Friends of the environment have a unique opportunity to party on the wild side and support the advancement of the Lamar Bruni Vergara Environmental Science Center at Laredo Community College during Gator Aid V on Friday, April 28.
The fundraiser will offer a steak and shrimp dinner and a guitar serenade under the stars beginning at 7 p.m. on the grounds of the LBVE Science Center, located on the north side of the main campus.
The donation is $35 per person, and it includes a catered dinner, a tour of new exhibits and a one-day family pass to the LBVESC.
Tickets may be purchased by calling 764-5701.
Proceeds from the benefit will finance the maintenance and help upgrade the center’s dioramas, which feature taxidermal specimens of the region donated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department.
The goal is to replace some of the specimens and add an audio recording system with information explaining the dioramas.
“The community is invited to celebrate the science center’s seventh anniversary and to help us raise funds to support the center’s operations,” LBVESC director Tom Miller said.
Gator Aid began in the center’s third year and is part of the center’s anniversary celebration.
Located on the north side of the LCC campus in close proximity to the Rio Grande, the science center serves as a living laboratory for LCC students.
It also is an important center for science education for the region’s students from pre kindergarten to 12th grade.
“More than 70,000 students have visited the science center for it to become Laredo’s premier field trip destination. Gator Aid allows the center to grow,” Miller explained.
Through its educational curriculum and hands-on approach, the center promotes an understanding and respect for the relationship between man and environment.
The center features hands-on demonstrations, water areas for live specimens native to the Rio Grande ecosystem, growing areas for native vegetation, wildlife diorama displays, a wetlands demonstration project and the adjacent Paso del Indio Nature Trail, located along the Rio Grande river banks.
The American alligator is one of the most popular attractions to watch at the Lamar Bruni Vergara Environmental Science Center at LCC. The community is invited to enjoy dinner and music in support of the science center during Gator Aid V on Friday, April 28.
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