Celebrating “The Ultimate Dig” at its new Victory Park site, the Museum of Nature & Science hosted its annual fundraising event Dinner in the Wild 2009: Construction Zone on Thurs., Nov. 19, at the Museum Construction Site. Construction Zone was the culmination of two days of groundbreaking events for the $185-million Victory Park facility.

Event chairs were Ka and L.L. Cotter. Honorary chairs were Sarah and Ross Perot, Jr.; Nancy Perot Mulford; Suzanne and Patrick McGee; Carolyn and Karl Rathjen; and Katherine Perot.

Dinner in the Wild is the Museum’s primary means of raising money for its education initiatives, including a scholarship program that opens the door for at-risk school children in North Texas to visit the Museum. With a mission of inspiring minds through nature and science, the Museum is dedicated to improving science literacy among school children and providing an understanding of the natural and man-made world in North Texas.

Glass sponsors at the $50,000 level included Balfour Beatty Construction; Sarah and Ross Perot, Jr.; Nancy Perot Mulford; Suzanne and Patrick McGee; Carolyn and Karl Rathjen; and Katherine Perot. Steel sponsors at the $25,000 level included American Airlines; Bank of America; Ka and L.L. Cotter; and Perot Systems Corporation. Copper ($12,500) sponsors included Nancy M. Dedman; Fine Minerals International; Bert Headden and Cindy Thomas; The Hoglund Foundation/Sally and Forrest Hoglund; Kent Rathbun Catering; Ketel One Vodka; Nokia Siemens Networks; Susan and Prentice Spradley; and Daniel Trinchillo.

About the Museum of Nature & Science

The Museum of Nature & Science – the result of a unique merger in 2006 between the Dallas Museum of Natural History, The Science Place and the Dallas Children's Museum – is a non-profit educational organization located in Dallas's Fair Park. In support of its mission to inspire minds through nature and science, the museum delivers exciting, engaging and innovative visitor experiences through its education, exhibition, and research and collections programming for children, students, teachers, families and life-long learners. The facility also includes the TI Founders IMAX® Theater and a cutting-edge digital planetarium. The Museum of Nature & Science is supported in part by funds from the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, the Texas Commission on the Arts and HP. The Museum of Nature & Science also is building a new $185-million museum on a 4.7-acre site in Victory Park to complement the Fair Park facilities.

To learn more about the Museum of Nature & Science, please visit natureandscience.org.