
Volunteers will be touring the community in the newly launched Mobile Children’s Museum
Columbia Play Project will join GiveMore24! in the annual day of fundraising on Thursday (Sept. 22). Columbia Play Project volunteers will be touring the community in the newly launched Mobile Children’s Museum and offering opportunities to take a “Play Break.” Volunteers will be in costume, dressed as Doug the Slug, Bess the Beaver or Ryder the Spider. Hula hooping, chalk art and poetry creation are some of the options for playing.
- 8:00—8:30 a.m. – Ridgefield Pioneer Park, 510 Pioneer St. Ridgefield, WA
- 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. – Three Creeks Library 800 C NE Tenney Rd. Vancouver, WA
- 10:15-10:45 a.m. – Fred Meyer Salmon Creek, 800 NE Tenney Rd. Vancouver, WA
- 11:15– 12:30 p.m. – Waterfront Park – 115 SE Columbia Way, Vancouver, WA
- 1:00-1:30 p.m.—Washougal Waterfront Park, 56 S 1st St. Washougal, WA
- 2:00– 2:30 p.m. – Cascade Park Community Library, 600 NE 136th Ave. Vancouver, WA
- 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. – Columbia Bank Community Room, 101 E. 6th St. Vancouver, WA 98661
Columbia Play Project’s fundraising goal for GiveMore24 2022 is $20,000 and has been awarded a $10,000 match from the Leslie B. Durst Fund. All funds raised will be used to support exploratory play activities in Clark County, WA.
Columbia Play Project is an intentionally planned project designed to expand exploratory play options to children and families throughout our communities. Exploratory play grows healthy children and vibrant communities. The Columbia Play Project exists to be a hub where all families can safely engage, connect, explore and ignite their imaginations.
Columbia Play Project has been working towards completion of its three-phase plan to create exploratory play activities focused on the themes of People & Culture, the Natural World, and Engineering and Arts. Phase I, a themed play kits to be used at-home launched in December 2021. Phase II, a mobile museum with removeable exhibits that can be set-up outdoors for socially distanced play, launched in September 2022. Phase III is a full-scale bricks and mortar exploratory play space with indoor and outdoor play areas and permanent and rotating exhibits. The CPP Board of Directors expects the museum to open in 2026.
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