A $10,000 donation by a Sydney couple to the Hairy Maclary sculpture project has been joyously received by Creative Tauranga CEO Tracey Rudduck-Gudsell.
"I'm thrilled to bits," she told the Bay of Plenty Times.
The gap is slowly narrowing to the day, hopefully early next year, when Hairy Maclary and his eight sculpture pals are installed at the children's playground on the CBD waterfront.
The second largest individual donation arrived out of the blue after the couple popped in to Creative Tauranga to see three of the bronze sculptures during a recent holiday.
"Afterwards they contacted me to ask how much was left to raise. When they said, 'would $10,000 help', I said 'hell yes.'"