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Healthyville®, U.S.A Initiative
Investing in Community Health Literacy through Immersive Learning
At Stepping Stones Museum for Children, we believe that strong communities are built by children who understand their voice matters. Our Healthyville, U.S.A. Initiative is a groundbreaking, multilingual “city” designed to help children see themselves as active participants in a thriving society – where health means more than wellness visits. The first of its kind, a museum-neighborhood built just for children, Healthyville, U.S.A. is community: inclusive of civic responsibility, economic understanding, communication, empathy and collective care.
Reaching more than 250,000 visitors annually, Healthyville, U.S.A. brings the concept of community health to life through immersive play. Children explore how neighborhoods function and discover how reading, writing, speaking and listening are essential tools for problem-solving, cooperation and contributing to the greater good.
Annual Programming Highlights
300+
Interactive role-play scenarios
450+
hours/year of community-based literacy and communication activities
75+
community and civic storytelling workshops
STEAM-integrated programming
That connects science, technology, engineering, art and math to real-world challenges.
Workshops and Camps
Play scanner and register; Interactive food and nutrition manipulatives.
Authentic partnerships
With local health providers, civic leaders and cultural organizations.
On-floor guides and educators
To support and facilitate immersive learning.
Learning In Action
Cognition
Problem-solving and community planning
Social-Emotional
Building friendships and taking turns in shared play
Creative Arts
Drawing civic posters and imagining better neighborhoods
Math and Science
Recognizing patterns, making comparisons, building structures
Language and LIteracy
Communicating ideas through language and play with multilingual learning opportunities
Physical and Community Health
Practicing balance and movement through everyday jobs and games; working with and listening to others
What's in Healthyville?
Good Foods Café and Market: Play scanner and register; Interactive food and nutrition manipulatives
Community Health Center: Child-sized Doctor’s Office; Veterinarian Clinic for stuffed animal check-ups
Community Garden: Plasma screen with seasonal and weather-responsive digital backdrop
Neighborhood: Child-safe stationary “circle bike” for active movement play
Park: Storytelling space; Puppet cart and performance space for Puppetry Arts
And More!
The Funding Imperative
To keep Healthyville®, U.S.A. vibrant, equitable and evolving, we must invest in its future. This one-of-a-kind, child-sized city depends on philanthropic support to sustain and expand its immersive, multilingual programs. Public funding alone cannot meet the demand for high-quality, community-centered learning. Your investment ensures that every child—regardless of background—can access transformative experiences that promote literacy, wellness and civic belonging.
Your investment in the future
At Healthyville, U.S.A., children learn that reading, writing and communication empower them to shape amore just, inclusive and healthy world. Please join us in building a generation of children who understand that healthy communities begin with them.
Donate NowTitanium
$50,000
Platinum
$25,000
Gold
$15,000
Ernest and Joan Trefz Foundation
Anne S. Richardson Fund
Dreyfus Foundation
Silver
$10,000
Eversource
Tauck
Bronze
$5,000
Ridgefield Thrift Shop
Bloomingdales
Eversource
Westport Women's Club
Friend of the Museum
$2,500
American Life
Animal Wellness Veterinary Center
Bank of America Corp.
Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessy LLP
Enterprise Mobility Foundation
Garavel Auto Group
Krauss Whiting Capital Advisors LLC
Linde
Siegel & Kaufman PC
Terex Corporation
Whole Food Regional Office
Brass
$1,000
Aquarion Water Company
Bankwell
Bespoke Veterinary Services
Bigelow Tea
Cornell University Veterinary Specialists, Inc.
USI Insurance Services, LLC
Titanium
$50,000
Brass
$1,000
Aquarion Water Company
Bankwell
Bespoke Veterinary Services
Bigelow Tea
Cornell University Veterinary Specialists, Inc.
USI Insurance Services, LLC
Bronze
$5,000
Conair LLC
Day Pitney LLP
Diserio, Martin, O'Connor & Castiglioni, LLP
EMCOR Group, Inc
First County Bank
Gen Re
Lone Pine Capital LLC
Northern Trust Company of CT
Nuvance Health
Nuvance Health - GoHealth Urgent Care
Ring's End, Inc.
Stanley M. Seligson Properties
Union Savings Bank
Platinum
$25,000
Gold
$15,000
M&T Bank
Silver
$10,000
Eversource
Tauck
Copper
$2,500
American Life
Animal Wellness Veterinary Center
Bank of America Corp.
Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessy LLP
Enterprise Mobility Foundation
Garavel Auto Group
Krauss Whiting Capital Advisors LLC
Linde
Siegel & Kaufman PC
Terex Corporation
Whole Food Regional Office