Non-Profit Org. CALENDAR OF EVENTS Reid Park Zoological Society U.S. Postage 1030 South Randolph Way PAID SUMMER SAFARI FRIDAY NIGHTS BATTY FOR BATS LITTLE CRITTERS WORKSHOPS FOR 2-5 Tucson, Arizona YEAR OLDS: LARGE AND IN CHARGE Tucson, Arizona 85716 Permit No. 1257 Date: Now through July 10th Date: Saturday, August 29th Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Time: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Date: Friday, July 3rd, 2015 Time: 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM $9 for adults; $7 for seniors Activities free with paid Zoo admission $5 for children (2-12) How many mosquitoes can a bat eat in an FREE for children under 2 LITTLE CRITTERS WORKSHOPS FOR 2-5 hour? What would happen to all kinds of YEAR OLDS: COLORS IN THE WILD $2 off admission or 50% off pass for all 8 ecosystems – from the tropics to the desert nights for Zoo Members – without bats? Join us as we answer these Date: Tuesday, August 11th, 2015 Reid Park Zoo’s Summer Safari Nights, questions with information tables, interactive Time: 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM presented by Tucson Medical Center, are activities, and crafts for the entire family. back with more entertainment and activity YOUNG EXPLORERS PROGRAM FOR options than ever! Enjoy the Zoo each Friday VULTURE CELEBRATION 6-12 YEAR-OLDS: EXTRAORDINARY during cooler evening temperatures with the ELEPHANTS added benefits of live music, family-friendly Date: Sunday, September 6th Time: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Date: Saturday, August 15th, 2015 animal features, special dining options, and Time: 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM even gift shop discounts! Activities free with paid Zoo admission Bring a blanket and purchase your dinner Did you know vultures prevent the spread of YOUNG EXPLORERS PROGRAM FOR or snacks (or even a cold beer or glass of disease and can eat 20% of their body weight 6-12 YEAR-OLDS: ZOO KEEPER IN wine) then relax and enjoy a picnic concert. in one sitting? Join us in celebrating vultures TRAINING Wander through the Zoo for Keeper chats, and discover more about vultures and their Date: Sunday, August 16th, 2015 animal encounters, sponsor booths, and important role in the environment through Time: 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM wildlife activities. The bands and animal information tables, interactive activities, and themes will change each week so check our crafts for the entire family. website at www.reidparkzoo.org. ZOOCSON BREW AT THE ZOO, HEALTHY & HOPPY Date: Friday, October 16th Date: Saturday, June 20th Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Time: 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM $120 per person $35 for Zoo Members $90 per member $40 for General Public $20 for Designated Drivers Join us for a night of fun, food, entertainment $10 more at the door and auctions at the 22nd annual ZOOcson, presented by Casino Del Sol Resort. Over Join Reid Park Zoo and Craft Tucson for 800 attendees will take part in the premier Brew at the Zoo 2015. Sample a wide variety fundraising event for Reid Park Zoo. Dozens of craft brews from Arizona and keep a of Tucson’s favorite restaurants provide commemorative sampling glass made from small-plate tastings at stations throughout recycle beer bottles. Enjoy games and animal the Zoo. Attendees participate in silent and encounters and listen to live music by R&P live auctions which include items ranging Music Factory and Katherine Byrnes Band. from power tools to vacation getaways Pub-style food will be available for purchase to unique Zoo experiences. Live music, throughout the Zoo. Healthy & Hoppy entertainment, and animal encounters proceeds will benefit the construction of a round out what is sure to be an evening new Animal Health Center. you’ll never forget. Receive $20 off tickets purchased before August 31st. Tables of 8 FATHER’S DAY EVENT and 4 are available for sponsorship. This is a Date: Sunday, June 21st 21 and older event. Tickets include food at all restaurant stations and 2 drink tickets. Time: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Activities free with paid Zoo admission Bring your dad to the Zoo to celebrate Father’s Day. We’ll host a card-making station where you can create a card for your dad, Reid Park Zoo’s Education Department and we’ll also provide treats for the Zoo’s offers a variety of fun and educational animal fathers throughout the morning. programs for all ages! Visit our website at ReidParkZoo.org and GIRAFFE DAY click on the “Education” tab to see what’s Date: Saturday, July 11th coming up. Time: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Our online system will list available program dates and times, and allow you to register Activities free with paid Zoo admission immediately. As programs fill, we often Join us to celebrate the tallest mammals on add additional dates or times. If you do earth--giraffes! Learn how the Zoo’s giraffes not have internet access, please call the spend their days, what their favorite treats Education Department at 837-8200. All Summer 2015 | Member Magazine are, and the special equipment it takes to programs require advance registration care for them at the Zoo. We’ll also have fun unless otherwise noted. giraffe activities and crafts for all ages. MESSAGE FROM THE ZOO! A GOOD TIME AT ZOO EVENTS During this Summer and Fall you’ll notice quite a few hardhats, shovels WHAT’S HAPPENING AT... and heavy equipment near the EASTER AT THE ZOO front of the Zoo. We will be starting Who wouldn’t love an Easter basket filled with treats? Keepers construction for the wildlife carousel presented the Zoo’s animals with brightly colored bags, boxes, and gibbon habitat. The carousel and egg-shaped toys over Easter weekend! manufacturer has provided similar ZooFriendZ is a very special wildlife carousels to the San Diego circle of people who are Zoo Safari Park and the Phoenix Zoo. The wildlife carousel will feature invested in the future of a thatched roof that will house 30 Tucson’s Reid Park Zoo. different animals, including our own custom animal, the gibbon! Join ZooFriendZ ...YOUR ZOO Gibbons are lesser apes that are Today! Jason Jacobs, Zoo Administrator found in the rain-forest of Southeast Reid Park Zoo Asia. Our trio-Billy, Moms, and Lilly are longtime popular residents of the Zoo. The new gibbon habitat will feature a glass viewing window where guests can get face to face with these small apes. The most LEMUR INTRODUCTIONS exciting feature will be an overhead exercise tunnel that the gibbons will utilize to explore Have you visited the Zoo’s a treetop section of the Zoo. Reid Park Zoological Society 1030 South Randolph Way black and white ruffed lemur So please pardon our construction as we improve the Zoo. As Zoo members, many of Tucson, Arizona 85716 FAREWELL SAURUS CRANES exhibit lately? Keepers are P: (520) 881-4753 you have contributed to help make these projects possible – thank you! Many carousel In April, the Zoo’s two saurus cranes left currently working on gradual animals already have sponsored adopted parents, but there are still animals available to RPZS President Nancy J. Schlegel Reid Park Zoo for the Blank Park Zoo in lemur introductions, with sponsor and naming opportunities for the gibbon habitat. If you are interested in assisting (520) 881-4753 Des Moines, Iowa. The former crane exhibit the goal of exhibiting all four COMING SOON! us complete these exciting projects please call Diana Whitman at (520) 837-8217. Reid Park Zoo is part of an area that will be renovated to lemurs together. Currently 1100 South Randolph Way Tucson, Arizona 85716 create a new and improved habitat for the the Zoo has two male lemurs, THE CENTRAL ZOO PLAN/AFRICAN EXPANSION PART II INFO: (520) 791-3204 Zoo’s lar gibbon family. Watch for exciting Junior and Jasper, and two RPZ Administrator The Zoological Society is a big advocate of the proposed Pima County Bond Package scheduled Jason Jacobs changes to this area coming soon! female lemurs, Tatum and Tally. to go to the voters for approval in November. We support this bond for two reasons: 1) it’s RPZ General Curator Jim Schnormeier important to the wellbeing of our community; 2) it’s great for the future of our Zoo. MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR! RPZ Education Curator Vivian VanPeenen The bond will provide partial funding to implement the Central Zoo Plan, creating exciting new NANDI UPDATE 2014 Directors & Officers: exhibits and public spaces at the heart of the Zoo. The plan uses information gathered from What a beautiful time to come visit the Zoo! The Chairman George Ball Baby elephant Nandi continues to explore surveys asking for more indoor space, interactive exhibits, and play opportunities for children. Zoological Society has been very busy working to fulfill Tawnya Tretschok Duane Bernard Shane Burgess all the features of her habitat – this spring Highlights include: our mission to ‘support, advocate for, and enhance the Vice Chairman Marla Endicott Mica Bane Michael Halle she has been spending time in the mud • Safari Lodge - At the camel ride site, a beautiful, expansive “African Safari Lodge” will serve value of Reid Park Zoo for the community.’ Secretary Sheldon King Clydean Troner Steve Larsen wallow. Elephants use mud as sunblock, to as a rest stop and play area for visitors during regular Zoo hours, and a unique venue you can Advocate, it’s part of our mission! Gina McRostie Treasurer Hanna Miller repel insects, and to cool off. Plus, rolling in rent for weddings, parties, and other private events. Many of you received an email from us encouraging Mike Hannley Tish O’Callaghan Cathy Ries the mud is just fun! Past Chairman WILDLIFE CAROUSEL! you to write to the Board of Supervisors to encourage Denice Shepherd • African Wetlands Exhibit – Experience up-close, underwater viewing of several semi-aquatic Page Chancellor-Marks a vote to put a bond on the election for Pima County Anita Simons African species such as pygmy hippos, Nile crocodiles, and otters, providing the exciting Bridget Stephenson The soon-to-be-built Reid Park voters this November. The project submitted on Donna Warfield Zoo Wildlife Carousel is scheduled experience of seeing these exotic creatures face-to-face. behalf of Reid Park Zoo is a bold, exciting African Jim Zarling GRIZZLY BEAR PICNIC Terri Zarling to be complete by October 1 of These wonderful features will tie in with the Zoo’s new gibbon exhibit and wildlife carousel, Wetlands area featuring underwater viewing of Reid Park Zoo held an exceptional event on May this year! Thirty custom-made and scheduled for completion later this year. The result will be a vibrant new area with lively exhibits animals such as pygmy hippos, Nile crocodiles and 17th where guests had the opportunity to stage a hand painted replicas of exotic a new home for our otters. The project also features to make your Zoo visit more fun and more educational than ever! It’s a win-win all around! campground setting in the grizzly bear habitat (while the animals will glide to the beat of an African Safari Lodge which will feature viewing global rhythms. To date, 17 animals areas as if you are on safari – it will give you a place bears were secure in their night house, of course). They have been sponsored at $10,000 Tawnya Tretschok, Chairman of to rest and get something to eat, and will also serve then watched as Ronan and Finley were given access the Board of Directors as an indoor area for events. to the yard and quickly they dismantled their work. each. The remaining animals are: Reid Park Zoological Society ReidParkZoo.org This first-hand experience affirmed the importance of anteater, rhino, sea turtle, tiger, FOR the community Oct - May: 9 am to 4 pm tortoise, alligator, zebra, frog, sea We want to make sure the Zoo is the best resource “bear-proofing” your campground. Guests also enjoyed June - Sept: 8 am to 3 pm horse, ostrich, seal, red panda, it can be for the community. That means serving Closed Thanksgiving & Christmas delectable appetizers paired with matching libations horned lizard and gibbon. school children, providing teacher workshops, and Reid Park Zoological Society’s Zoo & You and a scrumptious dessert finish. Funds raised from most of all, a place where a family can be amazed! prints quarterly the event will benefit the Zoo’s education programs, For more information, call 837-8217. conservation efforts, and capital improvements. MESSAGE FROM THE ZOO! A GOOD TIME AT ZOO EVENTS During this Summer and Fall you’ll notice quite a few hardhats, shovels WHAT’S HAPPENING AT... and heavy equipment near the EASTER AT THE ZOO front of the Zoo. We will be starting Who wouldn’t love an Easter basket filled with treats? Keepers construction for the wildlife carousel presented the Zoo’s animals with brightly colored bags, boxes, and gibbon habitat. The carousel and egg-shaped toys over Easter weekend! manufacturer has provided similar ZooFriendZ is a very special wildlife carousels to the San Diego circle of people who are Zoo Safari Park and the Phoenix Zoo. The wildlife carousel will feature invested in the future of a thatched roof that will house 30 Tucson’s Reid Park Zoo. different animals, including our own custom animal, the gibbon! Join ZooFriendZ ...YOUR ZOO Gibbons are lesser apes that are Today! Jason Jacobs, Zoo Administrator found in the rain-forest of Southeast Reid Park Zoo Asia. Our trio-Billy, Moms, and Lilly are longtime popular residents of the Zoo. The new gibbon habitat will feature a glass viewing window where guests can get face to face with these small apes. The most LEMUR INTRODUCTIONS exciting feature will be an overhead exercise tunnel that the gibbons will utilize to explore Have you visited the Zoo’s a treetop section of the Zoo. Reid Park Zoological Society 1030 South Randolph Way black and white ruffed lemur So please pardon our construction as we improve the Zoo. As Zoo members, many of Tucson, Arizona 85716 FAREWELL SAURUS CRANES exhibit lately? Keepers are P: (520) 881-4753 you have contributed to help make these projects possible – thank you! Many carousel In April, the Zoo’s two saurus cranes left currently working on gradual animals already have sponsored adopted parents, but there are still animals available to RPZS President Nancy J. Schlegel Reid Park Zoo for the Blank Park Zoo in lemur introductions, with sponsor and naming opportunities for the gibbon habitat. If you are interested in assisting (520) 881-4753 Des Moines, Iowa. The former crane exhibit the goal of exhibiting all four COMING SOON! us complete these exciting projects please call Diana Whitman at (520) 837-8217. Reid Park Zoo is part of an area that will be renovated to lemurs together. Currently 1100 South Randolph Way Tucson, Arizona 85716 create a new and improved habitat for the the Zoo has two male lemurs, THE CENTRAL ZOO PLAN/AFRICAN EXPANSION PART II INFO: (520) 791-3204 Zoo’s lar gibbon family. Watch for exciting Junior and Jasper, and two RPZ Administrator The Zoological Society is a big advocate of the proposed Pima County Bond Package scheduled Jason Jacobs changes to this area coming soon! female lemurs, Tatum and Tally. to go to the voters for approval in November. We support this bond for two reasons: 1) it’s RPZ General Curator Jim Schnormeier important to the wellbeing of our community; 2) it’s great for the future of our Zoo. MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR! RPZ Education Curator Vivian VanPeenen The bond will provide partial funding to implement the Central Zoo Plan, creating exciting new NANDI UPDATE 2014 Directors & Officers: exhibits and public spaces at the heart of the Zoo. The plan uses information gathered from What a beautiful time to come visit the Zoo! The Chairman George Ball Baby elephant Nandi continues to explore surveys asking for more indoor space, interactive exhibits, and play opportunities for children. Zoological Society has been very busy working to fulfill Tawnya Tretschok Duane Bernard Shane Burgess all the features of her habitat – this spring Highlights include: our mission to ‘support, advocate for, and enhance the Vice Chairman Marla Endicott Mica Bane Michael Halle she has been spending time in the mud • Safari Lodge - At the camel ride site, a beautiful, expansive “African Safari Lodge” will serve value of Reid Park Zoo for the community.’ Secretary Sheldon King Clydean Troner Steve Larsen wallow. Elephants use mud as sunblock, to as a rest stop and play area for visitors during regular Zoo hours, and a unique venue you can Advocate, it’s part of our mission! Gina McRostie Treasurer Hanna Miller repel insects, and to cool off. Plus, rolling in rent for weddings, parties, and other private events. Many of you received an email from us encouraging Mike Hannley Tish O’Callaghan Cathy Ries the mud is just fun! Past Chairman WILDLIFE CAROUSEL! you to write to the Board of Supervisors to encourage Denice Shepherd • African Wetlands Exhibit – Experience up-close, underwater viewing of several semi-aquatic Page Chancellor-Marks a vote to put a bond on the election for Pima County Anita Simons African species such as pygmy hippos, Nile crocodiles, and otters, providing the exciting Bridget Stephenson The soon-to-be-built Reid Park voters this November. The project submitted on Donna Warfield Zoo Wildlife Carousel is scheduled experience of seeing these exotic creatures face-to-face. behalf of Reid Park Zoo is a bold, exciting African Jim Zarling GRIZZLY BEAR PICNIC Terri Zarling to be complete by October 1 of These wonderful features will tie in with the Zoo’s new gibbon exhibit and wildlife carousel, Wetlands area featuring underwater viewing of Reid Park Zoo held an exceptional event on May this year! Thirty custom-made and scheduled for completion later this year. The result will be a vibrant new area with lively exhibits animals such as pygmy hippos, Nile crocodiles and 17th where guests had the opportunity to stage a hand painted replicas of exotic a new home for our otters. The project also features to make your Zoo visit more fun and more educational than ever! It’s a win-win all around! campground setting in the grizzly bear habitat (while the animals will glide to the beat of an African Safari Lodge which will feature viewing global rhythms. To date, 17 animals areas as if you are on safari – it will give you a place bears were secure in their night house, of course). They have been sponsored at $10,000 Tawnya Tretschok, Chairman of to rest and get something to eat, and will also serve then watched as Ronan and Finley were given access the Board of Directors as an indoor area for events. to the yard and quickly they dismantled their work. each. The remaining animals are: Reid Park Zoological Society ReidParkZoo.org This first-hand experience affirmed the importance of anteater, rhino, sea turtle, tiger, FOR the community Oct - May: 9 am to 4 pm tortoise, alligator, zebra, frog, sea We want to make sure the Zoo is the best resource “bear-proofing” your campground. Guests also enjoyed June - Sept: 8 am to 3 pm horse, ostrich, seal, red panda, it can be for the community. That means serving Closed Thanksgiving & Christmas delectable appetizers paired with matching libations horned lizard and gibbon. school children, providing teacher workshops, and Reid Park Zoological Society’s Zoo & You and a scrumptious dessert finish. Funds raised from most of all, a place where a family can be amazed! prints quarterly the event will benefit the Zoo’s education programs, For more information, call 837-8217. conservation efforts, and capital improvements. MESSAGE FROM THE ZOO! A GOOD TIME AT ZOO EVENTS During this Summer and Fall you’ll notice quite a few hardhats, shovels WHAT’S HAPPENING AT... and heavy equipment near the EASTER AT THE ZOO front of the Zoo. We will be starting Who wouldn’t love an Easter basket filled with treats? Keepers construction for the wildlife carousel presented the Zoo’s animals with brightly colored bags, boxes, and gibbon habitat. The carousel and egg-shaped toys over Easter weekend! manufacturer has provided similar ZooFriendZ is a very special wildlife carousels to the San Diego circle of people who are Zoo Safari Park and the Phoenix Zoo. The wildlife carousel will feature invested in the future of a thatched roof that will house 30 Tucson’s Reid Park Zoo. different animals, including our own custom animal, the gibbon! Join ZooFriendZ ...YOUR ZOO Gibbons are lesser apes that are Today! Jason Jacobs, Zoo Administrator found in the rain-forest of Southeast Reid Park Zoo Asia. Our trio-Billy, Moms, and Lilly are longtime popular residents of the Zoo. The new gibbon habitat will feature a glass viewing window where guests can get face to face with these small apes. The most LEMUR INTRODUCTIONS exciting feature will be an overhead exercise tunnel that the gibbons will utilize to explore Have you visited the Zoo’s a treetop section of the Zoo. Reid Park Zoological Society 1030 South Randolph Way black and white ruffed lemur So please pardon our construction as we improve the Zoo. As Zoo members, many of Tucson, Arizona 85716 FAREWELL SAURUS CRANES exhibit lately? Keepers are P: (520) 881-4753 you have contributed to help make these projects possible – thank you! Many carousel In April, the Zoo’s two saurus cranes left currently working on gradual animals already have sponsored adopted parents, but there are still animals available to RPZS President Nancy J. Schlegel Reid Park Zoo for the Blank Park Zoo in lemur introductions, with sponsor and naming opportunities for the gibbon habitat. If you are interested in assisting (520) 881-4753 Des Moines, Iowa. The former crane exhibit the goal of exhibiting all four COMING SOON! us complete these exciting projects please call Diana Whitman at (520) 837-8217. Reid Park Zoo is part of an area that will be renovated to lemurs together. Currently 1100 South Randolph Way Tucson, Arizona 85716 create a new and improved habitat for the the Zoo has two male lemurs, THE CENTRAL ZOO PLAN/AFRICAN EXPANSION PART II INFO: (520) 791-3204 Zoo’s lar gibbon family. Watch for exciting Junior and Jasper, and two RPZ Administrator The Zoological Society is a big advocate of the proposed Pima County Bond Package scheduled Jason Jacobs changes to this area coming soon! female lemurs, Tatum and Tally. to go to the voters for approval in November. We support this bond for two reasons: 1) it’s RPZ General Curator Jim Schnormeier important to the wellbeing of our community; 2) it’s great for the future of our Zoo. MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR! RPZ Education Curator Vivian VanPeenen The bond will provide partial funding to implement the Central Zoo Plan, creating exciting new NANDI UPDATE 2014 Directors & Officers: exhibits and public spaces at the heart of the Zoo. The plan uses information gathered from What a beautiful time to come visit the Zoo! The Chairman George Ball Baby elephant Nandi continues to explore surveys asking for more indoor space, interactive exhibits, and play opportunities for children. Zoological Society has been very busy working to fulfill Tawnya Tretschok Duane Bernard Shane Burgess all the features of her habitat – this spring Highlights include: our mission to ‘support, advocate for, and enhance the Vice Chairman Marla Endicott Mica Bane Michael Halle she has been spending time in the mud • Safari Lodge - At the camel ride site, a beautiful, expansive “African Safari Lodge” will serve value of Reid Park Zoo for the community.’ Secretary Sheldon King Clydean Troner Steve Larsen wallow. Elephants use mud as sunblock, to as a rest stop and play area for visitors during regular Zoo hours, and a unique venue you can Advocate, it’s part of our mission! Gina McRostie Treasurer Hanna Miller repel insects, and to cool off. Plus, rolling in rent for weddings, parties, and other private events. Many of you received an email from us encouraging Mike Hannley Tish O’Callaghan Cathy Ries the mud is just fun! Past Chairman WILDLIFE CAROUSEL! you to write to the Board of Supervisors to encourage Denice Shepherd • African Wetlands Exhibit – Experience up-close, underwater viewing of several semi-aquatic Page Chancellor-Marks a vote to put a bond on the election for Pima County Anita Simons African species such as pygmy hippos, Nile crocodiles, and otters, providing the exciting Bridget Stephenson The soon-to-be-built Reid Park voters this November. The project submitted on Donna Warfield Zoo Wildlife Carousel is scheduled experience of seeing these exotic creatures face-to-face. behalf of Reid Park Zoo is a bold, exciting African Jim Zarling GRIZZLY BEAR PICNIC Terri Zarling to be complete by October 1 of These wonderful features will tie in with the Zoo’s new gibbon exhibit and wildlife carousel, Wetlands area featuring underwater viewing of Reid Park Zoo held an exceptional event on May this year! Thirty custom-made and scheduled for completion later this year. The result will be a vibrant new area with lively exhibits animals such as pygmy hippos, Nile crocodiles and 17th where guests had the opportunity to stage a hand painted replicas of exotic a new home for our otters. The project also features to make your Zoo visit more fun and more educational than ever! It’s a win-win all around! campground setting in the grizzly bear habitat (while the animals will glide to the beat of an African Safari Lodge which will feature viewing global rhythms. To date, 17 animals areas as if you are on safari – it will give you a place bears were secure in their night house, of course). They have been sponsored at $10,000 Tawnya Tretschok, Chairman of to rest and get something to eat, and will also serve then watched as Ronan and Finley were given access the Board of Directors as an indoor area for events. to the yard and quickly they dismantled their work. each. The remaining animals are: Reid Park Zoological Society ReidParkZoo.org This first-hand experience affirmed the importance of anteater, rhino, sea turtle, tiger, FOR the community Oct - May: 9 am to 4 pm tortoise, alligator, zebra, frog, sea We want to make sure the Zoo is the best resource “bear-proofing” your campground. Guests also enjoyed June - Sept: 8 am to 3 pm horse, ostrich, seal, red panda, it can be for the community. That means serving Closed Thanksgiving & Christmas delectable appetizers paired with matching libations horned lizard and gibbon. school children, providing teacher workshops, and Reid Park Zoological Society’s Zoo & You and a scrumptious dessert finish. Funds raised from most of all, a place where a family can be amazed! prints quarterly the event will benefit the Zoo’s education programs, For more information, call 837-8217. conservation efforts, and capital improvements. Non-Profit Org. CALENDAR OF EVENTS Reid Park Zoological Society U.S. Postage 1030 South Randolph Way PAID SUMMER SAFARI FRIDAY NIGHTS BATTY FOR BATS LITTLE CRITTERS WORKSHOPS FOR 2-5 Tucson, Arizona YEAR OLDS: LARGE AND IN CHARGE Tucson, Arizona 85716 Permit No. 1257 Date: Now through July 10th Date: Saturday, August 29th Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Time: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Date: Friday, July 3rd, 2015 Time: 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM $9 for adults; $7 for seniors Activities free with paid Zoo admission $5 for children (2-12) How many mosquitoes can a bat eat in an FREE for children under 2 LITTLE CRITTERS WORKSHOPS FOR 2-5 hour? What would happen to all kinds of YEAR OLDS: COLORS IN THE WILD $2 off admission or 50% off pass for all 8 ecosystems – from the tropics to the desert nights for Zoo Members – without bats? Join us as we answer these Date: Tuesday, August 11th, 2015 Reid Park Zoo’s Summer Safari Nights, questions with information tables, interactive Time: 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM presented by Tucson Medical Center, are activities, and crafts for the entire family. back with more entertainment and activity YOUNG EXPLORERS PROGRAM FOR options than ever! Enjoy the Zoo each Friday VULTURE CELEBRATION 6-12 YEAR-OLDS: EXTRAORDINARY during cooler evening temperatures with the ELEPHANTS added benefits of live music, family-friendly Date: Sunday, September 6th Time: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Date: Saturday, August 15th, 2015 animal features, special dining options, and Time: 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM even gift shop discounts! Activities free with paid Zoo admission Bring a blanket and purchase your dinner Did you know vultures prevent the spread of YOUNG EXPLORERS PROGRAM FOR or snacks (or even a cold beer or glass of disease and can eat 20% of their body weight 6-12 YEAR-OLDS: ZOO KEEPER IN wine) then relax and enjoy a picnic concert. in one sitting? Join us in celebrating vultures TRAINING Wander through the Zoo for Keeper chats, and discover more about vultures and their Date: Sunday, August 16th, 2015 animal encounters, sponsor booths, and important role in the environment through Time: 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM wildlife activities. The bands and animal information tables, interactive activities, and themes will change each week so check our crafts for the entire family. website at www.reidparkzoo.org. ZOOCSON BREW AT THE ZOO, HEALTHY & HOPPY Date: Friday, October 16th Date: Saturday, June 20th Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Time: 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM $120 per person $35 for Zoo Members $90 per member $40 for General Public $20 for Designated Drivers Join us for a night of fun, food, entertainment $10 more at the door and auctions at the 22nd annual ZOOcson, presented by Casino Del Sol Resort. Over Join Reid Park Zoo and Craft Tucson for 800 attendees will take part in the premier Brew at the Zoo 2015. Sample a wide variety fundraising event for Reid Park Zoo. Dozens of craft brews from Arizona and keep a of Tucson’s favorite restaurants provide commemorative sampling glass made from small-plate tastings at stations throughout recycle beer bottles. Enjoy games and animal the Zoo. Attendees participate in silent and encounters and listen to live music by R&P live auctions which include items ranging Music Factory and Katherine Byrnes Band. from power tools to vacation getaways Pub-style food will be available for purchase to unique Zoo experiences. Live music, throughout the Zoo. Healthy & Hoppy entertainment, and animal encounters proceeds will benefit the construction of a round out what is sure to be an evening new Animal Health Center. you’ll never forget. Receive $20 off tickets purchased before August 31st. Tables of 8 FATHER’S DAY EVENT and 4 are available for sponsorship. This is a Date: Sunday, June 21st 21 and older event. Tickets include food at all restaurant stations and 2 drink tickets. Time: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Activities free with paid Zoo admission Bring your dad to the Zoo to celebrate Father’s Day. We’ll host a card-making station where you can create a card for your dad, Reid Park Zoo’s Education Department and we’ll also provide treats for the Zoo’s offers a variety of fun and educational animal fathers throughout the morning. programs for all ages! Visit our website at ReidParkZoo.org and GIRAFFE DAY click on the “Education” tab to see what’s Date: Saturday, July 11th coming up. Time: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Our online system will list available program dates and times, and allow you to register Activities free with paid Zoo admission immediately. As programs fill, we often Join us to celebrate the tallest mammals on add additional dates or times. If you do earth--giraffes! Learn how the Zoo’s giraffes not have internet access, please call the spend their days, what their favorite treats Education Department at 837-8200. All Summer 2015 | Member Magazine are, and the special equipment it takes to programs require advance registration care for them at the Zoo. We’ll also have fun unless otherwise noted. giraffe activities and crafts for all ages. Non-Profit Org. CALENDAR OF EVENTS Reid Park Zoological Society U.S. Postage 1030 South Randolph Way PAID SUMMER SAFARI FRIDAY NIGHTS BATTY FOR BATS LITTLE CRITTERS WORKSHOPS FOR 2-5 Tucson, Arizona YEAR OLDS: LARGE AND IN CHARGE Tucson, Arizona 85716 Permit No. 1257 Date: Now through July 10th Date: Saturday, August 29th Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Time: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Date: Friday, July 3rd, 2015 Time: 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM $9 for adults; $7 for seniors Activities free with paid Zoo admission $5 for children (2-12) How many mosquitoes can a bat eat in an FREE for children under 2 LITTLE CRITTERS WORKSHOPS FOR 2-5 hour? What would happen to all kinds of YEAR OLDS: COLORS IN THE WILD $2 off admission or 50% off pass for all 8 ecosystems – from the tropics to the desert nights for Zoo Members – without bats? Join us as we answer these Date: Tuesday, August 11th, 2015 Reid Park Zoo’s Summer Safari Nights, questions with information tables, interactive Time: 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM presented by Tucson Medical Center, are activities, and crafts for the entire family. back with more entertainment and activity YOUNG EXPLORERS PROGRAM FOR options than ever! Enjoy the Zoo each Friday VULTURE CELEBRATION 6-12 YEAR-OLDS: EXTRAORDINARY during cooler evening temperatures with the ELEPHANTS added benefits of live music, family-friendly Date: Sunday, September 6th Time: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Date: Saturday, August 15th, 2015 animal features, special dining options, and Time: 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM even gift shop discounts! Activities free with paid Zoo admission Bring a blanket and purchase your dinner Did you know vultures prevent the spread of YOUNG EXPLORERS PROGRAM FOR or snacks (or even a cold beer or glass of disease and can eat 20% of their body weight 6-12 YEAR-OLDS: ZOO KEEPER IN wine) then relax and enjoy a picnic concert. in one sitting? Join us in celebrating vultures TRAINING Wander through the Zoo for Keeper chats, and discover more about vultures and their Date: Sunday, August 16th, 2015 animal encounters, sponsor booths, and important role in the environment through Time: 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM wildlife activities. The bands and animal information tables, interactive activities, and themes will change each week so check our crafts for the entire family. website at www.reidparkzoo.org. ZOOCSON BREW AT THE ZOO, HEALTHY & HOPPY Date: Friday, October 16th Date: Saturday, June 20th Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Time: 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM $120 per person $35 for Zoo Members $90 per member $40 for General Public $20 for Designated Drivers Join us for a night of fun, food, entertainment $10 more at the door and auctions at the 22nd annual ZOOcson, presented by Casino Del Sol Resort. Over Join Reid Park Zoo and Craft Tucson for 800 attendees will take part in the premier Brew at the Zoo 2015. Sample a wide variety fundraising event for Reid Park Zoo. Dozens of craft brews from Arizona and keep a of Tucson’s favorite restaurants provide commemorative sampling glass made from small-plate tastings at stations throughout recycle beer bottles. Enjoy games and animal the Zoo. Attendees participate in silent and encounters and listen to live music by R&P live auctions which include items ranging Music Factory and Katherine Byrnes Band. from power tools to vacation getaways Pub-style food will be available for purchase to unique Zoo experiences. Live music, throughout the Zoo. Healthy & Hoppy entertainment, and animal encounters proceeds will benefit the construction of a round out what is sure to be an evening new Animal Health Center. you’ll never forget. Receive $20 off tickets purchased before August 31st. Tables of 8 FATHER’S DAY EVENT and 4 are available for sponsorship. This is a Date: Sunday, June 21st 21 and older event. Tickets include food at all restaurant stations and 2 drink tickets. Time: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Activities free with paid Zoo admission Bring your dad to the Zoo to celebrate Father’s Day. We’ll host a card-making station where you can create a card for your dad, Reid Park Zoo’s Education Department and we’ll also provide treats for the Zoo’s offers a variety of fun and educational animal fathers throughout the morning. programs for all ages! Visit our website at ReidParkZoo.org and GIRAFFE DAY click on the “Education” tab to see what’s Date: Saturday, July 11th coming up. Time: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Our online system will list available program dates and times, and allow you to register Activities free with paid Zoo admission immediately. As programs fill, we often Join us to celebrate the tallest mammals on add additional dates or times. If you do earth--giraffes! Learn how the Zoo’s giraffes not have internet access, please call the spend their days, what their favorite treats Education Department at 837-8200. All Summer 2015 | Member Magazine are, and the special equipment it takes to programs require advance registration care for them at the Zoo. We’ll also have fun unless otherwise noted. giraffe activities and crafts for all ages.