THE OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION
Sponsoring Education Programs
Not all sponsorships are currently available.
Please call The Oregon Zoo Foundation at 503-220-5734 for more
information
and to check availability.
Zoo Animal Presenter (ZAP) Program
$5,000 - $75,000
The ZAP Team Program addresses two high priority education needs: to provide youth with career exploration experiences that will prepare them for the real world of work; and to improve the quality of science education through innovative, non-traditional, hands-on science learning experiences. The ZAP Team Program provides 36 under-served youth with paid internships at the Oregon Zoo. ZAP Team members receive training from January to June on animal handling, public speaking and community outreach. From June to September, the ZAP Team is out in their own neighborhoods and the larger community making presentations and practicing communication and leadership skills.
ZooTeen Volunteer Program
$20,000
The ZooTeen program provides students between the ages of 13-18 a comprehensive academic and vocational educational experience. More than 300 teenagers currently participate in the summer program designed to teach junior and senior high school students about zoo operations, wildlife conservation and animal husbandry. Students can apply their new knowledge through direct volunteer experience on zoo grounds. During the year-round ZooTeen program, students acquire transferable skills through school-to-work partnerships which provide community service project opportunities for students.
Discover Birds! On-Grounds Summer Show
$10,000-40,000
The Oregon Zoo staff presents birds of prey and other birds during three 30-minute shows each day on the zoo’s concert lawn during the summer. These fun and exciting presentations provide a unique opportunity to introduce over 500,000 zoo visitors to birds that live in the local region and habitats around the world.
Head Start ZooMobile
$20,000
This collaborative outreach program enhances Head Start students’ natural science experience by bringing the zoo to them. Head Start was initially designed to help break the cycle of poverty by giving school children from low-income families programs to meet their emotional, social, nutritional and psychological needs so that they can successfully take advantage of formal schooling in later years. The program takes place during the school year at area Head Start centers and includes classroom presentations of animals, lessons and family programs. A culminating “Head Start Day at the zoo” in the spring serves children and their families.
Discover Birds! School Assembly Programs
$5,000 - $30,000
The zoo’s popular Discover Birds! in-school program features live, free-flying hawks, eagles and owls. Zoo staff and volunteers present a fast-paced theatrical show featuring birds and their habitats. 50,000 students in 50 schools learn in a fun and entertaining way about these animals and the important roles they play in nature.
Senior ZooMobile: “What’s New at the Zoo”
$5,000
Trained volunteers present a slide show about recent events at the zoo and then involve residents in contact experiences with a collection of pettable animals from the zoo. The program provides the participants with continued involvement and contact with the zoo and the therapeutic benefits of guided animal contact experiences.
Urban Nature Overnights (UNO)
$10,000 - $30,000
Over 300 underserved urban youth (age 8-11) learn recreation skills and basic environmental concepts while camping overnight at the Oregon Zoo and local parks. UNO emphasizes the importance of understanding and respecting urban and wild ecosystems.
For more information, please contact The Oregon Zoo Foundation at 503-220-5734. |
