They’re about building relationships and building trust for the people that you’re working with. Because, as you’ve said, people give to people. And that’s absolutely true. People give to the zoo because they trust, and respect, and have worked with, and have met and know the leadership there. And so they feel like, well, I can give them my $2 million bucks, ’cause I know they’re gonna do with the money what I asked them to do, and it’s gonna be fabulous, and it’s gonna be a lot of fun, and I’m gonna get to go, and watch it, and see it, see it grow, and see the animals grow, and be involved in it. So I think the ideal combination is when the two are working together. And so I was very fortunate to have many board members who were very active in fundraising and in assisting the zoo. In our case, our zoo staff was the guiding light, or the spearhead, for lack of a better term, of our fundraising efforts.
