Growing Up Together
GROWING UP TOGETHER>>
Pretend City is more than a museum—it’s a vital resource where children of all backgrounds and abilities can grow, learn, and thrive through interactive play. As a trusted community hub, Pretend City provides families with essential tools and experiences that nurture every stage of childhood development. This year, we invite you to join our Growing Up Together year-end campaign to celebrate and support the lasting impact of Pretend City.
As an educational nonprofit, Pretend City depends on individual giving to sustain the learning spaces and programs you love. While memberships, tickets, birthday parties, facility rentals, and field trips cover about 70% of our operating budget, the remaining 30% comes from the generosity of donors like you.
By contributing to the Growing Up Together campaign, you’re investing in a brighter future for children and families in our community. Together, we can ensure that every child has a place to dream, explore, and grow—because when children thrive, our whole community flourishes.
$25 – Growing up together, unlocking creativity and imagination! Your $25 contribution provides essential art supplies, puzzles, beach toys, or café props, giving kids the tools they need to express themselves, problem-solve, and enjoy pretend play in our interactive exhibits.
$50 – Growing up together, learning through play! Your $50 gift provides baby dolls, doctor and dentist kits, circuit board kits, or firefighter and police officer uniforms. It could also supply infant toys and books for Baby Steps, fishing poles for the marina, or farm-fresh play veggies and fruit, inspiring curiosity and creativity across Pretend City.
$100 – Growing up where it all begins! – It all starts with babies, and for $100 you could help underwrite the cost for a mom and dad and their newborn to attend Baby Steps, a morning where babies get the museum to themselves! Babies connect and so do their moms and dads.
$250 – Growing up creative! – Your gift of $250 supports Pretend City’s arts programming including Kidstock, our annual arts and music festival, as well as the exploratory arts programming in the art studio. Music and art are foundational skills for becoming proficient at math and coding.
$500 – Growing up with a little help from friends! – Your $500 gift helps underwrite free and discounted memberships and tickets for low-income families and helps provide free field trips for Title 1 Schools.
$1,000 or more – Growing up with the investment of City Lights Members! – Your $1,000 or more gift unites you in our new giving circle with other generous individuals who care deeply about giving our children the start to their best life – with health and wellness and building a foundation for learning as a student for life.
Make an end-of-year gift to support healthy child development at Pretend City, a 501 c (3) educational nonprofit. Your gift is tax deductible.
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29 Hubble Irvine, CA 92618
949-428-3900
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