Announcing the Wildest Event of the 2014 Palm Beach Season
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Media Contact:
Angela Cruz Ledford
Media Relations Manager
(561) 547-WILD x222 (o)
(318) 512-7464 (c) or (561) 962-1413 (c)
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Event organizers have announced the theme for the Palm Beach Zoo’s annual gala, to be held January 31, 2014, at The Breakers in Palm Beach. “The Garden in the Wild” theme will be in celebration of all things living at the Zoo. Cocktails begin at 7 p.m., with dinner and dancing to follow beginning at 8 p.m.
Officials hope the fund-raising event will help further the Zoo’s mission of protecting wildlife and wildlife habitat, and inspiring others to value and conserve the natural world.
James Berwind is serving as this year’s Chairperson. Michele Kessler is Honorary Chairperson. Thomas C. Quick and Whitney Bylin are Event Chairs, and Samantha Storkerson is Auction Chairperson.
The “Green Team” will help to spread the Zoo’s conservation message. It includes Palm Beach landscape architects, Mario Nievera & Keith Williams, who will collaborate with wildlife photographer, Budge Jamison, on this year’s gala invitation. Floral master, Tom Mathieu, will design centerpieces both lovely and live, that will be returned for planting at the Zoo.
Individual tickets are $750 each, and junior tickets (for individuals 40 and under) are $500 each. For more information, contact Pam Viscusi at pviscusi@palmbeachzoo.org, or (561) 533-0887 ext. 285.
About the Palm Beach Zoo
The Zoological Society of the Palm Beaches exists to protect wildlife and wildlife habitat, and to inspire others to value and conserve the natural world. We advance our conservation mission through endangered species propagation, education, health and wellness, field research, and conservation medicine. Our sustainable and responsible business practices and local, national and global partnerships enable the Palm Beach Zoo to support national and international conservation, species survival, and habitat preservation.
The Palm Beach Zoo is a located at 1301 Summit Boulevard in West Palm Beach, Florida. The Zoo is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas. For more information, visit www.palmbeachzoo.org.
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