Connecticut Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) announced that Connecticut Humanities recently awarded $226,461 to 14 organizations in Connecticut, including Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk, which received a Project Planning and Implementation Grant of $25,000 for its “We (Heart) America!” exhibit. The grant support projects that help further understanding and appreciation for human history, culture, values and beliefs.
Connecticut Humanities (CTH) is an independent, nonprofit, publicly supported foundation, established in 1973 through an initial planning grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
“Stepping Stones Museum is an incredible resource for children in our community,” said Duff “Through their many exhibits, programs and camps, young children engage in experiments, projects and learning experiences that use their imagination and spark their curiosity.”
Rhonda Kiest, president and CEO of the award-winning children”™s museum, said, “This Public Presentation Planning Grant will help the museum complete the planning process for a new immersive, exhibit experience tentatively called ”˜We (Heart) America!”™ This exhibit will allow children to explore everyday acts of democracy, civic engagement and citizenship through carefully developed storylines that draw from the diversity of our state and country”™s perspectives, people, places and innovations.”
