Jennings steps down
The executive director of Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose is stepping down after 17 years as head of the downtown destination.
Marilee Jennings, who joined the museum in 1987 and has been its head since 2008, announced Dec. 22 that she’s retiring to spend more time with her family.
Jennings helped shape the museum into a nationally recognized leader in early education, family engagement and community partnership. She also helped develop programming that expanded the museum’s reach to families across the Bay Area.
Jennings also led the creation and growth of the museum’s outdoor spaces, including Bill’s Backyard: Bridge to Nature, Exploration Portal and most recently Bubbling Up, the new interactive bubble exhibit. She was also integral to fostering a relationship with Zoom that led to the creation of the Children’s Discovery Museum Zoom Zone at the San Jose Mineta International Airport.
“I’m so proud of what we’ve built together – indoors, outdoors, and in the hearts of the families we serve,” Jennings said in a release.
A national search for Jennings’ successor is underway, and she will support the museum through its transition period.
In honor of her leadership and the museum’s 35th anniversary, the Marilee Jennings Future 35 Fund has been established. To donate, visit www.cdm.org/Future35Fund.
Elves in training
Members of Brownie Troop 60125 in San Jose volunteered at the Family Giving Tree warehouse in Sunnyvale on Dec. 7, sorting, wrapping and organizing gifts and getting them ready for bagging for the nonprofit’s Holiday Wish Drive. The troop also hosted a Virtual Giving Tree along with Junior Troop 60174, adopting 25 wish cards, and used cookie sale proceeds to shop for gifts. Donations to the Virtual Giving Trees can be made until 9 p.m. on Jan. 15 at wishdrive.org/girlscouttroop60125.
Family Giving Tree has already collected more than 24,000 gifts this season and is working toward helping 50,000 children and families across the Bay Area, according to Evelyn Huynh, director of community resource development.
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