A great day of golf for the Wildlife Discovery Center!
Posted in General By rob_carmichael on June 01st 2007
Who would think that the WDC and golf go together….but they do! Today, the Lake Forest Parks & Recreation Foundation hosted their annual golf tournament to help raise awareness and funds for park and recreation programs. The WDC is under the umbrella of the City of Lake Forest’s Parks & Recreation Department. One of the unique features of this event is that each Par 3 hole features one of the Recreation Department’s programs. Of course, the most popular hole on the course is Lucky Hole #13! As players hit their approach on Hole 12 (a very long Par 5), they quickly realize that the two large dark objects lying on the green are actually two LIVE ALLIGATORS! You should see the looks on their faces! A big thanks goes to Bob and Dan Bavirsha for sharing Zeek and Michigan for the day. Other animals that were out for the public to see and touch were Shadow the Burmese Python, Chubby Cheekers the Giant Argentine Tegu, Sid the black throated monitor, Yurtle the Snapping Turtle, Shelley the Gopher Tortoise, Curly the Red Tailed Hawk and a host of other animals.
A big thanks goes to my staff of Edward Gudas, Bryan Suson, and interns Ryan and Natalie for hanging out with us. Another thanks goes to Lindy VanVlissingen for holding the fort down while other staff assisted me.
The gators were truly the big hit of the day and I’ll be posting pics very soon!! We will most likely get some sort of donation for funding future projects as a result of our involvement in this event.
