Used many times for weddings, zoo education, graduation parties, and many other special events, Wildwood Station has been a valuable venue spot since 1998.
The Marshfield Area Community Foundation is proud to have been able to play a role in community enrichment with the building of the Wildwood Shelter at Wildwood Park & Zoo. The nonprofit organization managed the Wildwood Station Project Fund established by Floyd and Pat Hamus. Together with Terry Frankland, they played a lead role in establishing the fund and organizing the fund drive for the building.
MACF acted as fiscal agent, collecting all the donations, reminding people when they had pledges due, and then paying all of the bills for the project. Many people in the community donated to make the shelter a reality. A list of donors was kept so they could be thanked on the walls of Wildwood Station.
Some of the people who use this park are friends of Pat and Floyd. Most are strangers. But all benefit from their vision, community spirit, and generosity. The Marshfield Area Community Foundation is proud to have had this opportunity to help bring Pat and Floyd’s vision to fruition, and contribute to the enrichment of this park and this community.
The Wildwood Station is another addition to MACF’s long list of contributions to the community, which include the Adler Kodiak Bear Exhibit at the Wildwood Zoo, Everett Roehl Marshfield Public Library, Hackman Field, the Youth Baseball fields, Weber Park, Hamus Park, Hardacre Park, Brehm Park Disk Golf, the Skate Park, Boson Tennis Complex, Tiny Tiger Intergenerational Center, the ACE Academy, Griese Park, and many, many more.
A tax exempt, non-profit organization, MACF uses public support to better connect those with a cause in mind to its completion while taking care of administrative tasks, and continues to establish permanent, named funds for public benefit.
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