad spectrum playing in the museum, it’s about learning and interacting with each other,” of difficulty so that children with a wide range of ability can Wiggs says. “I like that it’s like a safe place to be,” Kruse says. “Everyone can enjoy, learn, and create in the same dedicated art space. Nearly come. It doesn’t matter where people live or what school they are in; they MCM MEMBER FRIENDS | MASON & ROBERT every craft is self-directed with familiar materials to give can all come.” meaningful context to children, whether it helps them understand Mason Watkins and Robert Arndt have a lot in common. They are in the the world around them or examine how things work. same class at the Redeemer School, they both love snack time, and they both have family memberships at MCM. Just as art is constantly changing and progressing, Simmons too is evolving. She currently is taking classes to complete her At 6-years-old and 5-and-a-half, this pair is inseparable as they go on Master’s degree in Arts Education. Her goal in the next few adventures at the museum every Thursday afternoon. Mason’s grandmother, years is to make all of the children’s art activities at MCM more Mrs. Chris, and Robert’s mom, Haley Arndt, both agree that the museum impactful. Simmons believes that when children have positive MCM DONOR | WENDY PUTT OF FRESH CUT CATERING & FLORAL is a great place to learn, explore, and even make new friends. “We saw art experiences, they are more open to learning and thinking them here after the first week of school, and we’ve been coming here outside the box. Wendy Putt and her colleagues at Fresh Cut Catering and Floral have given their time together ever since,” Arndt says. She values MCM as a “safe place where and talents to MCM ever since the museum opened. They are the creative professionals they can learn what they like.” behind several of the most imaginative and successful culinary and decorative thematic interpretations at MCM’s events. Both grown-ups agree that the museum has opened up their children not only socially, but also in their educational experiences. Mason and Robert Putt majored in floral design at Mississippi State University and founded Fresh Cut Catering have harvested fresh basil in the Literacy Garden, produced theatrical and Floral in 1990. Perhaps best known for her work within the wedding industry, she is no puppet performances in Readers Theater, and tinkered with transforming stranger to party planning small or large. Putt has even worked on two inaugurations— robots in the visiting exhibit, Thomas & Friends™: Explore the Rails. catering for Governor Haley Barbour and floral design for President George Bush.

“MCM is a great teaching tool where he can learn while he’s being Putt credits her success to a love of her work and a close-knit team who are more family entertained,” Mrs. Chris says as she watches the boys play together. “It’s than co-workers. “I get to go to work and play with my friends every day, and we get to very educational for him to go on new excursions and try new things he plan the most amazing events with awesome people. I get to build with beautiful flowers otherwise wouldn’t do, with new people.” and spend the weekends with beautiful brides,” Putt says.

With this success, Putt says it is only natural to want to give back. “I have been given so much opportunity myself and have been so blessed that I feel a desire to contribute back MCM MEMBER | GINNY DEHART to the community. I love helping others, and I love people!” she asserts. For Putt, there is no question about why she Ginny DeHart is not only a member at MCM, but also a pediatric supports MCM. “It’s so important to our state and the physical therapist who uses the museum to work with children who might children of Mississippi. It is so professionally done and every need a little extra help with a variety of skills. “MCM has endless things She says the museum is great because children can use all of the muscles exhibit is supported by local businesses. Plus, it gives children to do and see, both inside and outside. Everything at MCM is fun and in their arms, legs, and trunk by crawling, pulling, climbing, and scooting. a fun and safe environment to play in,” she says. educational, and everything at MCM is therapeutic in many ways too,” By sitting on the library floor, children can develop not only reading she says. “ MCM is a place you can go to interact with your child and and comprehension skills, but also an improved attention span and “We work as a family and treat every customer as if they work on any and all skills.” verbal skills. Even while walking up and down the light-up stairs, children were part of that family,” Putt says. We, at MCM, are can count or describe the colors for a physical and mental exercise. grateful to be considered a part of her family and to count The first time she walked into MCM, DeHart says she knew it was Putt and her team among our museum family, too! something special. She bought a membership to use with her nieces Her biggest words of advice? “MCM is a place that you can go for your and nephews, and quickly began recommending it for therapy as well. kid to be a kid. MCM is a place that you can go for YOU to be a kid again,” she explains. “When you visit MCM, your child will have worked DeHart has lots of tips for parents to use the museum for skills on all kinds of skills, but the main thing they will remember is that you development, including taking advantage of every learning opportunity. took them to the best place ever to have FUN!”

6 | MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN’S MUSEUM | SPRING 2017 • PLAYBOOK 7 | MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN’S MUSEUM | SPRING 2017 • PLAYBOOK Check MCM’s social media pages each morning to see what we are celebrating each day in 2017. MCM SPRING 2017 CALENDAR Join us for a pop-up program using that day’s unique theme. #CelebrateEveryDay Please note that these dates and events are subject to change. Visit www.mschildrensmuseum.org for an up-to-date schedule. /MississippiChildrensMuseum @mschildsmuseum @mschildsmuseum /mschildsmuseum

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Chuck Galey Art Exhibit Question It? Discover It! Visiting Artist Workshop Discovering Dyslexia Magic Monday Storytelling Festival JAN Orthopedic Health Teresa Haygood: Come & Go all month long in the 07 08 Magical Bean Mosaics 14 Every 30 minutes from 16 Museum is open 21 Come & Go: 10:00 AM-3:00 PM Gertrude C. Ford Exhibition Hall 10:00 AM-2:00 PM Come & Go: 10:00 AM-2:00 PM nd 9:00 AM-5:00 PM and 22 Come & Go: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

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Get Heart Smart Visiting Artist Workshop Ignite The Night: Question It? Discover It! Magic Monday Dr. Seuss Silly Elaine Maisel: London Calling Nutrition Birthday Celebration 04 Come & Go: 10:00 AM-2:00 PM 05 Butterfly Life Cycle Dance 11 Adults-Only Fundraiser 18 20 Museum is open 25 th Come & Go: 10:00 AM-2:00 PM 9:00 AM-5:00 PM Come & Go: 10:00 AM-4:00 PM and 19 Come & Go: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM 7:00 -11:00 PM

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Visiting Artist Workshop NASA Day Magic Monday Run. Jump. Stick. Educator’s Professional Question It? Discover It! Blanca Love: Development Week Doctor’s Day 05 Creations In Pottery 11 Come & Go: 10:00 AM-2:00 PM 13 Museum is open 13-17 Exhibit running during 14-17 25 Spring Break Week th 9:00 AM-5:00 PM Sign up for classes today! Come & Go: 10:00 AM-2:00 PM and 19 Come & Go: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

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Children’s Literature Day MCM Partners Annual When Night Dreams Mad Hatter Tea Party Question It? Discover It! Harry Potter Day Meeting Puppet Show Development 01 Come & Go: 10:00 AM-2:00 PM 04 7-8 15 Come & Go: 10:00 AM-2:00 PM 22 29 Come & Go: 10:00 AM-2:00 PM 11:00 AM-1:00 PM Come & Go: 10:00 AM-2:00 PM

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“Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. are just as busy working behind the scenes serving the museum in other critical The MCM-Meridian Steering Committee recently hosted Tom Kraemer of Kraemer You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. capacities. During Planting the Seeds to Read, MCM’s family literacy program, Design & Production, Inc. and Marnie Maxwell of Maxwell Associates, Inc., the You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve… they provide and serve dinner to the participating families. They also assist the award-winning design team that developed the original exhibits in Jackson, for a You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.” museum’s staff as needed. Since this happens once-a-week for seven weeks, series of focus groups in Meridian to gather community input about the exhibits. --Excerpted from “The Drum Major Instinct”, the help they provide is invaluable. In addition, the museum calls on MCM Expected to occupy 9,500 square feet, the three exhibit galleries will focus on health a sermon by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968 Partners any time the museum embarks on a new endeavor—most recently and nutrition; literacy; and STEM. Aspects of the cultural arts and East Mississippi during Read to Succeed, a reading camp for struggling readers which MCM heritage with be incorporated throughout. This quote by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. captures the essential spirit behind successfully piloted last summer with help from MCM Partners. MCM’s volunteer group, the Mississippi Children’s Museum Partners (MCM “We want the final result to be an experience that is uniquely Meridian. Even though Partners). Founded in 2008, MCM Partners are dedicated to promoting and MCM Partners also foster the next generation of volunteers and leaders with you might do similar activities in other children’s museums, how they are presented financially supporting the museum. MCM Partners plan and host MCM’s their Youth Ambassador Council (YAC). Each member of MCM Partners is here will be different and unique to this community,” Maxwell says. signature fundraisers, volunteer during designated museum programs and able to nominate a high school student to serve as a YAC. These students agree special events, and increase awareness of MCM throughout Mississippi and to give a minimum of 12 hours of service to the museum during events or other “We are wrapping up the master planning stage of the exhibit experience development the Southeast. museum designated activities. YACs have helped with everything from dressing process. We will review the information and comments gleaned from the focus groups up in costume so guests get to meet their favorite heroes, to manning Spin Art and adjust the illustrations as needed to convey the final intent.” Kraemer says. In planning the museum’s three big fundraisers, MCM Partners embrace the in Outside the Lines, to working one-on-one with children on crafts during museum’s tagline: “We take fun seriously,” to create fun events with a serious Holiday Spectacular. Not only are these YACs developing professional skills, This is the exciting first step in a complex process, which also will require concept, Community member, Ann Compton, purpose—to raise critical funding for the museum’s educational initiatives. The they also are learning the importance of leadership through service. schematic, detail, and graphic design development before fabrication will be able examining designs and giving input museum, like most non-profits, relies on generous community support to be to take place. Once master design plans are finalized, they will give a tangible look about the proposed exhibit plans able to accomplish its educational mission. While MCM Partners makes hosting MCM would not be possible without the tireless efforts of our MCM Partners. at the hands-on learning opportunities this project is trying to achieve. these events look easy, in reality, their committees work together over many They inspire us with their love of children and their desire to create the most long months, spending countless hours putting together plans that balance unparalleled experiences for them as possible. Their enthusiastic support and good stewardship of fundraising resources with creating fabulous, fun parties dedication to the museum’s mission and vision helps us in everything we do and that inspire people to attend—no small feat. reminds us that, together, we truly will be able to make a difference so that all MCM-Meridian Leadership of Mississippi’s children will be able to discover and achieve their potential. Advisory Committee $3 MILLION COMMITMENT Ignite the Night, Neon Nights, and Fall Festival are perhaps the most visible John Anderson ways that most people encounter MCM Partners. However, MCM Partners Dr. Amy Carter MCM recently had the opportunity to sit down with Lloyd Mississippi’s overall trajectory. “The Phil Hardin Foundation SAVE THE DATE Dr. Terry Dale Cruse David Hall Gray, the Executive Director of the Phil Hardin Foundation, is heavily involved in education at every level in Meridian as MCM Partners Annual Meeting • April 4, 2017 Eddie Kelly to talk about the foundation’s support of education in well as around the state, and we see a need for communities Andrea Lund Mississippi and their significant and generous $3 million to view their educational institutions and other learning Dustin Markham Hallie Swindoll commitment toward the $12 million capital campaign goal opportunities from a holistic community perspective. Nothing for the MCM-Meridian project. exists in isolation; it’s all part of the whole,” Gray says. Steering Committee Lindsey Aull Kimberly Denison “Our strategic focus at this time is to improve student “We believe that cultural institutions should be sources of SIGNATURE FUNDRAISER Catherine Leach Amanda Murphy achievement in Pre-K through 12th grade settings. We want community unity and cohesiveness, places for people to come Win Maxey Shumate to support efforts that build educational resources at every together and learn to appreciate each other more,” he adds. ACROSS THE POND Liz Wilson juncture and that create opportunities which can be models Honorary Chairs for the state,” Gray explains. Gray says that the Phil Hardin Foundation recognizes the Alicen Blanchard is the 2017 chair for MCM’s signature fundraising Linda Grant potential for MCM-Meridian because of the Mississippi Melanie Mitchell event, Ignite the Night—an annual adults-only evening when the Gray says that the Phil Hardin Foundation believes that it is Children’s Museum’s existing work both as an informal grownups get to take over the museum to party with the purpose Capital Campaign Cabinet important for local businesses, communities, educational educational entity and as a community convener. to raise critical support for MCM’s educational initiatives. Otis Gowdy, Jr. Lou Ann Lamar entities, and cultural institutions to work together to improve Coordinated by MCM Partners with an inventive new theme each Frances Long “We’ve seen what the Mississippi Children’s Museum in Jackson year, this event incorporates clever popular culture and specially Dana VanVeckhoven has done with its outreach to children across the socioeconomic Tyler Walton curated cuisine for a creative night to remember. Stephanie Wright spectrum, and we believe Meridian and East Mississippi deserve that same kind of opportunity. They will work hand- Site Selection Committee “Since Americans have long been fascinated with all things British: Brooke Chamblee in-hand with the schools and other educational organizations the Royal family (especially a royal wedding), the history, the Bill Cooke in the community and region, and everyone will benefit,” he accent, the food, the manners, and the music, we are bringing David Hall Ricky Hood says. London to Mississippi,” she says. Jim McGinnis Hallie Phillips Gray’s hope for the future is that every child in Mississippi, Ignite the Night: London Calling invites guests to boogie to the Building Committee regardless of his or her circumstances of birth, will have the beats of classic British tunes, nosh on fish and chips, and hobnob Brooke Chamblee opportunity for the kind of education that expands life’s Bill Cooke with some of London’s most colorful characters. Snap a selfie with David Hall possibilities. That is a vision, that we, at MCM, share. We are Her Majesty in front of the London Eye, if you can make it through Hallie Phillips grateful to Lloyd Gray and to the Phil Hardin Foundation the fog and past the palace guards, of course! Don Rogers Terrell Temple for their generous support and look forward to working together to achieve this goal.

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Gibson Drench Day Spa * Ulmer’s Stride Right Sandra and Murray Underwood In Honor of Susan Gararrd June 01, 2015 - May 31, 2016 Mary Ellen and Jeff Stancill Christine and Bobby Gill Dsquared * Village Boutique * Cheryl and Calvin Wells Junior League of Jackson $500 - $999 Gwennetta and Joe Tatum Dolly and Wesley Goings Federated Campaign Stewards Village Package Liquor Store * Larry and Michael Johnson Family In Honor of Mary and Richard Puckett Fleet Feet Sports * Walker’s Drive In * Foundation Karen and Charles Bush * denotes an in-kind donation Kelly and George Abdo Karen Taylor Kristal and Joe Golden Anonymous Sandy and David Temple Gloria Green Forty Four Fifty * In Memory of Isabella Newman In Honor of Karen and Charles Bush denotes a Build.Play.Grow. donation Alicen and E.J. Blanchard Jan and Andrew Townes Pat and Raymond Grenfell Fresh Ink * Memorials & Celebrations Vince W. Barr Mary and Richard Puckett Robin and Troy Browning Kimberly R. 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Susan and Frank Duke Blair and Doug Hederman Joe T’s Wine and Spirits * Dottie and Joe Donaldson Vicki Hightower Maureen and Glenn Griffin C Spire Foundation Maris, West & Baker * Oleta Garrett Fitzgerald Jim Hicks Learning Express * Susan and Frank Duke Julie C. Jackson Community Foundation of Mississippi Arts Commission Lisa and John F. Fletcher Vicki Hightower Tara and Gene Wasson Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry * Lynda and Doug Ferris Peder Johnson Greater Jackson Paul Moak Honda Volvo Subaru Susan and John W. Garrard, II Melissa and Robert Hutchison Becky and Chris Waterer Lemuria Books * Kitty and Louis Fuller Sarah F. Lenoir Gertrude C. Ford Foundation Pepsi-Cola/Brown Bottling Group * Leigh and Andrew Grady Julie Jackson Holly and Christopher Wiggs Lost Pizza Co. Jackson * Susan and John W. Garrard, II J. Scott Newton Institute of Museum and Library Southern Beverage * Margaret and Jimmy C. 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Walker $10,000 - $24,999 Patsy and Carl Brooking Elizabeth and Rodney Wilson Heather and James L. Martin, Jr. Arco Avenue * Sherwood Forest Garden Club Bettye and Dick Mason In Memory of Joseph Hey Donna and Jim Barksdale Hope and Bill Bynum Adcock & Morrison, PLLC Mary and Doug Master Bravo! * Smitten, LLC * Helen and Red Moffat Beth and Joe Young Frieda and Joe Lauderdale Ginny DeHart Bliss Gift and Home * Keller and Heath Wray Patricia McClure Broad Street Bakery * Stinky Feet Athletics * Camille and William Morris In Memory of Grace G. Merritt and Ashley and Hu Meena Mary Preston and John Dubberly Burke Handling Systems * Sarah and Russell Young Cindy and Mac McGehee Broken Shell * The Alluvian * Durden and Jim Moss Ruth Merritt Moore Association of Children’s Museums Beth and Nick Hansen Cathead Vodka * Mollie Young Collette and John McIntyre Campbell’s Bakery * The Country Club of Jackson * Elisa and Brian Phillips Tish and Haden Hughes Atmos Energy Olivia and Jerry R. 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McDonald, Jr. Kevin Hedglin Sherry and Richard Partridge Kroger Card Rewards Cowboy Maloney’s Electric City * Camille and William Morris Chavanne and Jay P. McDonald, Jr. QUARTERLY DONORS Carolyn and Scott Noblitt Kelly Hines Taylor Phillips Larry and Michael Johnson Davaine Lighting * Durden and Jim Moss Lori and Chris Newcomb Maggie and Lee Parker Justin Hobbs Todd Pitts Family Foundation Harmony Dental Care * Allison and Jack G. Muirhead Donna Reiss Blake Hobbs DeLeslie Porch Amanda and Scott Overby Contributors to the Mississippi Children’s Museum from Baptist Health Systems J & J Specialty Advertising, Inc. 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Jana Perry Nix Tann & Associates Edward Joe Sarah Frances Ray Ashley Becker The Rogue/Luke and Alison Abney * McGraw Rental & Supply * Kaye and Nickolas Petkas The Alluvian * Christian Johnston Jennifer Redding Leslie Ridgeway * If you wish to change your recognition, please contact us at [email protected]. Treehouse Boutique * Nix Tann & Associates Pamela Prather Venture Technologies Susan and Howard Jones Kris and Philip Rhodes Patricia and Roy H. Ruby Polk’s Drugs Susie and John Puckett Watson Quality Ford Christina Kammer Leslie Rhodes Sarah and Jeff Skelton Paula and Malcom Kemp Marci Robins $250 - $499 Schwartz & Associates, P.A./ Mary and Richard Puckett Janet and Charlie Spain $25,000+ Dr. Sarah Webb $1 - $249 Anna Kendall Sara Rogers Amy and Eric Amundson Richard Schwartz Leanna Range Owens Carol Tatum Junior League of Jackson Bradley, LLP Matthew Adams Jamie Kerr Elizabeth Russ Anonymous Specialty Metals Supply, Inc. Patti Reiss Margaret H. Walker HOPE (Hope Enterprise Corporation/ Katy and Clifton Agnew Madelyn King Katie Sahler Tyler Armstrong Storagemax Northtown Sharon and Tom Rhoden A Plus Signs and Creative * $10,000 - $24,999 Hope Credit Union) Whiteny Allen James King Meredith Schilling Nell and Wilson Barr The Hull Foundation Nicole Rinaldi Audi Jackson BankPlus Mac Haik Motors Taylor Allen Johannes Kruger Carlye Smith Lacey and Patrick Bergin Thimblepress Stephanie and Brian Rippee Bradley, LLP Herrin-Gear Toyota-Scion Baptist Health Systems Tyler Armstrong Deborah Larkin Michelle Smith Carol Biedenharn Two Men and a Truck April and Richard Roberson Jackson Convention & Visitors Bureau Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers * Mississippi Development Authority First Commercial Bank Aren Atkinson Lynda and Stefan Lehnerer Joseph Sparkman Kim and Steven Bowers/Bowers Auto United Way of the Capital Area, Inc. Rhonda and Billy Roberts Sanderson Farms, Inc. 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12 | MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN’S MUSEUM | SPRING 2017 • PLAYBOOK 13 | MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN’S MUSEUM | SPRING 2017 • PLAYBOOK Long Distribution - Ray Long, Angela and David C. Majure, II Jenn and John Northam Sam Long, and Trey Long Ronnye Purvis Meryl Lee and William L. Nunnery MCM-MERIDIAN DONORS Helen and Lee Valentine Helen and Wade Sims $10,000 - $24,999 Elizabeth and Rodney Wilson Amy and Brian Temple Contributors to the Lindsey and Cody Aull Leading Edges* Nancy and Tyler Walton Elizabeth and Benjamin E. Box Magnolia Steele Co., Inc. Cay and Sonny Wedgworth BY THE NUMBERS Mississippi Children’s Museum-Meridian Gayle and Joel Callahan Woodstock Furniture Long Wholesale Inc. Amanda and Matt Cassell Wells Fargo Advisors FISCAL YEAR 2015-2016 * denotes an in-kind donation Charles Ledbetter, Forestry $1,000 – $4,999 Consultant Inc. Anonymous $1 – $999 June 1, 2015-May 31, 2016 If you wish to change your recognition, please contact us at [email protected]. Doctors Farheen and Asif Lala Kimberly and Howard Bartee, Leslie and Charles Carruth Holly and Jonathan Moore Jr. and Sons Gloria and LM Chancellor Betty and Richard Vise Jeanna and Bo Bennett Jo Beth and Greg Maranto Stephanie and Benny Wright Elizabeth Brookshire Ann and Tom C. Maynor $1,000,000+ $50,000 - $99,999 Merrill Lynch Susan and Bob Coffin Suzie and Randy Pool The Phil Hardin Foundation Deanna A. Wilbourn New South Nissan Tori and Dustin Culpepper Pam & Mickey Rutherford Bowers Auto Rula and Samer Dabit/Dabit Properties Sarai and Thomas L. Webb $250,000 - $999,999 East Mississippi Oral & Facial Surgery $5,000 – $9,999 Melissa and Paul Goldman Cater’s Market* Hall Timberlands Kacey and Bo Bailey Amy and Ross Goodin, Jr. JTM Hospitality/Sleep Inn* Southern Pipe & Supply $50,000 - $99,999 Mayor Percy Bland III and Linda and Fred Grant 505 Linda and Marty Davidson Mrs. Deidre M. Bland Marsha and Bubba Hannah Memorials and Celebrations $100,000 - $249,999 Kimberly and Dru Denison Jamie and Bob Cater Allison and Trey Hannah In Memory of Gloria Palmer FIELD TRIPS Melanie and Manny Mitchell Kelley and Otis Gowdy, Jr. Brooke and Michael Chamblee Clair and Brad Huff Kerry and Jeff Cook Junior Auxiliary of Meridian Urelaine Simon-Hart and George Hart Susan and George Hill Patricia and Robert Jarrett In Honor of Richard Vise The Riley Foundation Sissie and Frederick Wile Jenny Ruth and Larkin Kennedy Tanya and Kermit Kendrick Linda and Marty Davidson Anderson Regional Health Systems 30 Frances and Samuel Long Jim McRae MUSEUM 2,200 RENTALS 30,281 ACTIVE MEMBERSHIPS FIELD TRIP VISITORS

365 6,257 BIRTHDAY VISITORS PARTICIPATED PARTIES IN A PROGRAM 140,623 MUSEUM GUESTS

*excludes facility rental and special event visitors

Over 388 volunteers served more than 10,623 hours! This represents more than $250,000 REIMAGINING THE NEW YEAR WITH A NEW GIFT contributed to the museum.

The Junior League of Jackson (JLJ) established the Forget-Me-Not Fund to create In World at Work, which is MCM’s gallery that focuses on industry in Mississippi, a reserve for MCM to sustain it as an educational and inspirational resource for a redesign already is underway. One of the most popular exhibits at MCM has generations of children to come. This fund allows MCM to meet the museum’s been the 2010 Nissan Altima, giving hundreds of thousands of children the chance ongoing needs from improving the physical campus, to repairing and replacing its to take their families on exciting adventures. Through a donation from Nissan exhibits, to making enhancements which will not only keep the museum vibrant North America, MCM has received a brand new 2016 Nissan Altima that replaced and cutting-edge but also address the vital and ever-changing needs of Mississip- the original exhibit this winter. In addition to a Nissan Altima, Nissan also made pi’s children. a generous $50,000 contribution to MCM’s Forget-Me-Not Fund. This donation partially helped to underwrite the retrofitting of the car and is significant because MCM has begun the process of reimagining and reinterpreting the exhibits within it is the first such gift that has been made to the fund by a MCM founding donor. our galleries. This means rethinking not just what is important for learning now but CHARITY NAVIGATOR also thinking towards the concepts children will need for the future. The new car was shipped from the Nissan Vehicle Assembly Plant in Canton, MS Awarded 4 out of 4 star rating to Cincinnati, Ohio, where it was transformed into the new exhibit. The exhibit 2014, 2015, 2016 FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES fabricator who worked on the Altima, Mike Murphy of ADEX International, is well Program Services...... 78.96 acquainted with MCM’s exhibits--he was one of the lead fabricators for the Ex- Management and General ...... 14.67 ploring Mississippi gallery as well as other popular exhibits around the museum. Fundraising ...... 6.38

MCM Assistant Director of Exhibits, Samantha King, says that the new Altima included some of the popular things from the old car, but also brings new experi- SOURCES OF REVENUESUPPORT ences to visitors at the museum as well. “This car has lots of new things like sounds Operating Revenue...... 48.50 TRIP ADVISOR and light. They have installed buttons around the car that will be different from Educational ProgramsSponsorships ...... 21.18 Certificate of Excellence: 2012-2016 the old ones,” she explains. “At the radio inside the car, there are four buttons for Donations & Grants...... 19.01 Rated #1 travel attraction for Jackson, MS sounds. One button highlights Nissan with facts and figures, while the other buttons Memberships ...... 10.27 are fun music clips or sound bites you hear in the car. We wanted to make the Other Income ...... 1.04 experience more authentic and exciting.” • Facebook: 19,874 page likes The museum undergoes an annual audit by an independent audit firm. To date, all audits have received an unqualified opinion. • Twitter: 7,493 followers Mississippi’s First Lady, Deborah Bryant and children • Instagram: 3,086 followers marvel at the newly installed 2016 Nissan Altima

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Can you solve the maze?

DID YOU KNOW?

A magnifying glass uses How full is this Fill this test Fill this test the properties of a convex 1 3 test tube? tube 4 full. tube 4 full. (curved or rounded) shaped lens to magnify an image, making it easier to see.

Challenge a friend What is something small SCIENCE WORD SCRAMBLE! to a game of you might need to use a Can you unscramble the following words? TIC•TAC•TOE! magnifying glass to see?

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TMAO

BKEREA SPACE

WEATHER

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CREATE YOUR OWN VIOLIN 1. Draw violin on cardboard, and cut it out. 2. Use a paint stirrer to make the neck of the violin. 3. Add pipe cleaner strings!

DID YOU KNOW? The violin is the smallest and highest pitched instrument of the string family!

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