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ChooChoo’s Blog: HOT103 & QX104 Live at the Children’s Museum

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Date: Wednesday, July 28
Time: 4:00 - 6:00PM

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The HOT103 & QX104 Made in Manitoba Tour will be at the Manitoba Children’s Museum tomorrow for a pork barbeque courtesy of Manitoba Pork. Join us for a free meal and your chance to meet Chris Fantini and Kimberly Dawn from HOT103 and QX104!

While visiting, support the Under Construction Capital Campaign by making a donation at one of our on-site or phone-in pledge stations (just call 415-3693) and you’ll be entered to win tickets to the See Ya Later, Alligator! Farewell Party on Friday, September 10!

See you tomorrow!

- ChooChoo, MCM’s Resident Mascot

ChooChoo’s Blog: TD Canada Trust Book Sale

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on April 7, 2010
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My staff friends at the Manitoba Children’s Museum will be downtown at the TD Canada Trust Book Sale on  Friday, April 9 from 10AM - 2PM.

Come to the underground concourse of the CanWest Global Building and find Amanda and the gang from TD Canada Trust in the hallway opposite the branch (located at 201 Portage Avenue).

You can find books of all kinds there – books for mom or dad, or books for you! Last time I was there, I saw some great story books and joke books. It was a lot of fun!

Book prices are $1/each for soft covers and $2/each for hard covers.

All the money raised at the TD Canada Trust Book Sale will support the literacy programs at the Manitoba Children’s Museum. This means you’ll have lots of great special events to go to that will help you become a better reader and have fun at the same time!

Don’t forget, this Friday…we’ll be there from 10AM – 2PM.

See you there!

- ChooChoo, MCM’s Resident Mascot

PS. If you can’t make it to the sale but would still like to make a donation to support the literacy activities at the museum, please click the PayPal button below.

TD Canada Trust Used Book Sale

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on November 12, 2009
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TD Canada Trust will be holding a Used Book Sale in support of the Manitoba Children’s Museum’s I Love to Read Month Activities.

Date: Friday, April 9
Time: 10:00AM - 2:00PM
Location: TD Canada Trust, 201 Portage Avenue, Concourse Level in the CanWest Building (at Portage and Main)

Book Prices:
Soft Covers: $1/each
Hard Covers: $2/each

If you have any gently-used books you would like to donate, please drop them off at the TD Canada Trust branch at 201 Portage Avenue. For more information, please contact (204) 988-2811 Ext. 3.

The Manitoba Children’s Museum’s I Love to Read Month Activities are sponsored by the
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Read more about the last TD Canada Trust Book Sale on ChooChoo’s Blog here!

ChooChoo’s Blog: I’m going to be on TV!

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on October 9, 2009
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Pssssst…I have some special news to share!

Catch me and my friend Brienne Santos (our Program Coordinator) on CityTV’s Breakfast Television tomorrow morning (Wednesday, October 21st) at 8:45AM.

We’ll be there to talk to Jon Ljungberg about our Halloween Howl event that’s happening this Friday and Saturday night from 6-9PM.

- ChooChoo, MCM’s Resident Mascot

PS. You might even get to see a special sneak peek of me in my special mummy Halloween costume, which was made by local seamstress Tracy Postoluk. It’s seriously great and I can hardly wait to show it off!!!

Jon

ChooChoo’s Blog: Canada Post Letter Writing to Santa Campaign Kick Off

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On Thursday, November 12th the Manitoba Children’s Museum will be partnering with Canada Post to host close to 90 children from Dufferin and Pinkham Schools at the museum to kick-off the 2009 Canada Post Letter Writing to Santa Campaign and to preview Eaton’s Santa’s Village.

After an introduction by Chief Postal Elf Clare Mills, these students will be able to meet special guests Santa & Mrs. Claus, to write their holiday letters, and to explore Santa’s Village.

Eaton’s Santa’s Village officially opens to the public on Saturday, November 14th, and visitors can drop off their holiday letters to Santa at the special Canada Post North Pole mailbox located at the museum throughout the holiday season.

For more information, please click here.

- ChooChoo, MCM’s Resident Mascot

ChooChoo’s Blog: TD Canada Trust Book Sale

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on September 19, 2009
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Wow - what a great Friday!

Yesterday over the lunch hour the TD Canada Trust branch at 201 Portage Avenue held a used book sale in support of the Manitoba Children’s Museum - in particular to raise funds for next year’s I Love to Read Month activities which are sure to be even better than this past year thanks to their efforts!

So…how did things go at the frontline?

TD Canada Trust Book SaleMCM’s Director of Development Janet McLeod was at the sale and managed to capture a few photos of the action, while TD’s Amanda Marsch reported that people “LOVED the idea of the book sale and are already asking when the next one will be” - so much so, that they’ve decided this will become an ongoing customer connection event for their branch!

If you’re a TD Financial Group customer, a Winnipeg Square shopper, or simply a book fan, you’ll want to keep your eyes peeled for a future sales event which Amanda reports will likely happen within the next two months. In the meantime, feel free to donate your gently-used books to the TD Canada Trust branch at 201 Portage Avenue.

This first book sale raised almost $500 for the Manitoba Children’s Museum - and at $1/each, you can bet all of those hundreds of books will provide great new experiences in the hands of their new owners!!!

Thanks again to all the TD Canada Trust staff who helped make this event a great success!

February’s I Love to Read Month Activities are sponsored by the TD Financial Group.

If you’d like to add your donation to our “I Love to Read Month” activities that help share the joy of reading with kids, please click the PayPal button below.


- ChooChoo, MCM’s Resident Mascot

ChooChoo’s Blog: Camryn’s MCM Font

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ChooChooCamryn's MCM FontMy good friend Erin Kangas, the museum’s FUNdraising Coordinator, showed me an amazing font created by a special child she knows just for the Manitoba Children’s Museum. It’s so cool I have to post it here. Each letter is made out of children - how cool is that?

Thanks for sharing your creation with us, Camryn - you’ve got amazing talent! We’ll be sure to find a great place to use it in the future!

- ChooChoo, MCM’s Resident Mascot

ChooChoo’s Blog: Closure Week Helpers

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ChooChooAs many of you may know, this past week was Closure Week at the museum.

Everywhere I looked, my staff friends were hard at work cleaning, painting, and repairing the exhibit pieces we all love. What a flurry of activity!

We were also incredibly lucky to have a team of volunteers from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) join us on Wednesday, adding a full day of enthusiastic energy to Closure Week activities.

Thanks to this great group, MCM will sparkle when we re-open on September 12!

When I paws-ed for a quick break, Lynn Silver, our Volunteer Resources Manager, tipped me off that this wasn’t the first time PwC has helped us out.

“This is the 3rd year that a PwC Volunteer Team has offered support to the MCM during Closure Week,” reports Lynn. “In 2008, a PwC Volunteer Team also helped us get Santa’s Village ready for Santa’s arrival in mid-November.”

Community support like this really is vital, as the museum is rarely closed and our to-do list is rarely short. From all of at the Manitoba Children’s Museum, we’d like to say thanks again to the PwC Volunteer Team - you guys are wonderful!

- ChooChoo, MCM’s Resident Mascot