The St. Maarten Zoo recently received a donation from Mrs. Els O'Connor, a former schoolteacher on the island.Mrs O'Connor taught here for many years and was once married to the well known Fons O'Connor.
Mrs. Connor recently celebrated her 75th birthday. Instead of gifts she asked friends and family to give her money which she would donate to a worthy cause. Mrs. O'Connor states that at her age she has everything she needs and she thought this would be a different more meaningful way to celebrate her birthday.
As a result, Mrs. O'Connor presented a check in the amount of $500 to the St. Maarten Zoo.
She requested that the money be used to upgrade and repair the Cotton Top Tamarin exhibit.
Mrs. O'Connor also stated that she hoped other people might adopt the idea of contributing to worthy charities on their birthdays.
Mrs. O'Connor and her entire family were at the Zoo to present the donation.
The St. Maarten Zoo is deeply appreciative of this donation. We thank Mrs. O'Connor for her thoughtfulness.
The Cotton Top Tamarin exhibit is one of our more important exhibit as these animals are highly endangered. We are pleased to have some funds to improve their exhibit.
