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McKinney Falls State Park, Austin, Texas

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Business owners understand what it takes to keep the doors open. Our State park Guide Bryan Frazier tells us about a business that’s raising funds to help Texas State Parks keep their gates open.

59 – For the second year in a row, Whole Earth Provision Company stores (and they have outdoor clothing and outdoor gear, and they have eight different stores in metropolitan areas all over Texas) of their initiative, they have agreed to make state parks the beneficiary of a fundraising drive for the entire month of April, for donations taken by cashiers when patrons check out. And, for every $20 donation that people make, they’ll get a free five dollar gift card for anything that cash will buy: from fees or state park store merchandise. That’s at Whole Earth Provision Company for the entire month of April.

On the 13th & 14th, Whole Earth Provision Company sponsored the Banff Mountain Film Festival at the Paramount Theater in Austin. And all proceeds of the tickets of that film festival went to benefit Texas State Parks. This is the second year in a row that Whole Earth offered this very generous donation and fund drive to help Texas State Parks.

Thanks, Bryan.

Find additional information at texasstateparks.org.

That’s our show for today…with funding provided by Chevrolet, supporting outdoor recreation in Texas; because there’s life to be done.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti.