Imagination City Children's Museum is closed due to unforeseen circumstances until we can relocate. Please continue to support our cause through donations (under the "DONATE" tab or through Go Big GIVE ). Watch Facebook for any upcoming events and fundraising efforts. ALL donations received will help us to relocate. Please email us at giimagiationcity@gmail.com or message us on Facebook with any questions.
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Dear Grand Island Community Members,
It is with a heavy heart that Imagination City Children’s Museum must announce its (God-willing, only) temporary closure. Sunday, April 23rd, was our last day in the Conestoga Mall. Woodsonia, the new mall owner, is releasing us from our current lease at the end of this month. Our little city miraculously survived COVID-19 and had just started to recover when we hit this new bump in the road. We can’t seem to catch a break. Although we are fighting every day to keep our doors open, it will take more financial support from our community to relocate. If you’re a praying person, we ask you to pray for clarity, wisdom, and direction surrounding our circumstances. We want to continue to be a blessing to the families in our community, but there are many things that still have to fall into place. If you’ve visited Imagination City before, you’re well-aware that our employees are the best of the best. They are beyond passionate about this little gem and would love to get right back to work serving our community! In the past three and a half years, not only has ICCM been a resource to families at our location in the Conestoga Mall, we have also taken part in more community events than we could begin to mention. We have made countless donations to schools, fundraisers, and other events in the form of family day passes to the museum. We never turned down an opportunity to donate to another cause. Our community outreach programs have allowed us to visit many preschools and elementary schools in our community. We have been a field trip destination for migrant programs, daycares, public schools, and children in foster care. We have given half-price memberships to underprivileged children, for families to meet at ICCM for visitations, and to foster-care families. ICCM also puts on many events throughout the year including our most popular event, Halloween Hoopla, A Night in White, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, Bunny Bash, Cinco De Mayo, and many more. We’re hoping the families in Grand Island, as well as local businesses, will rally behind us and help us, financially, to relocate. If you’d like to help us move, there are numerous ways you can donate to help us secure a location. If you go to our website (giimaginationcity.com), you can visit the “DONATE” tab and click on “DONATE NOW!”. On that same page is a “GO FUND ME'' link as well. The museum is also participating in Go Big GIVE again this year. If you’d like to mail a donation, all museum mail will be forwarded to the creator until we can move (3404 W. 13th St, Ste. 124B Grand Island, NE 68803). If you’d like to donate in person, the best way to reach us would be through Facebook Messenger or giimaginationcity@gmail.com. You’re also invited to eat supper out at Chipotle Mexican Grill on May 10th as a portion of their sales will benefit ICCM. Hopefully, you saw us at Touch-A-Truck (Sam’s Club Parking Lot) last Saturday, and you can still plan on seeing us at the 2023 Nebraska State Fly-in and Airshow on June 3rd, at GIPS POWER Camp!, the Parish Festival on July 29th and for our second-annual Explore-A-Truck event at the State Fair. And don’t forget that Imagination City is also a destination for birthday parties nearly every weekend and has even hosted work parties and Christmas parties for local businesses and daycares. We hope the members of our community and local businesses will step up and financially support our move so Imagination City Children’s Museum can continue to be an asset to our community. Please email the museum with any questions regarding making a donation or sponsoring an exhibit. Lastly, if you currently have a membership, our plan is to extend your membership out for the exact amount of time that the museum is closed for. If you had a membership during the pandemic, it would look exactly the same. Thank you to everyone who has supported our cause for the last four years, and thank you in advance to anyone who donates to help us move our little city.
FULL PRESS RELEASE BELOW
Dear Grand Island Community Members,
It is with a heavy heart that Imagination City Children’s Museum must announce its (God-willing, only) temporary closure. Sunday, April 23rd, was our last day in the Conestoga Mall. Woodsonia, the new mall owner, is releasing us from our current lease at the end of this month. Our little city miraculously survived COVID-19 and had just started to recover when we hit this new bump in the road. We can’t seem to catch a break. Although we are fighting every day to keep our doors open, it will take more financial support from our community to relocate. If you’re a praying person, we ask you to pray for clarity, wisdom, and direction surrounding our circumstances. We want to continue to be a blessing to the families in our community, but there are many things that still have to fall into place. If you’ve visited Imagination City before, you’re well-aware that our employees are the best of the best. They are beyond passionate about this little gem and would love to get right back to work serving our community! In the past three and a half years, not only has ICCM been a resource to families at our location in the Conestoga Mall, we have also taken part in more community events than we could begin to mention. We have made countless donations to schools, fundraisers, and other events in the form of family day passes to the museum. We never turned down an opportunity to donate to another cause. Our community outreach programs have allowed us to visit many preschools and elementary schools in our community. We have been a field trip destination for migrant programs, daycares, public schools, and children in foster care. We have given half-price memberships to underprivileged children, for families to meet at ICCM for visitations, and to foster-care families. ICCM also puts on many events throughout the year including our most popular event, Halloween Hoopla, A Night in White, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, Bunny Bash, Cinco De Mayo, and many more. We’re hoping the families in Grand Island, as well as local businesses, will rally behind us and help us, financially, to relocate. If you’d like to help us move, there are numerous ways you can donate to help us secure a location. If you go to our website (giimaginationcity.com), you can visit the “DONATE” tab and click on “DONATE NOW!”. On that same page is a “GO FUND ME'' link as well. The museum is also participating in Go Big GIVE again this year. If you’d like to mail a donation, all museum mail will be forwarded to the creator until we can move (3404 W. 13th St, Ste. 124B Grand Island, NE 68803). If you’d like to donate in person, the best way to reach us would be through Facebook Messenger or giimaginationcity@gmail.com. You’re also invited to eat supper out at Chipotle Mexican Grill on May 10th as a portion of their sales will benefit ICCM. Hopefully, you saw us at Touch-A-Truck (Sam’s Club Parking Lot) last Saturday, and you can still plan on seeing us at the 2023 Nebraska State Fly-in and Airshow on June 3rd, at GIPS POWER Camp!, the Parish Festival on July 29th and for our second-annual Explore-A-Truck event at the State Fair. And don’t forget that Imagination City is also a destination for birthday parties nearly every weekend and has even hosted work parties and Christmas parties for local businesses and daycares. We hope the members of our community and local businesses will step up and financially support our move so Imagination City Children’s Museum can continue to be an asset to our community. Please email the museum with any questions regarding making a donation or sponsoring an exhibit. Lastly, if you currently have a membership, our plan is to extend your membership out for the exact amount of time that the museum is closed for. If you had a membership during the pandemic, it would look exactly the same. Thank you to everyone who has supported our cause for the last four years, and thank you in advance to anyone who donates to help us move our little city.
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Contact Information
Imagination City Children's Museum
Conestoga Mall
3404 W. 13th St., Suite 124B
Grand Island, Nebraska 68803
1-308-385-8377
giimaginationcity@gmail.com
Imagination City Children's Museum
Conestoga Mall
3404 W. 13th St., Suite 124B
Grand Island, Nebraska 68803
1-308-385-8377
giimaginationcity@gmail.com
