Morrin Centre wants to ‘make space for magic’ in 2025
Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative report
editor@qctonline.com
The Morrin Centre is asking for community members’ support to “make space for magic” during its annual year-end fundraising campaign.
The campaign – launched on Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3 – aims to raise funds to refurbish the library’s children’s area and make it even more child-friendly, said education program co-ordinator Manuela Flores Denti.
“We’d like to make it more colourful and more obvious that it’s the kids’ section,” Flores Denti said. “We don’t have a lot of space for new books. We would like to get more books for the children’s section, the juvenile section, the young adult section, but there’s no space. We’re looking forward to doing that, but also changing the furniture. Hopefully, with money from the campaign, we’ll be able to buy more shelves for more books.”
She would also like to set up a display area where children and teens participating in the centre’s activities can show off their handiwork. “For example with the book club, we’re reading novels, but we’re also reading a lot of graphic novels. I got them to draw their own graphic novels and they did such an amazing job. I’m looking for ways to display it, showcase what we’re doing, and just finding a space is a challenge because the space is really limited. With creativity, we hope to be able to do that, but we need the budget.”
Funds will also go toward supplies for the centre’s science, technology, engineering, art and math club (S.T.E.A.M. Club) and book club for school-age children and storytime activities for younger kids.
People interested in supporting the Make Space for Magic campaign can drop off a cheque at the Morrin Centre, donate online at morrin.org or email info@morrin.org or manuelafloresdenti@morrin.org.
In addition to financial donations, Flores Denti said the centre is eager to accept in-kind donations of arts-and- crafts supplies. Gifts of time or expertise are also welcome – community members who are interested in proposing an activity should contact Manuela Flores Denti directly.