For Immediate Release: June 27, 2023

SMUD partners with state, nonprofits to increase access to region’s largest science museum

Children from Oak Park to explore SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity

On Friday, students from the Oak Park community will join SMUD, the California Department of Water Resources and other community volunteers for a free day at the SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity.

SMUD's MOSAC Field Trips program is designed to enhance museum accessibility for all community members, with a special focus on the region's most vulnerable youth. Through this initiative, students will have the opportunity to engage in hands-on STEM learning experiences, while exploring a dynamic science center and community gathering space.

What: Field Trips to SMUD’s Museum of Science and Curiosity (MOSAC)

When: Friday, June 30, 2023, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Where: Media availability begins at 8 a.m. at:

Salvation Army 
2550 Alhambra Boulevard, Sacramento

Students will depart from Salvation Army at 8:30 a.m. Media availability continues at:

Destination:

MOSAC
400 Jibboom Street
Sacramento

Who: Dozens of students, representatives with SMUD, California Department of Water Resources and Oak Park nonprofit organizations

Participating students, community volunteers and partners will meet at the Salvation Army for breakfast Friday morning before being bussed to the museum, where students will enjoy exhibits, special hands-on lessons and a planetarium presentation.

The MOSAC Field Trips program is part of SMUD’s longstanding commitment to helping local educators connect students with STEM concepts and career pathways, especially as SMUD aims to decarbonize the region’s power supply by 2030. This is the pilot program’s second event of the year. In April, about two dozen students from Del Paso Heights visited the museum.

About SMUD

As the nation’s sixth-largest, community-owned, not-for-profit electric service provider, SMUD has been providing low-cost, reliable electricity to Sacramento County for more than 75 years. SMUD is a recognized industry leader and award winner for its innovative energy efficiency programs, renewable power technologies and for its sustainable solutions for a healthier environment. Today, SMUD’s power supply is on average about 50 percent carbon free and SMUD has a goal to reach zero carbon in its electricity production by 2030.