Former volunteer donates $2.5 million estate gift to Selby Gardens

Evelyn Mink contributed more than 5,000 hours to the organization throughout 25 years.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 2:14 p.m. September 19, 2022
The new volunteer suite will be named after Evelyn Mink. (Courtesy photo)
The new volunteer suite will be named after Evelyn Mink. (Courtesy photo)
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An estate gift of $2.5 million from a former Marie Selby Botanical Gardens volunteer has been put toward a new volunteer suite that will open next year. 

 

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