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Member Appreciation Day 2023

Dates: 10/7/2023 - 10/7/2023
Times: 9:00 AM- 4:00PM all day

In case you didn't know, we LOVE our members at the Little Rock Zoo!  You keep us going as we work together toward the Zoo's great mission: inspiring people to value and conserve the natural world. 

Come show your pride as a member of the Little Rock Zoo!

We have the largest membership in the Zoo's history, and we want to celebrate you, our members!  Join us for a day designed to celebrate our members at the Little Rock Zoo.

We invite our current Zoo members to visit on this special day when we honor them. 

If you are a member, join us for some great family fun! Complementary train rides, raffles, keeper chats, animal enrichment, music, lawn games, and free fish food for kids. (While supplies last) 

Members, make sure to get your wristbands so you can join in on all the day's member benefits! 

Plus a special members' lunch with a discounted price!

Let us thank you for your support!  Activities for the day include: 

9:00-10:00 AM – Member Welcome in Echo Dome-complimentary coffee, juice and donuts with wristband

9:00-10:00 Raffle at Echo Dome for members with wristband

10:00-12:00 Raffle in Entry Plaza with wristband

9:00-4:00 PM- Lawn Games by Elephant Stage

9:30 AM - Penguins - Daily Feeding 

10:00-2:00 PM – Steel Drums by Harp on the Elephant Stage

10:00 AM – Small Carnival Fossa and Serval keeper chat and enrichment

10:00 AM – Tropical Bird House Keeper Chat @Tropical Bird House 

10:00 AM – Animal encounter at the amphitheater stage (temperature dependent)

10:30 AM - Alligator Keeper Chat and feed/ alligator area (temperature dependent)

11:00 AM – Great Apes keeper chat

11:00 AM– 1:00PM Member Lunch Special in Pavilion with wristband

            $5 Corky’s lunch with BBQ sandwich, chips, cookie and water or lemonade 

                        FREE train rides (weather permitting) with wristband

                        FREE fish food - 1 per child with wristband

11:30 AM – Colobus and Baby Ngumu keeper chat

1:15 PM – Orangutan training demo at the window

1:30 PM - Rhino keeper chat and enrichment

1:30 PM – Great Ape scatter feed

1:45 PM - Tunnel – Giant Anteater or other

2:00 PM - Siamangs keeper chat

2:00 PM – Caracal at Serval and Colobus building keeper chat

2:30 PM - Elephants keeper chat and enrichment

2:30 PM – Maned Wolf keeper chat and enrichment

2:30 PM – Outpost Chat – between cheetah, maned wolf and porcupine

3:30 PM – Penguins - Daily Feeding 

Nature Pop-up Plays at the Nature Playground

Education Tables and exhibit interpretation throughout the day at Penguin Pointe and Cheetah Outpost

Ambassador animal meet-n-greets throughout the day

* Please confirm directly with the promoter or box office to ensure event details have not changed.

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