Zoobilee! Feast with the Beasts 2019

Presented by

Saturday, June 29, 2019 ROGER WILLIAMS PARK ZOO, PROVIDENCE, RI RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Dear Zoobilee Guests, Thank you for choosing to spend this summer evening with me as we celebrate 28 years of Zoobilee – Feast with the Beasts! As you enjoy the food and dancing tonight take a look around at the amazing changes that are happening here. The new Faces of the Rainforest building, filled with majestic animals from the Amazon has opened. This exhibit teaches our community about the importance of environmental stewardship and how we all can make a difference. Make sure go see the giant otters, adorable monkeys and colorful birds that call the Rainforest home!

What started off as a small black tie event in the Zoo’s parking lot has grown into one of Rhode Island’s premier summer events. This unique evening has raised well over $5 million for the Zoo since its start 28 years ago. And tonight we have lots of fun in store to celebrate and show our appreciation for you, our guests, who have made this event so wildly successful over the last 2+ decades!

I invite you to treat yourself to delicious food and refreshing beverages provided by over 40 of the finest local restaurants and caterers. And I’m happy to announce that World Premier Band is back once again as our headlining performer!

There’s still time to bid in our online auction! Be sure to check it out and bid on some valuable and exciting packages including unique Zoo experiences, weekend getaways, gourmet foods, and much, much more. Simply visit biddingforgood.com/rwpzooauction.

Thank you to our presenting sponsor, Alex and Ani and all of the generous companies and individuals who contribute to the success of the event. All proceeds from the evening will help support the Zoo’s mission of education and conservation both here in New England and around the world.

Many thanks to my fellow Zoobilee 2019 committee members, the Rhode Island Zoological Society Board of Trustees and all the companies, organizations, and individuals who have generously contributed to Zoobilee, including the participating restaurants who have donated their delicious food, time and staff on a busy Saturday night.

Thank you also to the Zoo staff and volunteers who commit their time and hard work to make the evening a fun and safe experience for everyone. Together, you help make this one of the biggest and best parties around.

Have a great night…see you next year!

Patrick T. Le Beau Chair, Zoobilee 2019 P.S. Zoo staff and volunteers are hard at work to make tonight’s event trash-free!

Please consider reusing your fork and take note of the composting bins that are available.

Thank you for your efforts to help reduce our footprint – you make it possible!

Main Program Upper Zoo/Entertainment Tent 7:00 – 7:45 p.m.

World Premier Band

7:45 – 8:15 p.m.

• Shannon Hegy, Mike Montecalvo, WPRI News Team • Pat Le Beau, Chair, Zoobilee Committee

8:15 – 9:15 p.m.

World Premier Band

9:45 – 10:55 p.m.

World Premier Band

10:45 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Last Call – Only non-alcoholic beverages served 10:45 pm – 11:00 pm

Not To Be Missed 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Education Animal Encounters Sampling of Animal Exhibits open until dusk Photo Opportunity with an animal

Zoo-Wide Zoo-Wide Rainforest

6:00 – 10:45 p.m.

Wine & Beer Bazaar

Upper Zoo

Your Generous Support Makes a Difference!

• engaging and educating the public • • bringing the wonder of wildlife to the community • • saving threatened and endangered species •

None of these things happen without continued support from the community, our sponsors, local and regional businesses, local and state government, donors and all of the volunteers that contribute to the Zoo. Events like Zoobilee, the Jack-o-Lantern Spectacular and Brew at the Zoo, all provide important revenue streams that help offset the high costs of operating a world-class zoo.

Dear Friends, As you celebrate Zoobilee and have hopefully experienced and enjoyed the new Faces of the Rainforest exhibit, I want you to rest assured that there are more great things coming to your Zoo! We are currently completing design of a new education center and event pavilion. The new project will be a net zero energy facility that will be sustainable and take no electricity off the grid. The new facility will allow us to expand our award-winning education programs as well as host large special events such as weddings and corporate outings.

This season we welcomed several new additions to our Zoo family. In the rainforest alone, we have had three baby agoutis, baby saki and howler monkeys and multiple tinamou chicks. Our binturongs were also proud parents to triplets who can be seen in the Adaptations exhibit. All the young ones are thriving and can be seen with their parents daily on exhibit.

I want to personally thank all of our Zoobilee sponsors and supporters, as well as our staff and volunteers for making this year’s event another incredibly successful one. If you had a fantastic time tonight, don’t keep it a secret. Tell your friends and make sure they join us at all of our special events so they too can have a great time while supporting an important cause!

With thanks,

Jeremy Goodman, DVM Executive Director P.S. As you can see, the Zoo is a great place to have a party. Whether it is a birthday, reunion or holiday party, we know have to have a wild time! Both here at the Zoo and at the Carousel Village we have many options to host your event. Why wait until next year’s Zoobilee to continue the fun?

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We have donated more than $1 million to Roger Williams Park Zoo with proceeds generated through charm

design. Funding from the new Monarch will continue to impact the community in conservation and education initiatives.

We are committed to supporting Rhode Island and look forward to creating more memories together at this beautiful zoo!

ALEX AND ANI will donate 20% of the purchase price* with a maximum donation of $50,000 between January 2019 and June 2019, to Roger Williams Park Zoo to provide science and environmental education programs to over 30,000 children from pre-school through high school. *Purchase price includes sales to ALEX AND ANI retail and web customers and authorized retailers. No portion of the purchase price is tax deductible. Š 2019 ALEX AND ANI, LLC

PRESENTING SPONSOR

CONSERVATION CHAMPION

ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERSTARS

Janci Foundation

Sponsor listing as of 6/28/19

EDUCATION ADVOCATES Sophie Danforth NESCTC Security Agency LLC Rhode Island Monthly WPRI 12 & Fox Providence Maribeth, Abby, & Sam Williamson

WILDLIFE PROTECTORS ABBOTT ACTION, Inc.

Jonathan & Maya Nelson

Susan Aguiar

Phenix & Coventry Home Care

Bank Rhode Island Coventry Lumber

Saccoccio & Associates Architects

DCI Construction, Inc.

Cyndie & Jonathan Seely

Dimeo Construction Company

Starkweather & Shepley Insurance

First Hartford Realty Corp.

Patrick Le Beau & Meghan Rawson-Le Beau

United Natural Foods, Inc WaterRower Inc

Sponsor listing as of 6/28/19

ANIMAL DEFENDERS Cape Cod Ice

Frank and Liz Mauran

Coastline Trust Co.

Miles River Direct

The Compost Plant

Jane S. Nelson

Domenic & Sandra Coletta

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Deal Electric LLC

The Stoico / FIRSTFED Foundation

Barry & Sandy Gertz

Tarbox Toyota

KPMG LLP

Textron, Inc.

Massage Envy

The Washington Trust Company

ZERO WASTE CRUSADERS Nancy J. Allen

Navigant Credit Union

The Angell Pension Group, Inc

New England Fence Company

Rebecca Aubin

NorthEastern Consulting

Bentley Builders

Donna M. Ottaviano, Ed.D., East Bay Educational Collaborative

Bill Lizotte Architectural Glass & Aluminum, Inc.

Ron and Joanne Patalano

Beth & Fred Bock

Piccerelli Gilstein & Company, LLP

Sarah Denby

Pier Fish

Meg Ferguson

Karen & Steven Prest

Jennifer & Brett Foster

SDS Disposal, Inc.

Gilbane Building Company

Spirol International Corporation

The Hilb Group of New England

James Steel

Lahlaf Geotechnical Consulting Inc

Twin River Casino

McAdams Charitable Foundation, Mr. & Mrs. Norman McCulloch

Warwick Mall David & Jill Wolff

National Security Fire Alarms Systems Sponsor listing as of 6/28/19

SPECIAL THANK YOU Citizens Bank Volunteers Bank of America Volunteers Rhode Island Zoological Society Staff Roger Williams Park Zoo Staff

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ATTENTION GUESTS: Photographs will be taken by Zoo staff during the course of the evening for use in future public relations materials such as our annual report, on-site event promotion posters, invitations, or on social media.

Upper Zoo

Lower Zoo

Jambo Junction

Bar ZOOTINI Bar Food Vendors Restrooms Wine & Beer Bazaar Shuttle to Parking Lot Water Station

Zoo Entrance

Thanks to these fabulous food and beverage providers!

ADMISSION PLAZA (SERVING TIME 5:30-7:30PM)

Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Little Rhody Foods (Del’s) Rhody Fresh Milk & Cheese

LOWER ZOO

P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Red Stripe Restaurant Renaissance Providence Downtown Hotel Rosalina Tavern In The Square Vanda Cucina Willow Tree Xaco Taco Modern Mexican

(SERVING TIME 6:00-9:30PM)

Blount Fine Foods Boston Culinary Group Dunkin’ Hills Home Market KC’s Classic Burger Bar Legal Sea Bar Providence Bagel Secrets in the Kitchen The Simple Greek Snookers Sports Billiards Bar and Grill Tavolo Wine Bar & Tuscan Grille Trinity Brewhouse Union Station Brewery

UPPER ZOO (SERVING TIME 6:00-10:00PM)

Arooga’s Grille House & Sports Bar The Aviary Restaurant & Bar Cozy Caterers Edible Arrangements El Rancho Grande Mexican Cuisine The Granny Squibb Company The Hungry Goat’s Kitchen India Restaurant Kleos Mill’s Tavern Restaurant Not Your Average Joe’s

DESSERTS Boston Culinary Group D’s Lectables GG’s Pretzels Go Nuts Co. Gregg’s Restaurants KIND Snacks Rhody Fresh Milk & Cheese Sarcastic Sweets Starbucks Coffee Company

BEVERAGE PROVIDERS Cape Cod Ice Douglas Wine & Spirits The Granny Squibb Company Harpoon Brewery Pepsi Bottling Company Pure Beverage Systems

DRINK TICKETS - $2.50 EACH 1 ticket 2 tickets 3 tickets 4 tickets

Soda/Bottled Water Beer/Wine Zootinis & Mixed Drinks Island Tortoise*

* Zoobilee Special

Don’t miss out!

Bid on these exciting items!

SPORTS

4 tickets: NE Patriots vs.

Cleveland Browns w./ VIP Pre-Game Tailgate Party VALUE: $3,000

Red Sox Comcast Spotlight Box Tickets VALUE: $500

Visit & Bid

Julian Edelman Autographed Football VALUE: PRICELESS

4 Tickets: NE Revolution Club Level Seats VALUE: $500

bforg.com/rwpzooauction

ZOO VIP

A Behind the Scenes Private Tour of the 2019 Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular for 10 VALUE: PRICELESS

A Behind the Scenes VIP Vet Hospital Tour for 6 VALUE: PRICELESS

Red Panda Original Artwork VALUE: PRICELESS

A Behind the Scenes VIP Sloth Encounter VALUE: PRICELESS

GET-AWAY

Overnight stay at XV Beacon Luxury Boutique Hotel in Boston VALUE: $595

Three Day Get-a-Way in Newport, RI VALUE: $350

Don’t miss out!

Bid on these exciting items!

GET-AWAY

2 Night Stay at Water’s Edge Resort & Spa VALUE: $500

Escape to the Cape VALUE: $350

ENTERTAINMENT

2 Tickets, Blue Man Group in Boston VALUE: $150

Meet & Greet with WPRI Meteorologist Tony Petrarca VALUE: PRICELESS

Two Tickets to a Show at The Providence Performing Arts Center VALUE: $140

VIP Tour of the Rhode Show LIVE on WPRI 12 VALUE PRICELESS

What you need to know: WINE & BEER BAZAAR Help support the Zoo and purchase a wine bottle or a six pack of beer with a surprise gift certificate valued at $25 or more

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There’s still time to bid!

The online auction is open for bidding until Monday, July 1, 12:00 p.m. Visit biddingforgood.com/ rwpzooauction

Look for complimentary water stations throughout the Zoo.

Buy your drink tickets before heading to the Zootini bar!

Don’t forget to save room for desserts near the gift shop

Last Call is at 10:45pm Stop by the American Association of Zookeepers booth to learn more about its mission to advance professional Don’t forget animal care and conservation. to try a Gin

Squibby!

2019 Zoobilee Online Auction and Wine & Beer Bazaar Donors PRESENTED BY:

Thank you to the following friends who generously donated unique items for this year’s online auction and wine/beer bottle bazaar.

The 1661 Inn & Hotel Manisses A.B. Munroe Dairy, Inc. Alayna Paquette Illustrations Alayne White Spa Alex and Ani Nancy Allen American Association of Zookeepers, RI Chapter AS220 Audubon Society of Rhode Island Avon Cinema Barbara Curry The Barking Lot Bayside Resort Baystate Financial Bertucci’s Bethany O Photography Blackstone Valley Tourism Council The Block Island Ferry Blithewold Mansion Gardens & Arboretum Blount Fine Foods Blue Man Group Boston Boston Beer Company Boston College Athletic Department Boston Park Plaza Boston Red Sox Bradford Portraits Brick Alley Pub & Restaurant Cape Codder Resort & Spa Capital Genealogy Cardi’s Furniture Carl M. Freeman Companies Cassarino’s The Catering Gourmet Cedarland Amazement Center

CenterPlate Charles Riverboat Company Charlestown Chamber of Commerce The Cheesecake Factory Chow Fun Food Group The Coast Guard House Restaurant Comcast Spotlight Comedy Connection RI The Compost Plant Cooper’s Coffee Company Cranston YMCA Daniel Doke Photography Dave & Buster’s of Providence The Dean Denver Zoo Dick’s Sporting Goods The Discovery Museums Droll Yankees Inc. EcoTarium Edible Arrangements Entertainment Cruises Escape Rhode Island Essex Steam Train & Riverboat Festival Ballet Providence Fifteen Beacon Hotel Fila Frances Fleet Frank Pepe’s The Gamm Theatre GENTS Barbershop and Spa Ghost Tours of Newport, RI Go Nuts Graduate Providence Handel & Haydn Society Harpoon Brewery

The auction is open until Monday, July 1 at 12:00pm.

Visit biddingforgood.com/rwpzooauction to place your bid!

Harvard Museums of Science and Culture Hawthorne Hotel The House of the Seven Gables Hy-Lines Cruises Improv Asylum India Restaurant The Inns & Spa at Mill Falls The Institute of Contemporary Art/ Boston International Tennis Hall of Fame Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Jacki Easlick Jackson Ski Touring Foundation Janet Platt Kaplan Tutoring Services, Inc. Mary Originals The Mark Twain House & Museum Massachusetts Audubon Society Massage Envy Spa Matunuck Oyster Bar Mulligan’s Island Golf & Entertainment Center Museum of Science Mystic Seaport Museum Naples Zoo National Baseball Hall of Fame New England Development New England Wild Flower Society Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Co. Newport Harbor Corporation Newport Playhouse Newport Polo Club Newport Restoration Foundation Office Direct Omni Providence Hotel Patrick Le Beau & Meghan Rawson- Le Beau Pats Peak Peabody Essex Museum Pepsi Bottling Company Picaboo Plimoth Plantation Pop Zoo: Custom Pet Portraits + More The Preservation Society of Newport County Providence Children’s Museum Providence College Providence Performing Arts Center Providence River Boat Company Providence Swings, Inc. PVD Food Truck Events Quality Rental Centers Inc

Rack Room Shoes Rejuvaderm Medi Spa Rhode Island International Film Festival Rhode Island Monthly Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and Music School Rhode Island Red Food Tours RISD College of Continuing Education Roberto’s Rock You Wear The Salem Trolley, Inc. Salem Witch Museum Salem Witch Village Sarcastic Sweets Seacoast Sweets Seekonk Speedway Signature Printing, Inc. Sin Desserts Snapology Snookers Sports Billiards Bar and Grill Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Centre Starbucks Coffee Company Story Land Studio B Salon Sunshine Joy Swan Boats of Boston Sweet Twist Tarbox Toyota Thames and Kosmos Thames Glass, Inc. Theatre By The Sea Tower Hill Botanical Garden Trader Joe’s Trinity Repertory Company The Trustees Twin River Casino Hotel Unilock Union Station Brewery Wachusett Mountain Water’s Edge Resort and Spa Westport Rivers Vineyard & Winery Wildlife Trading Company of New Mexico, Inc. Willow Tree WPRI 12 & Fox Providence Wright’s Dairy Farm Inc. X1 Boston YMCA Mount Hope Zoo Atlanta

The auction is open until Monday, July 1 at 12:00pm.

Visit biddingforgood.com/rwpzooauction to place your bid!

Thank You for Your Support!

We are grateful for your presence tonight. It is through your support at events like Zoobilee, that the Zoo is able to contribute to the conservation of our earth’s animals and natural resources.

Because of YOU this year we are able to: • create memories for over 650,000 guests.

• provide exceptional medical care to over 249 Zoo animals.

• share the importance of wildlife conservation with thousands of students who come on field trips, engage with the Zoomobile, sleep over at the Zoo or participate in internships.

• provide curriculum appropriate environmental science programming to over 150 schools in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.

• save animals both locally & globally. Especially the New England cottontail rabbit, American burying beetle, red wolf, African elephant, tree kangaroo, and snow leopard.

Thanks to you, Roger Williams Park Zoo continues to instill a sense of wonder and caring for the natural world in all those who visit.

2019 ZOOBILEE COMMITTEE CHAIR Patrick Le Beau

COMMITTEE MEMBERS Nancy Allen

Jeremy Goodman

Sara Beatrice

Elizabeth Grover

Jacqueline Boyd

Kathy Haronian

Doug Caniglia

Judy Lockard

Kathy Ciszewski

Erin McKenney

Bob Conrad

Byron McMasters

Brooke Fairman

Mary Searle

Jennifer Foster

Patrick Wholey

zootini bar Here’s your once-a-year chance to enjoy a refreshing Zoo-themed cocktail! All proceeds from the Zootini Bar (and all Zoobilee bars) benefit the Roger Williams Park Zoo. So, have a great time (responsibly) while helping out a worthy cause.

Donated by Douglas Wine & Spirits

wine & beer bazaar Purchase a bottle of wine or a six-pack of beer for $30 and win a gift certificate guaranteed to be valued at $25. But most are worth much more! Do you want to win a gift certificate to area restaurants, tickets to local attractions, spa treatments and more? Then pick up a bottle or a six-pack (or two) to win!

groove to the music of

World Premier Band Put on your boogie shoes and dance the night away! World Premier Band incorporates musicians with endless imagination seeding the music of the 90’s and today with funk, dance originals, and R&B.