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Community Foundation Funds Renew the Zoo Campaign
$10,000 Grant from Bobbi Biron Fund
September 1, 2010
Spicer Bell, president of The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore, presents J.P. Dubuque, president of the Delmarva Zoological Society, with a $10,000 donation to the Renew the Zoo campaign. From left, Ron Alessi, Zoo Commission Chairman; Salisbury Mayor Jim Ireton; Marty Neat, Renew the Zoo Commission Chairman; Spicer Bell; Zoo Director Joel Hamilton, Renew the Zoo; Tony Sarbanes, Renew the Zoo Committee; J. P. Dubuque; Donna Abbott, Renew the Zoo Committee; and Lore Chambers, Salisbury Assistant City Administrator.
The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore
has donated $10,000 from the Bobbi Biron Fund to the Salisbury Zoo's Renew the
Zoo campaign.
"The Salisbury Zoo is such an
asset to our community and we were thrilled to be supporting this effort,"
said Spicer Bell, president of the Community Foundation.
The Bobbi Biron Fund was
established in 2004 as a bequest by the estate of longtime Salisbury resident
Bobbi Biron, who shared a love for the Salisbury Zoo.
The $10,000 will go toward an
earlier matching grant from the Arthur W. Perdue Foundation and the Richard A. Henson
Foundation. Together, the two foundations donated $600,000 in matching grants
for Renew the Zoo.
The Renew the Zoo campaign was
launched this year by the Delmarva Zoological Society to raise $3 million to
overhaul the zoo. Upgrades will include a new animal health clinic, a new
interactive William E. Morgan Environmental Center, and new exhibit called
Discover Australia! with animals from the land down under.
"We are thankful that the
Community Foundation understands how important this Zoo is to our community,
and especially touched that the gift from Bobbi Biron continues to enhance her
community and the zoo," said Renew the Zoo Chairman Marty Neat.
