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Community Playdate: Open House & Fundraiser for Second Sky

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Free open house event! Activities for all ages, food trucks, DJ. We’re building a new community center in Tucson. Come learn more! Drink sales benefit Second Sky.

Please join us on Saturday, October 12th, from 2:00pm-9:00pm for a free, family-fun event. Come learn more about what’s in store at Second Sky at our 1st Community Playdate. Featuring activities for all ages, food trucks, DJ PABlo Bley, and drink sales to benefit the future of Second Sky, a nonprofit organization.

Activities include: Help us build a Second Sky Dome, Interactive Music Sculptures, Science activities by SARSEF, Lawn Games by City of Tucson’s special events group Ready, Set, Rec!, Indoor Pickleball Court, Cardboard Box Fort Building, Interactive Rhodes Ball Machines, and The Legendary Tennis Ball Cannon. Food Trucks include Homemade Mediterranean, You Sly Dog, and Maui Wowi Hawaiian drinks.

Although the outdoor component of Second Sky and a fully operating cafe are in the works, at Second Sky, www.secondsky.org, we’re in the beginning stages of opening Tucson’s next gathering place! Our outdoor science garden will have elements of an adventure park, including Second Sky Domes and interactive art and science installations designed and constructed by Creative Machines for Second Sky. At our Community Playdate on Oct 12th, attendees can help us begin to assemble the 1st Second Sky Dome! In the future, we will have a cafe selling food and beverages, including adult beverages. We have a special events permit for the open house event to sell alcohol and other drinks. A portion of sales from the day will benefit the future of Second Sky.

Backstory About Why We’re Creating Second Sky
For the past five years, the parent company of Second Sky—Creative Machines Inc. (CMI)—has held free S.T.E.A.M field trips for students and families from schools in Pima County. During these visits, kids develop initiative by exercising autonomy and critical thinking skills. They explore, take risks, challenge and support each other in creative ways. Learn more about CMI at: creativemachines.com.

These field trips have been a labor of love that CMI has hosted monthly. Over the years, visitors have asked CMI to build a permanent facility. Schools want to bring students here more often, families want to become members, and non-profit partners want to run their after-school programs here. In response to the demand, Second Sky: Science Garden + Social Club is being built on the CMI campus for all ages to enjoy year-round.

In addition to an established network of community support, Second Sky has a sustainable business model designed to support itself after we have secured initial capital. While we wait for the 501c3 nonprofit certification, we are grateful to have Groundswell Capital as our fiscal sponsor, enabling us to accept tax deductible contributions. For more information about our business model, check out: secondsky.org/case-for-support/

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