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Support Zoo
FOLD offers the following volunteer opportunities: • Adult Volunteers (minimum high school graduate requirement) All volunteers must maintain active membership status at The Living Desert. Click here for a membership application.
Adult volunteers may choose to become General Volunteers or Docents. General volunteers fulfill a variety of roles throughout the park, working in the Petting Kraal, as Veterinary Hospital tour guides, in the Retail Nursery, in one of our Gift Shops, just to mention a few. Docents are volunteers who interact in many ways with our guests--young and old--helping to interpret our Living Desert exhibits and teach the public about the desert in general. Docent training is held once a year, beginning in November, and continuing through early March. (Classes are held two mornings a week, except during holiday breaks.) Docents are required to volunteer a minimum of 126 hours a season (our season runs from July 1 to June 30) in an interpretive youth tour–related capacity for a minimum of two years after completing training. If you are interested in becoming a Docent, click here for more information. All new adult volunteers must attend a one-time, 6-hour orientation followed by a one-on-one interview with the FOLD Volunteer Program Manager to discuss potential assignments. Orientation sessions are held 4 times per year. If accepted, all volunteers generally commit to assisting one 3-4 hour shift per week on a regular basis. Scheduled Fall 2008 New-Volunteer Orientations Thursday, October 2, 2008 OR Place: Hoover Auditorium, Education Center Complete the online volunteer application to apply for volunteer service. For specific questions or to sign up for an Orientation, please e-mail or call Judi Greene, Volunteer Program Manager, at 760-346-5694 ext. 2503, jmgreene@livingdesert.org ZOOTEENS Interested in working with the public, children, interpreting carts, exhibits and helping with special, fun events? Get an exciting new perspective of The Living Desert by applying to be a ZOOTEEN! Our High School Volunteer Program accepts a select number of high school students each season. Prospective ZOOTEENS are invited to attend our ZOOTEEN Orientation. ZOOTEENS must commit to working 12 hours per month plus volunteering at special events throughout the year, including one week-long session of Summer ZOOCAMP. This is a long-term, minimum one-year program. ZOOTEENS are teenagers with a special interest in zoo education, a
unique and important role in environmental conservation and desert appreciation. Saturday, September 20, 2008, New-ZOOTEEN Orientation, from 9-11 am, Hoover Education Center. Call for information and/or to sign up. ZOOTEENS work in the following areas: ZONE 1: Discovery Room in the Education Center/Interpret Desert Tortoise, Chilean Tarantula/Relief Map ZONE 2: Palm Oasis habitat/Interpret Rehabilitation Center/Eagle Canyon/Amphibian Cart/Nutrition Cart in Vet Hospital ZONE 3: African Village WaTuTu/work with Nigerian Dwart Goats and interact with visitors in the Petting Kraal/Interpret African Cart ZOOTEEN COMMITMENT To proudly represent The Living Desert to the community. You have a unique opportunity to work with the public, educate them and enable them to appreciate desert habitats all over the world. Get involved with us! Complete the online ZOOTEEN application to
apply for volunteer service. For specific questions, please call Mafi
Neckelmann at
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