Lees-McRae College hosted a screening of the nature television program "Jeff Corwin's Southern Wild," which features the college on the national broadcast. The college is currently seeking $25 million in funding to construct a new wildlife center.
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Lees-McRae screened a new nature show called 'Jeff Corwin's Southern Wild' at Hayes Auditorium in Banner Elk as the college tries to raise 25 million dollars for a wildlife center. A television production came to our mountains as a fundraiser, which means the college is betting that something filmed here, about here, carries enough weight to move donors. Banner Elk gets the screen time. Lees-McRae gets the pitch. Go see what they built the case around.
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