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Giving Tuesday 2026

All-day virtual giving event • Tuesday, Dec. 1st

🎠 Keep the Heritage Carousel Spinning! 🎠

For more than 25 years, the Heritage Carousel has been a place where families come together, memories are made, and a little bit of joy still costs just 50 cents.

But keeping the Carousel spinning takes more than ride tokens. As a nonprofit organization, we rely on the generosity of our community to maintain and preserve this treasured Des Moines landmark.

This Giving Tuesday, your donation helps us:

🎟️ Keep rides affordable at just .50 cents for children and $1.00 for adults, making the Carousel accessible to all families.

🔧 Care for our Carousel through ongoing maintenance, restoration and operating expenses that keep it running year after year.

🎉 Create memories through family-friendly events, special programming, and opportunities for our community to come together.

🌳 Build for the future through our Spinning Forward campaign, which includes a new event shelter and garden, along with long-term funding to ensure the Carousel continues bringing joy for generations to come.

Every gift, big or small, makes a difference! Whether it's $25, $50, $100, or an amount that's meaningful to you, your generosity helps preserve a little piece of Des Moines history.

Give back this Giving Tuesday!

Together, we can keep the magic spinning for generations to come!

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