Providence Children’s Museum's annual gala fundraiser, "Unplugged – The Way to Play," celebrated the spirit of creativity and innovation, and the Museum’s commitment to children’s imaginative free play. The festive event, held on April 26, netted $81,000 to benefit the Museum and help provide valuable play and learning opportunities for children and families in need.

2. The mission of
Providence Children’s Museum
is to inspire and celebrate
learning through active play
and exploration.

3. In 2011, Providence Children’s Museum...

4. Ensured all families
had access to the
Museum, welcoming
30 percent of its
160,000 visitors
at no charge.

5. Conducted therapeutic visits for
500 children and parents in 180
court-separated families through
the Families Together program.

6. Brought engaging
hands-on activities
to over 1,000 Head
Start preschoolers
and nearly 600
school-age kids.

7. Provided 550 charitable memberships to
low-income children and families.

8. 45 percent of the
Museum’s $2.1
operating budget
supported services
for children and
families in need.

9. Tonight’s event honors the
following local individuals
who exemplify a spirit of
creativity and innovation.

10. Ava Sprague Anderson Founder/CEO,
Ava Anderson Non-Toxic
Ava Sprague Anderson is committed
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to providing personal care products
free of harmful chemicals. She is
currently a high school senior, and the
company that she founded at age 15
now has over 45 organic products.
Ava Anderson Non-Toxic has more than
1,200 Ava Consultants in 48 states
and is one of the fastest growing direct
sales companies in the country.

11. Ava Sprague Anderson Founder/CEO,
Ava Anderson Non-Toxic
“[Creativity requires] time to
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think, draw, photograph, design,
style or visualize without
constraints.
For our business, this means the
ability to dream and mold the
dream into a reality – from
concept to final product.”

12. Barrett Bready President/CEO,
NABsys, Inc.
Barrett Bready is working to make
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DNA sequencing fast,
inexpensive and accurate enough to be
used in clinical care.
He was named 2011 Innovator of the
Year by Providence Business News, and
he teaches a course on the business of
biotechnology at Brown University,
where he is an adjunct professor.

13. Barrett Bready President/CEO,
NABsys, Inc.
“[Creativity is] figuring out what
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needs to be done and applying out-of-
the-box thinking to achieve it.
NABsys uses semiconductor
technology to make chips that read
individual DNA molecules
electronically and will allow scientists
and physicians to understand the
genomic basis of cancer.”

14. Dennis Littky Co-Founder/Co-Director,
Big Picture Learning and
The Met School
Dennis Littky is nationally known for
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his extensive work in secondary
education in urban, suburban and
rural settings, spanning over 40 years.
As an educator, Dr. Littky has a
reputation for working up against the
edge of convention and out of the box,
challenging tradition and delivering
concrete results.

15. Dennis Littky Co-Founder/Co-Director,
Big Picture Learning and
The Met School
“Innovation/creativity means looking
at something and seeing solutions
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that are different and better than in
the past.
I have turned education on its head
by building The Met School, College
Unbound and 100 schools around the
world based on our design of one
student at a time and interest-based
curriculum on real projects.”

16. Navyn Salem Executive Director,
Edesia Global Nutrition
Navyn Salem founded Edesia Global
Nutrition, a non-profit organization
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dedicated to the treatment and prevention
of malnutrition in children throughout the
developing world, in 2007.
Edesia manufactures ready-to-use foods
that have reached over 800,000 children.
Ms. Salem received the 2012 New England
Businesswoman of the Year Award at Bryant
University’s annual Women’s Summit.

17. Navyn Salem Executive Director,
Edesia Global Nutrition
“Creativity is the ability to capture
your imagination and transform ideas
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into reality…
Through a model of social enterprise,
Edesia creates jobs locally and saves
lives globally. The team is working
almost around the clock and exporting
to over 25 countries from Pakistan to
Haiti, Chad, Somalia and beyond.”

18. Jim Stallman President,
M.H. Stallman Company
Jim Stallman’s company is a leading
fabricator and distributor of innovative
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foam products, with two manufacturing
facilities in Rhode Island and one in
upstate New York.
From NASA to the operating room, from
Washington's National Museum of Art to
Hollywood, M.H. Stallman engineers have
brought creative solutions to a diversity of
product application challenges.

19. Jim Stallman President,
M.H. Stallman Company
“Creativity or innovation is anything
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new that builds on what’s already
been invented.
The innovation with our work is to
take the artist’s or the designer’s
concept and translate it into a viable
production part, building upon other
applications and uses and finding
ways to streamline and create what
has been designed.”

20. Max Winograd President/Co-Founder,
NuLabel Technologies
Max Winograd founded NuLabel
Technologies, a polymer science and
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engineering company that has pioneered
new adhesive technology to help
companies cut costs and reduce waste
by eliminating label backs that end-
users peel and throw away.
Mr. Winograd serves on the Board of
Directors of the Greater Providence
Chamber of Commerce and is a Rhode
Island Commodore.

21. Max Winograd President/Co-Founder,
NuLabel Technologies
“Creativity and innovation means
refusing to sayadkljaadjlfl instead saying
'no' and
'not yet, but soon.'
Innovation comes out not by proving
your hypothesis right, but by trying to
prove your hypothesis was wrong –
which forces you to consider
alternatives and stretch the definition
of what's possible.”

22. Meg Wirth Founder/CEO,
Maternova
Meg Wirth founded Maternova, the first
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global online “marketplace” for ideas
and innovations that accelerate life-
saving technologies for women and
newborns in low-income countries.
Maternova was named 2011 Innovation
of the Year in Community and Social
Service by Providence Business News.

23. Meg Wirth Founder/CEO,
Maternova
“To me, creativity means an angle or
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approach that is surprising and leads to
something new – and hopefully better.
At Maternova we are interested in
positive solutions to maternal and
infant health in low-income countries…
Our customizable bundles make it easy
for frontline providers to find and
deploy life saving technologies faster
and more affordably.”

24. Thank you for supporting
Providence Children’s Museum
and its commitment to
children’s right to play.