Volunteer Opportunity Details:

Zoo Guides volunteer at the Central Park Zoo because they love fresh air, people and animals - not necessarily in that order. Zoo Guides provide a face to the zoo for the million local visitors and tourists who come each year. Zoo Guides provide general information to visitors as well as at-exhibit chats and tours of the zoo. It is because of the Zoo Guides' many personal interactions with visitors that the Central Park Zoo recently earned a 70% satisfaction rating from those surveyed.

Zoo Guides attend an orientation and are interviewed prior to acceptance into the Training Program. The Training Program is held on 8 Saturdays from 9 AM - 2:30 PM, usually during the months of February and March each year. After training, those accepted into the Volunteer Program are expected to volunteer at the Zoo one day a week or every other Saturday or Sunday from 9AM - 4PM.

This opportunity is sponsored by: Central Park Zoo We need volunteers who are free at these times Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Morning X X X X X X X Afternoon X X X X X X X Evening Contact Person: Jane Donnelly, Coordinator Of Volunteers, (212) 439-6539, (email) View all organization contacts Address: 830 Fifth Ave. New York, NY 10021 (See a map) Directions: Take the N, R or W to the "Fifth Ave" stop. Enter the park at 60th Street. Walk along the path, through the gates. The Zoo is on your left just beyond the Leaping Frog Cafe. Take the M4 up Madison Ave or down Fifth Ave. Walk to 64th St. and Fifth Ave.   Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: N, R or W at Fifth Ave Stop,   Walk distance (in minutes): 2   Nearest Bus Stop: M4, 2 minute walk Details where opportunity can also be performed This opportunity can also be performed in these locations: Web Site: http://wcs.org Miscellaneous Information Borough Manhattan Volunteer Shifts Volunteers are need on all days because the Zoo is open every day. A volunteer chooses their own day to volunteer and volunteers regularly on that same day each week or weekend.