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  MN Zoo Receives $2.7M In Corporate Gifts, Pledges

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MN Zoo Receives $2.7M In Corporate Gifts, Pledges

Corporate givers are helping the Minnesota Zoo in its drive to become one of the top 10 zoos in the nation.

The zoo has received gifts and pledges totaling more than $2.7 million in the past year in support of its 2005 Strategic Plan.

The Cargill Foundation and the Medtronic Foundation both made pledges of $1 million each.

Cargill's gift will support a new Environmental Learning Center. Medtronic is helping fund an updated Medtronic Minnesota Trail, which features the state's animals and their environment.

Other major zoo contributors include Ecolab, Faegre & Benson LLP, KPMG LLP, the Toro Co., Piper Jaffray, and TCF Bank.

 

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