NEWS RELEASE - HOPE ZOO GETS COLD FOG MACHINE FROM FFP

FLIPPING THE SWITCH: Dr. Kenny Benjamin (right), Executive Chairman of Hope Zoo Preservation Foundation and David Mair, Executive Director of Food For The Poor Jamaica, together turn on the Cold Fog Machine for the first time after it was handed over to Hope Botanical Gardens & Zoo on November 6. Sharing in the moment are (from left) Nakhlé Hado, Distribution Services & Fisheries Director at FFP Jamaica and Dr. Andrew Trawford, Executive Director of Hope Zoo.

HOPE ZOO GETS COLD FOG MACHINE FROM FFP

For Immediate Release

Kingston, Jamaica – November 6, 2014: Hope Botanical Gardens & Zoo has received a Cold Fog Machine from Food For The Poor (FFP) Jamaica, which will be used to reduce the temperature of the zoo’s environment which sometimes cause challenges for its animal residents and visitors.

The handover of the Cold Fog Machine was conducted on November 5 on the grounds of the Zoo. There, David Mair, Executive Director, FFP Jamaica, officially handed over the equipment to Dr. Kenny Benjamin, Executive Chairman of Hope Zoo Preservation Foundation and Dr. Andrew Trawford, Executive Director, Hope Zoo.

Dr. Benjamin expressed gratitude to Mr. Mair for FFP’s gift of the Cold Fog Machine.

“We are very grateful for the machine. It’s a most welcomed gift from Food For The Poor. It’s multifunctional and we will use it to cool down areas where some of the animals are getting too hot, and it also brings down the temperature around and that is very good for the plants. Some of the animals that we have are not accustomed to this very hot weather, so, every now and again when it gets very hot, we will use the machine and just fog the area,” Dr. Benjamin said in his response immediately after receiving the equipment.

Also responding on behalf of Hope Zoo, Dr. Trawford said, “It’s a great asset and we really appreciate it. It’s not only for the benefit of the animals, but also for the restaurant facilities here, whose customers will benefit too from the cool environment the cold fog machine will create.”

Mr. Mair, in his address, said the Zoo was chosen for this machine because the charity organisation was concerned about how Jamaica’s year-round warm climate affected some of the animals.

“Food For The Poor is indeed thrilled to be able to make this contribution to assist in the restoration process of Hope Zoo and remains committed to the development of Jamaica in whatever way we can,” Mr. Mair said.

For more information, please contact:

Ainsworth Morris, PROComm, Tel: 926-6740 or 3756136

ENJOYING THE FOG: After the official handing over of the new Cold Fog Machine to Hope Botanical Gardens & Zoo, (from left) Dr. Kenny Benjamin, Executive Chairman of Hope Zoo Preservation Foundation; David Mair, Executive Director of Food For The Poor Jamaica and Dr. Andrew Trawford, Executive Director of Hope Zoo enjoy the cold air emission from the machine.

HOPE ZOO‘S NEW FOGGING MACHINE: A section of the new Cold Fog Machine which Food For The Poor donated to Hope Botanical Gardens & Zoo recently.

FOGGING AT HOPE ZOO: The new Cold Fog Machine donated to Hope Botanical Gardens & Zoo emitting cold air for the first time on the plants following the handover by Food For The Poor on November 5.

COLD FOG MACHINE: Dr. Kenny Benjamin (right), Executive Chairman of Hope Zoo Preservation Foundation and David Mair, Executive Director of Food For The Poor (FFP) Jamaica, together turn on the Cold Fog Machine for the first time after it was handed over to Hope Botanical Gardens & Zoo on November 6. Sharing in the moment are (from left) Nakhlé Hado, Distribution Services & Fisheries Director at FFP Jamaica and Dr. Andrew Trawford, Executive Director of Hope Zoo.