Children’s Museum of Manhattan Hosts 850 Attendees at Annual Charity Event, Raises Over $550K for Children Affected by Poverty

CMOM Sunday Funday Mad Science show performance

This past weekend, CMOM hosted their largest ever Sunday Funday charity event welcoming 850 people of all ages for a day of food, fun, music, games, art and more. This iconic annual CMOM event took place on Sunday April 23, 2023, at Chelsea Piers, Pier 60 and was co-chaired by Marisa Leister, Stephanie Stuchin and Nessia Sloane Kushner and raised over $550,000 to help underwrite CMOM’s work at the Museum and in the community, including our interactive exhibits, research-backed programs, and outreach programs to serve vulnerable children including those affected by poverty, homelessness, and parental incarceration.
Notable attendees included Gillian Hearst, Emeka Okafor, Taj McWilliams Franklin, Lane Gerson, Chandrika Tandon, Carolyn Tisch Blodgett, Wes Gordan and others. 

The Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) is a nationally recognized leader in early childhood development, featuring four floors of interactive exhibits, daily public programs, and educator-led workshops for children and families from all socio-economic backgrounds. CMOM experiences are research-based and designed to help young children build the intellectual, emotional, physical, and social skills needed for school readiness and to thrive in today’s world. CMOM focuses on learning through arts and creativity, health and wellness, science and environment, world cultures and civic mindedness and each year welcomes in close to 350,000 people through their museum based and city-wide outreach programs.