Children's Museum of the Arts

During Hanukkah (2010/5771) I wished for everyone I know to make a charitable donation to the Children’s Museum of the Arts (www.CMANY.org). This donation provided monies for the museum to facilitate one-on-one educational opportunities to children under the Autism spectrum. I am in the Marketing branch of the Young Professional Committee- and my job is to cheerlead for my entity; it’s not hard- there is more good than bad to discuss.
The Children’s Museum of the Arts is the only facility in the world that provides free classes to special needs children; these families are forever changed. Children that are worked with individually are more expressive, try harder to accomplish small tasks, and walk away from the classroom setting remembering what they learned. Children under the spectrum have vastly different abilities and disabilities- but they can when they try.
With each dollar raised by the Children’s Museum of the Arts the YPC is setting the pace; no other museum in the world has given so much to its members and community. No other museum provides educational stimulation and knowledge to those that are considered “unteachable”. There is no “no” at CMANY, just the opposite of “not yet, not now, maybe later”. CMANY invites the parents and siblings to participate- to be able to facilitate the same learning environment when away from Lafayette and Broadway. CMANY educators come each week to give back; they know that their services are intangible- they can’t be quantified.
Imagine seeing your little sister write her name for the first time; see your son smile when he’s told that he is “doing the job correctly”. This isn’t a museum for one type of child; this is a facility that gives back to all. There is not an ethnic group, religion or society untouched by these children. 1 in 100 children are under our spectrum, are you?