Volunteer Oportunities
Many volunteer opportunities await you at
the Houston Zoo! Whether you like to educate people about wildlife,
work behind-the-scenes in our animal exhibits or help out at events,
we have a program that is perfect for you. No prior experience is
necessary, just a willingness to learn and join a great team.
 Docents:
Docents are volunteer teachers who educate visitors about our animals.
You must be 18 or older and the
time commitment is only 5-9 hours a month after completion of the
training course.
Green
Team: These volunteers’ help
all over the Zoo in various activities. Their help is used as aides
in the
classroom, for
Zoo events, assisting with Night Prowls and Zoo Snoozes, office
projects and helping with the
animal keepers.
Zoo
Crew: The Zoo Crew is a group of
talented, fun and hardworking teens who volunteer at the Zoo during
the summer months.
New Zoo Crew members start in the summer and are encouraged to continue
throughout the
year (school schedules permitting). Duties may include: Helping
with summer camps, assisting with programs
on our Children’s
Zoo Stage, supporting zookeepers, office tasks. To become a member
of the Zoo Crew, you
must be aged
14 - 18 years old. An application will be posted on our website
in January which you will need to fill
out and return to us at the following address:
Houston Zoo,
Inc.
Volunteer Department
– Zoo Crew
1513 N. MacGregor
Houston, TX 77030
Or
Call 713 533 6547 for more information.
Interns:
College students interested in a career in conservation,
wildlife management, environmental
education, or
a related zoo field may apply for our intern program.
Corporate
Volunteers: Corporate volunteers
are people who contribute time during their weekends to help
improve the Zoo.
Each spring and fall, the Zoo hosts Corporate Volunteer Days, like
‘Renew the Zoo’ or ‘Spring Cleaning’
and corporations bring their best and brightest out to do Zoo chores
like landscaping or painting. The Zoo
also appreciates it when companies send along a check to cover the
costs of their employees’ work.
Corporate volunteer
coordinators can contact Laura Spenner at 713-533-6712 or lspenner@houstonzoo.org
for more information.
Guild:
Guild members support the Houston Zoo in a number of ways, including:
coordinating and staffing events and
lectures, preparing crafts for events, and helping in the office
with administrative work. Weekend and
weekday/night
opportunities are available.
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