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by Jack Mulvena, Naples Zoo President
and CEO, and Kelsey Burr, Naples Zoo Marketing Associate

While the crisis

days are fading,
the recovery work
will continue for for months with its ongoing costs – a
months with its doubly difficult challenge as the zoo
lost over a month of admission and
ongoing costs – a sales revenues required to care for the
doubly difficult plants and animals each day.
“We’ve calculated the total costs of
challenge as the zoo the hurricane to be just over $400,000
lost over a month of with the tree, plant and debris removal

admission and sales and fence repair costs representing
well more than half of that amount,”
revenues required Jack Mulvena, President and CEO,
to care for the said. “Fortunately we have already
raised just about $300,000 to date
plants and animals from so many of our Zoo friends and
each day. supporters. We are profoundly thankful
and appreciative of the community’s
support to date, but we do still have a
ways to go.” getting back to what they love doing every day is part of the
Naples Zoo is an award-winning 501(c)(3) non-profit, funded entirely healing process for all of us.”
by donors, visitors, and members. To support your zoo’s hurricane relief The Naples Zoo staff would like to thank everyone who
efforts, you can mail a check to the zoo at 1590 Goodlette Rd, Naples FL has supported and will support us through our recovery.
34102 or donate online at www.napleszoo.org/give. Naples Zoo has also Every little bit counts. Every dollar is appreciated. Just as
created an Amazon wish list, filled with much-needed supplies at every guest is special to us as they help us carry out our
www.tiny.cc/zooneeds. mission: “To inspire people of all ages to respect, value and
“We look forward to seeing our visitors, zoo members and all our help conserve wildlife and our natural world.”
friends again,” Mulvena said. “Talking to guests on the pathways, seeing the For more information about your zoo, visit
cruises out on the lake, and just watching our amazing staff and volunteers www.napleszoo.org.

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