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Dawn Baldwin posted a reply on Re: Birthday Party Decorations and Goodies
Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 at 2:19 PM
Said: We use white butcher paper to cover the tables and provide crayons for the children to use while they are at the table.We have compostable plates and napkins available upon request, but most families bring their own.We do give o...
Gabe Taylor posted a new Topic
Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 at 1:05 PM
Lice treatments
Hello all. We are updating some of our closing procedures for our exhibit spaces and would like some feedback in regards to lice treatment for exhibit props like costumes. Are there some specific protocols your organization uses? What resources do you look at for implementation of these procedures? Any unique things your organization has tried that seems to work?
Any feedback is great. Thanks!
Any feedback is great. Thanks!
Mary Gaetz posted a reply on Re: Incident Reports
Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 at 1:04 PM
Said: We do a follow up call, ideally the day after, sometimes later. We keep it short and simple: "Hi this is Mary from the Montshire Museum. This is a courtesy call to find out how ____ is doing." From there, we just listen, take notes, ack...
Andrea Brickwood posted a reply on Re: Birthday Party Decorations and Goodies
Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 at 11:12 AM
Said: Hi there,We decorate each party room with balloons and streamers which stay up for the whole day (we have up to 12 parties each weekend day). Definitely not re-usable, so I'd also be interested to hear about reusable decorations!! W...
Deb Gilpin posted a reply on Re: Incident Reports
Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 at 10:41 AM
Said: I'll add to Lily's... In my younger days I was nervous about opening these calls with "I'm so sorry this happened to your child during your visit."...thinking that it was "admitting liability." One day, an injury became an infection, a ...
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