Play it Forward
Save the Date - Play it Forward is set for Thursday, May 14, 2020!
Please join us for a magical celebration – and a whole lot of fun!
Play it Forward
Thursday, May 14
Cocktails: 6 PM Dinner & Entertainment: 7 PM – 10 PM
Cocktails | Dinner | Entertainment | Raffles
Tickets: $125 (On Sale Soon)
Benefiting Port Discovery Children’s Museum
Help children win at life! Place your wager on PLAY and make an extraordinary impact. Port Discovery is committed to helping children succeed. Through purposeful play in the Museum, in classrooms and in the community, we help children and the adults in their lives learn, create magical memories, and build social, emotional, and cognitive skills that are critical to their success. But play can be harder than it sounds. poverty, neighborhood violence, and the demands of busy lifestyles sometimes mean children truly don’t have access to play
With your help, we can change that together. Join us for Play it Forward 2020 and support play, learning and access to play for the children and families in Baltimore and beyond.
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Play it Forward 2020 is generously sponsored by:
Frontrunners:
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Grandstand:
Ernst & Young • Flavor & Fragrance Specialties, Inc. • Hogan Lovells • M&T Bank
Trackside:
PricewaterhouseCoopers • Zolet Lenet and Fink Group at Morgan Stanley
Provide Children with Access to Purposeful Play!
Every child should have access to purposeful play. However, playing is sometimes harder than it sounds – poverty, neighborhood violence, and the demands of busy lifestyles sometimes mean children truly don’t have access to play. Help change that by sponsoring Play it Forward!
Your support of Play it Forward allows the Museum to:
- Provide free and reduced admission visits for children in Title I schools, where many children face financial, emotional or circumstantial challenges. Help at-risk families improve literacy and parenting skills
- Honor U.S. military personnel with free and reduced admissions
- Provide Museum on the Road community outreach programs in schools, Judy Centers, Head Start Centers, and more.
- Offer educational exhibits and events linked to learning outcomes.
Interested in supporting Play it Forward as a sponsor? Please contact Abbi Ludwig at aludwig@portdiscovery.org or 410.864.2680 to join us as a sponsor of Play It Foward 2020!
Thank You to the Play it Forward Committee, President's Advisory Council, and Port Discovery Board of Directors for their support of Port Discovery and this event.
Play it Forward Committee
Justin Bakewell - Co- Chair
Ashley Hatter - Co-Chair
Dana DiCarlo - Chair Emerita
Bess Bosswell
Edie Brown
Tracy Bumba
Cindy Conklin
Donna Cypress
Martina Dilks
Dan Fulmer
JoJo Gruenhut
Amy House
Maggie Kennedy
Gay Legg
Anne Meredith
Michelle Mollica
Robyn Murphy
Hollis O'Sullivan
Kara Ullmann
Port Discovery President's Advisory Council
Kurt Schmoke – Chair
Anirban Basu
Nancy Grasmick, Ph.D
Aris Melissaratos
Janet Marie Smith
Michele Whelley
Port Discovery Board of Directors
Dennis F. Rasmussen, President
Monica Brandes, Vice Chair
John Shmerler, Vice Chair
Mark Pollak, Esq., Secretary
Gordon Stetz, Jr., Treasurer
Douglas L. Becker
Winnie C. Borden
Steve Canaras
William S. Corey, Jr.
Daniel Fulmer
Robert E. Gabrys, Ph.D
Kathleen S. Hardway
Charlie Hatter
Dana S. Henson
Anthony V. Imbraguglio
Carim Khouzami
Matthew D. Klaiber
Chad Lane
Clarke Langrall Jr.
Gay Garth M. Legg
Brooke Lierman
Jennifer B. Litchman, MA
Laurie I. McDonald
William Palmer
Teresa Payne-Nunn
Brice Phillips
Christopher S. Ripley
John W. Sasser
Barbara Tachovsky
Morry A. Zolet