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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 02, 2009 PDF: |
Contact: Ruth Cavins, Executive Director Phone: 405.533.3333 |
Oklahoma WONDERtorium Announces New Programs Coordinator
Debbie Williams joins Stillwater-based children’s museum
STILLWATER, OKLA. – Nov. 2nd, 2009 – Oklahoma WONDERtorium, a Stillwater-based children’s museum, added a new member to its staff in October – Programs Coordinator, Debbie Williams. A dynamic educator, Williams is working part-time until December 1st when the Sarkeys Foundation-funded position will become a full-time commitment. At the museum, Williams will focus on Museum Without Walls (MWW), the museum’s successful outreach programming that has reached over 11,400 Payne County children in its first three years of existence. In addition, she will coordinate and build additional program offerings as the museum continues to build its reputation as a leader and innovator in educational programming for young children and families.
“We are very happy to have Debbie on our team. Debbie’s educational qualifications, her preschool and first grade teaching experience and her sixteen-year tenure as Director of The First United Methodist Early Childhood Program, qualify her as the perfect fit to conduct and expand Museum Without Walls and propel us into high-quality programming offerings when we open our permanent facility,” said Ruth Cavins, Executive Director of Oklahoma WONDERtorium.
“Debbie innately understands our mission – that a children’s museum is a caretaker of the community’s future,” continued Cavins. “It is an informal learning place for families to come together. In essence, it is a ‘life lab’ for children – a safe place for them to experiment and learn, pretend and gain confidence, experience and grow. It is a place a community can be proud of because they helped shape it and have envisioned the best for their children.”
“I’m excited to be joining the Oklahoma WONDERtorium and feel like I’ve been a part of it from its inception in 2001 when I sat at a dining table discussing the need for a children’s museum with the founders, Kandi Speer and Dena Cornforth,” said Williams. “When this opening became available earlier this year, I knew it was just the perfect fit for me – it’s everything I love to do!”
About Oklahoma WONDERtorium
Currently, Oklahoma WONDERtorium is a “museum without walls” and developed the educational outreach program of the same name in 2006 to further its mission of inspiring curiosity to learn through play. MWW offers four developmentally-appropriate programs for children in local childcare centers, preschool and elementary schools. Program subject matter ranges from simple activities involving brightly-colored objects, simple dance moves and music for infants and their caretakers to cutting-edge information on nanoscience principles and plant viruses for fifth graders (expanding to fourth graders in 2010). With a building site at 10th & Duck streets in Stillwater, the WONDERtorium is actively raising funds to open a permanent facility in 2012. The Oklahoma WONDERtorium is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. Business offices are located at 1601 S. Main (Head Start Bldg.), Stillwater, Oklahoma, 74074. For more details about the museum, its programs and events, please visit www.okwondertorium.org.
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