Help Launch Empower Play and Build the Future Delaware Sensory Museum

Every child deserves a place to learn, play, and belong.

Yet many children with autism, sensory differences, and developmental disabilities struggle to find programs designed with their needs in mind.

That's why we created Empower Play—a sensory-informed after-school enrichment program serving children ages 3–13 through hands-on learning, movement, social connection, and family support.

Hundreds of families have already joined our waitlist. The need is clear.

Our goal is to raise $50,000 to expand access, provide transportation assistance, purchase sensory materials, support staff, and create meaningful opportunities for children and families today while building toward the future Delaware Sensory Museum.

Your Impact

Your donation helps:

✔ Provide sensory-informed programming

✔ Purchase sensory and educational materials

✔ Support adaptive recreation and enrichment activities

✔ Expand family engagement opportunities

✔ Support staff and program facilitators

✔ Train future educators and professionals in inclusive practices

✔ Build the foundation for the Delaware Sensory Museum

Giving Levels

$15 provides sensory tools and learning materials.

$50 supports a child's participation in enrichment programming.

$500 helps fund family engagement events and special experiences.

$1,500 supports transportation assistance and staff stipends.

$5,000 helps sustain and expand Empower Play.

The Mayor's Office of Economic Development has already invested in this vision. Now we're inviting families, community members, and corporate partners to help build on that momentum.

Together, we can create spaces where every child is welcomed, every family is supported, and every voice is heard.

Join us. Because inclusion shouldn't be the exception. It should be the expectation.

Until every voice is heard.

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Empower Play: Match the Momentum Campaign

Help us build the bridge to Delaware's first Sensory Museum while creating life-changing opportunities for children of all abilities today.