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Jack McBride, left, CEO of Contec, pledged $150,000 to Hollywild Animal Park's fundraising campaign. The gift is in honor of international conservationist Dave Johnson.
Johnson, who had his first post-college job in animal care at Hollywild, visited the park, May 21 as featured presenter for Conservation Day at the park. The gift was announced by Contec CEO Jack McBride announced the gift that will be distributed $30,000 annual installments over five years.
"Hollywild Animal Park is a true gem of the Upstate and Contec is very proud to be supporting its future. The Park is a place where families can spend quality time together relaxing and enjoying amazing animals from around the world and around the Upstate. Equally as important, Hollywild is a place to see animals in their most natural setting and helps teach children the importance of efforts to conserve not only those animals but also the environments in which they live," McBride said.
McBride, community member Valerie Barnet, and Hollywild board members Jack Spoon and Tiffany Hughes have formed the fundraising task force announced a goal to raise at least $250,000 this year.
Hollywild did not announce the amount raised to date.