Garden Volunteer
Literally watch your talents grow! Garden Volunteers cultivate Chicago's biggest back yard and maintain the zoo as an urban oasis by assisting the experienced landscape staff. Outdoor tasks include, but are not limited to: bed preparation, digging, watering, weeding, planting/transplanting, pruning, mulching, raking, seed collection and distribution, garden waste disposal, tool and garden cart clean-up.
Guest Relations Volunteer
Guest Relations Volunteers greet and orient zoo guests, direct guests to various exhibits, answer general zoo questions, inform guests of available programs and activities, answer phone inquiries, assist zoo staff in the Information Center and other duties to make zoo guests feel welcome. Volunteers are stationed indoors year round and outdoors during the summer months.
Retail Volunteer
Greet customers and answer their questions or direct them to appropriate zoo staff. Share information about environmentally sound wildlife products. Assist sales associates with store upkeep and displaying merchandise. Assist with stocking as needed. Direct visitor traffic in the stores. Learn about zoo news and events in order to answer questions.
Special Events Volunteer
Assist with children's activities, greeting and directing visitors, and more at Super Zoo Picnic (June), Run for the Zoo (June), Spooky Zoo (October) and Zoo Lights (November/December). Great opportunities to volunteer as an individual or as a group! Invite coworkers, friends and family to join you in supporting the zoo's special events.