Oakland Zoo Membership
Buy a membership to the Zoo. This small expense buys you insider benefits such as free Zoo admission, Member's Night and a subscription to our member publication. Plus, membership money goes directly to conservation projects around the world.
Gifts
Give that hard-to-shop-for person a certificate for a donation on their behalf to the specific conservation project of your choice.
Donate-a-Dollar
When you donate a dollar at the gift shop, food stands or Zoo entrance, you support our current conservation programs. Look for the latest updates in the current issue of roar! or online.
Or, drop your change in the Conservation Parking Meters in the Zoo or the Wishing Well in the Maddie's Center for Science and Environmental Education Building lobby.
Sign Up For eScrip
Your purchases at a variety of businesses including Safeway and Chevron can help the Conservation Fund at the Oakland Zoo! A portion of the sale will automatically be donated. To register, go to www.eScrip.com. Our account number is 3347332.
Bring Giant Pandas to Oakland Zoo
Support the Oakland China Wildlife Preservation in the effort to bring a pair of giant pandas to Oakland Zoo. www.ocwildlife.org
Donate Your Car to the Oakland Zoo
Your old and tired wheels can become much-needed funds to the Oakland Zoo. Proceeds from the sale of your unwanted car, truck or RV go directly towards the zoo s mission of conservation and education. Vehicle donation is a hassle free and easy way to give; and your contribution is tax-deductible! You can jump start your giving today by clicking on the key below! Or call 888-OKLN-ZOO (888-655-6966).
Bring or Send in Your Old Cell Phones and Ink Cartridges!
By recycling these items, toxic waste is kept out of the landfill and the refurbished phones benefit people in need.
Be an All-Star
Do you care about the planet? They why not protect it? It's a big job, so every little bit helps. All you need is a great idea, some time and an adult to help you out. Click here to sign up >
Take the Oakland Zoo Butterfly Garden Challenge!
As many of you know, butterflies and other pollinators are in danger due to habitat loss, pesticide use and the introduction of invasive species. The good news is many of our members have learned how to help butterflies by attending our Family Butterfly Garden Day (April 9th) or visiting our Butterfly Garden and Education Center.
The Oakland Zoo Barbara W. Robbins Butterfly Garden is at total of 120 square feet of blooming habitat for butterflies, caterpillars and other pollinators and we are proud of it. But what we are really inspired by is how many of you have taken action by planting butterfly gardens in your own yards.
As an Oakland Zoo Conservation Community working together, we can give the butterflies what they really need: patches of pollinator habitat creating connected areas or corridors everywhere!
What is the Oakland Zoo Butterfly Garden Challenge?
This is a call to action for all of our members to plant as much butterfly habitat as we can, record it, and cheer each other on! Remember, even a window box is a wonderful contribution to hungry butterflies.
We will calculate our total Oakland Zoo Butterfly Garden Square Footage each quarter and print the grand total in the ROAR. We would also like to honor you butterfly conservationists by collecting your photos, observations, drawings and experiences of butterfly gardening and including a sample of them in our ROAR report. Fantastic drawings and reports about butterflies will be displayed in our Education Center lobby for Earth Day (April 17, 2005).
Are you ready?
Please write to:
Butterfly Garden Challenge-Oakland Zoo
9777 Golf Links Road
Oakland, CA 94605
Or contact us via e-mail at: amy@oaklandzoo.org
Include: name, city, square footage of butterfly habitat and anything else you wish to share about your garden.
Learn how to plant for butterflies.
