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John Boudreau posted a new Topic
Wednesday, Mar 25, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Tabling Opportunities
We receive a number of requests from city agencies and local non-profit organizations to table in our space. We tend to accept requests from agencies that can provide free information, resources or services relatable to our visitors. Some of these have included free taxes services available from the City, information about participating in City-wide budgeting, etc. We also have hosted tabling opportunities for some of our partner organizations offering information about their beneficial ...
jason Aflague posted a new Topic
Wednesday, Mar 25, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Any Field Trip Coordinators can answer some quesitons?
Hello everyone!
I work at Pretend City Children's Museum in Orange County, CA, we are a medium sized museum and we are thinking of updating our fieldtrip operations and as we are moving to a larger space, we are curious about how other museums handle field trips and how other museums handle some typical issues that can come up again and again.
I have a list of seven questions, if you would like to help me in my research, email me and we can talk!
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I work at Pretend City Children's Museum in Orange County, CA, we are a medium sized museum and we are thinking of updating our fieldtrip operations and as we are moving to a larger space, we are curious about how other museums handle field trips and how other museums handle some typical issues that can come up again and again.
I have a list of seven questions, if you would like to help me in my research, email me and we can talk!
th...
Katherine Patterson-Paronto posted a reply on Re: Pet Scanner
Wednesday, Mar 25, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Said: We have one at our Discovery Center! We have been open for 1 yr and 3 months. It's been a workhorse for us. I would be happy to chat about it! It was custom-made for us by Heartland Scenic Studios out of Omaha, NE.&nbs...
Krista Dawson posted a reply on Re: Volunteer Management Software
Wednesday, Mar 25, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Said: We use Give Pulse and have been able to adapt the platform to also support an inhouse program with a specific enrolled group where they can sign up for weekly support programming. It provides easy sign up and management that doesn't see...
Krista Dawson posted a reply on Re: Penny Rounding with Altru
Wednesday, Mar 25, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Said: We modified all our pricing to round up to 5 cents to avoid the penny dilemma. I am not in the weeds of the process so can't say much more than that. We also hoarded the pennies from our donation coin spinner to use until they run out :...
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