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School Days Promo

Raise money for your school while having loads of fun at the Museum!

We have a new and exciting way for you to help support your area school. Our newest initiative School Days offers schools an opportunity to earn $1 for each visitor they send the Museum’s way. To get involved a school representative must fill out the School Days reservation form and select a day or days for when they would like to have their School Days event. Visitors must visit on the school’s designated day, purchase a regularly priced ticket, and mention the school’s name in order for the $1 donation to be honored. It’s that’s simple! For additional information, please see the below guidelines, then click here to fill out the School Days reservation form.

There is no cost to participate in this program.

 

RULES AND RESTRICTIONS 

  • An authorized representative from the school/school district and or PTA/PTO council must fill out the School Days information form (click here for form)
  • $1 donation will be designated to the visitors school of choice with each regularly priced ticket. Sales purchased with a coupon or at a discounted rate do not apply to the fundraising campaign.
  • Visitors must mention the schools name at the time of purchase in order for a $1 donation to be donated to his/her school/PTA/PTO of choice
  • $1 donation will only be honored on your school/school districts designated school day date
  • Soliciting visitors onsite is prohibited. Each school/school district must inform its supporters of its School Days fundraiser prior to the event
  • Must be a North Carolina public school and or a private (non-profit) school; daycares are not eligible.
  • Each school/school district must include the below copy in its School Days campaign:
 
  1. (School Name and or School District Name) fundraiser
  2. Date and time
  3. Museum of Life and Science in Durham
  4. Help us raise money for (SCHOOL NAME/DISTRICT NAME) and have loads of fun at the same time. Visit the Museum of Life and Science on (DATE), mention our schools name, and the Museum will donate $1 to our school to help fund our educational programs, it’s that easy!
  5. Supported by (EXAMPLE: SCHOOL NAME, PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION)
  6. The Museum of Life and Science is one of North Carolina’s top visitor attractions. Situated on 84-acres, this interactive science park includes a science center, one of the largest butterfly conservatories in the world and beautifully landscaped outdoor exhibits which are safe havens for rescued black bears, lemurs, and endangered red wolves. The Museum's newest attraction, Dinosaur Trail, takes visitors on a journey through the Late Cretaceous period. The trail also includes a fossil dig site where you can dig through fossil dirt that was once on the ocean floor to find and keep fossils that are 23-million to 5-million years old. Other attractions include a farmyard, Ellerbe Creek Railway, a sail boat pond, the Investigate Health lab, Play to Learn, an exhibit for children under six, more than 60 species of live animals and so much more. 
  7. Museum of Life and Science in Durham |433 W. Murray Avenue | lifeandscience.org | 919.220.5429
Click here to fill out the online form.