{"id":1547,"date":"2013-07-12T18:00:54","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T18:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2013-07-12T18:02:14","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T18:02:14","slug":"los-fresnos-students-help-support-gladys-porter-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=1547","title":{"rendered":"Los Fresnos Students Help Support Gladys Porter Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students gather funds to become Pewter Sponsors and Support the Adopt an Animal Program<\/h2>\n

\u201cA huge ROAR of appreciation goes out to students and employees of Laureles Elementary at the Los Fresnos Independent School District, who gave generously in support of the Gladys Porter Zoo,\u201d said Mary Carey, Zoofari Co-Chair at the Gladys Porter Zoo.<\/p>\n

Zoofari is the largest fundraising event held by Gladys Porter Zoo and is set to take place October 4th\u00a0& 5th, 2013. Funds raised from this year\u2019s Zoofari will be used to renovate the Patty Gorges Small World, otherwise known as the children\u2019s petting zoo.<\/p>\n

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(above) Students and employees of Laureles Elementary at the Los Fresnos Independent School District, who gave generously in support of the Gladys Porter Zoo . (below left) A check for $447.10 was given to the zoo. Photo: Gladys Porter Zoo<\/p><\/div>\n

Susan Goldberg, acquisitions chair for Zoofari challenged the students of Laureles Elementary to become Pewter Sponsors by raising $250.00.\u00a0 The students surpassed their goal raising another $150.00 to purchase a hand-painted ceramic tile that will adorn and support the South Texas Discovery Center, the Zoo\u2019s new education building at the Zoo.\u00a0 Titled with Laureles Elementary, the tile will be on permanent display recognizing the students\u2019 contribution.<\/p>\n

Illustrated with native plants and animals, the naming tiles are available and for sale by the Gladys Porter Zoo.\u00a0 They can be purchased singularly or in combination as murals.\u00a0 Laureles Elementary students then decided to lend an extra helping hand by sponsoring an animal through the Zoo\u2019s Adopt an Animal program. This was done by making a donation to assist in feeding a giraffe.<\/p>\n

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The giraffe was the animal chosen by Mrs. Rosa Garcia\u2019s 5th\u00a0grade class.\u00a0 Mrs. Garcia assisted in spearheading Laureles\u2019 fundraising project which was approved by principal, Mrs. Celia Ontiveros.
\nIn total, Laureles Elementary donations totaled over $476.00.\u00a0 On May 29th, the Gladys Porter Zoo\u2019s Zoofari volunteers were on hand to meet the generous students of Laureles Elementary.\u00a0 The Zoo\u2019s education department along with a few animal ambassadors were also on site to visit students.<\/p>\n

\u201cLaureles Elementary School\u2019s positive educational atmosphere was evident,\u201d said Trudy Garza, Zoofari Co-Chair. \u201cStudents demonstrated their love of learning about animals through a gift of their student work. The endeavors of Laureles Elementary, uphold the Zoo\u2019s mission to the preservation of nature through education, conservation, and research,\u201d she went on to say.<\/p>\n

Anyone interested in participating in the upcoming Zoofari or sponsoring a tile may contact Mary Carey (956) 572-0570 or Trudy Garza (956) 459-4872.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Students gather funds to become Pewter Sponsors and Support the Adopt an Animal Program \u201cA huge ROAR of appreciation goes out to students and employees of Laureles Elementary at the Los Fresnos Independent School District, who gave generously in support of the Gladys Porter Zoo,\u201d said Mary Carey, Zoofari Co-Chair at the Gladys Porter Zoo. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lfcisd","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1547"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1552,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions\/1552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}