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Children’s Museum to celebrate national parks at gala in December

Posted at 5:13 pm November 13, 2016
By Kay Brookshire Leave a Comment

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Martha Hart of Karen’s Jewelers, left, with Lee McGetrick and Mike Morris, all members of the Children’s Museum Gala Committee, display a National Park poster for the Gala, which will celebrate the National Park Service Centennial. (Submitted photo)

 

The Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge will celebrate the 100th birthday of the National Park Service at its annual Gala Evening, a benefit for the museum on Friday, December 2.

“Tribute to the National Parks—A Centennial Celebration” will feature National Park trivia and prizes, National Park-inspired cuisine by Rosa’s Catering, music from the Oak Ridge High School Choral Ensemble, an exhibition of children’s photographs from the parks, and a surprise for Gala attendees.

The Gala will be an official National Park Service Centennial Event. In honor of that designation, the museum will offer free admission Saturday and Sunday, December 3 and 4, inviting the public to view the “Parks-in-Focus” National Parks photography exhibit in the Imagination Gallery. Photos of area parks taken by girls from Girls Inc. of Oak Ridge will be shown in the exhibit.

Guests are invited to come dressed to represent a favorite National Park or in semi-formal attire to the Gala, to be held from 5:30-9:30 p.m. December 2 at the museum, which is at 461 West Outer Drive in Oak Ridge. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Nonprofits Tagged With: Bear Stephenson, Beth Shea, Bill Capshaw, children's museum, Children's Museum Gala, Children's Museum of Oak Ridge, CNS Y-12, Dawn Van Eek, Don Barger, Frances Drake, Gale Hinton, Gene Patterson, Girls Inc., Jaclyn Waymire, Karen's Jewelers, Kay Brookshire, Larry Burkholder, Lee McGetrick, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, Martha Hart, Mike Morris, National Park Service, National Park Service Centennial, National Parks Conservation Association, Niki Nicholas, Phil Brooks, Rachel Reagan, Ronnie Bogard, Sandra Barry, Stephenson Realty and Auction, Suzan Bowman, Tom Beehan, Veronica O'Hearn

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