Woodland Park Zoo Press Release

What:
Have a passion for animals? Want to help save wildlife? Then volunteering at Woodland Park Zoo is for you! The zoo is currently recruiting volunteers for several different volunteer positions for spring and summer 2008. The zoo is looking for enthusiastic, energetic, and dedicated individuals who enjoy working with people, like to learn about the natural world and are committed to the cause of wildlife conservation.

Volunteer helping kids interact with animals

Photo: Margaret White

Current volunteer positions include working with animals and the public in the Family Farm Contact Area, helping young children and their families play and learn in the award-winning Zoomazium, assisting with ZooStore operations and helping zoo visitors with way-finding.

Prospective volunteers must be at least 14; most positions have a minimum age requirement of 18.

When:
A volunteer overview is scheduled for prospective volunteers who must attend to be considered for a volunteer position for the spring or summer: Saturday, April 19,
9:30-11:00 a.m.

Where:
The overview will be held at Woodland Park Zoo’s Education Center near the South Entrance at N. 50th St. & Fremont Ave. N.

Accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA), award-winning Woodland Park Zoo is famed for pioneering naturalistic exhibits and setting international standards for zoos all over the world. Conservation, education and excellent animal care are at the core of the zoo’s mission. The zoo is helping to save animals and their habitats in Washington state and around the world including tree kangaroos, snow leopards, red-crowned cranes, African wild dogs, western pond turtles and Oregon silverspot butterflies. By inspiring people to care and act, Woodland Park Zoo is making a difference in our planet’s future.