The Play is the Way team planned a community wide celebration for the week of the Young Child in April 2020, which due to Covid, never happened. We hope this year with these funds directed at various places in the community we can celebrate the wonder of young children as well as promote a community wide appreciation for children's literature and art.

Community wide celebration of the Week of the Young Child (month of April 2025)

Ipswich Public Library Children's room: Laurie Collins $350.00
Pop Up process Art Studio February 19th from 10-11 (we have room 9-12)
$150.00 per storywalk station (x2)
$50 art supplies for pop-up event (to be shown at Zumis art show)

Tidal Pages: Kimberly Mavroides $200.00
$200 to provide discounts on the book, Not a Stick, purchases when kids bring in a stick

Sandpiper Bakery: Suzanne Clairmont $200.00
$200 allowance for free cookies to the first 100 kids to bring in a stick drawing

Ipswich Public Schools (Kathleen O’Reilly) and Zumi’s Espresso $100.00
Students and customers will decorate plain white cardboard coffee sleeves to wrap around hot drinks for sale. $100
Process Art show with local kids art the month of April

Play is the Way: Julie Doyle, Missy Bilo, Kerry Zagarella $150.00
World Earth Day is Tuesday April 22. Our team will pick the Saturday before or after to kick off the installation of the “mud kitchen” at Bialeck Park and host nature based crafting stations to celebrate Earth Day.