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Attend a Training in April to become a Zoo Ambassador

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Join the summer fun, become a Zoo Ambassador!

Be a conservation leader - become a ZooAmbassador!

This summer join our adventurous team of ZooAmbassadors! ZooAmbassadors are volunteers that run ZooQuest - a summer-long scavenger hunt held at the Oregon Zoo. This is the perfect opportunity for individual and family volunteering, with youth as young as 10 years old welcome to participate. This year we will be exploring the impact of wasted food on wildlife and their habitat by offering an easy and accessible way for guests to take action through simple steps in their kitchens and beyond.

To become a ZooAmbassador, you will receive 5 hours of training on wildlife protection, interpretation, and conservation as it relates to the ZooQuest game. As you volunteer, you can expect to gain a strong understanding of waste reduction strategies, guest engagement, and community conservation while running various hands-on learning stations around the Oregon Zoo. While these stations are near animal habitats, please note that Zoo Ambassadors do not work or interact with zoo animals.

Ready to jump in?

We are looking for ZooAmbassadors who are available to contribute a minimum of 20 hours from June 23 - September 3 (Labor Day weekend) 2019. Zoo Quest runs daily from 9:30 am- 3:00 pm until the end of August and during Labor Day weekend. Volunteer shifts are 3.5 hours long and run from 9:00 am- 12:30 pm and 12:00- 3:30 pm. We are especially seeking volunteers who are available to support afternoon shifts or weekend shifts

This opportunity:

can be a family or individual volunteer experience*

is short term, June- September

requires 5 hours of training

is a much-needed help for the zoo

provides a chance to make a difference

has an age minimum of 10 years old with parent, 15 years old without parent

*Please note: Those who are 10-14 years old must volunteer with one consistent adult such as a parent, relative, or close family friend.

The adult must also actively participate in the Zoo Ambassador program alongside the youth, including completing a separate Zoo Ambassador application, attending orientation and trainings and actively participating in the Zoo Ambassador program alongside the youth.

Please note all volunteers who are 18 yrs old and older must successfully complete a background check.

Our program welcomes job coaches or personal aides for program participants, if you have a client interested in this program please contact our Community Conservation Volunteer Coordinator for more information prior to completing an application form.

Get involved and help the Oregon Zoo make a difference!

How to apply

Complete an online application for each individual (adult or youth) interested in the program. You will also select an orientation session in your application. Orientation dates are also listed below.

Upcoming ZooAmbassador Orientations:

Sunday April 14, 2019, 9:30-10:30 am

Wednesday April 17, 2019, 6:00-7:00 pm

Thursday May 9, 2019, 6:00- 7:00 pm

Saturday May 11, 2019, 9:30-10:30 am

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Meet with Maryville for an interview and to discuss possible action- art night for residents?

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create equality shirts to wear as a group

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create equality shirts to wear as a group

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create an informational bulletin board about gender equality

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Write a letter to representatives or the governor about LGBTQ rights and gender equality

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Patagonia Action Works connects you to environmental action groups in your community. Find events, petitions, and volunteer opportunities near you.

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create A.R.K, a web site to inform the public about animal rights

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create A.R.K, a web site to inform the public about animal rights

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volunteer at Friends of Trees, tree planting. E.P, L.B, S.D.

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Summer Inspector Training (Vancouver, WA)

Help ensure the survival of your neighborhood's newest trees: Join the Summer Inspector Tree Team!

Summer Inspectors learn how to properly assess the health of newly-planted street and yard trees. The total time commitment is about 12 hours over four months, including this required 3.5 hour training. Breakfast refreshments and a t-shirt will be provided. Please pre-register for this event by signing up HERE.

Any questions? Please don't hesitate to be in touch with Carey, Pablo, or Jenny in our Volunteer & Outreach Program: Volunteer@FriendsofTrees.org // 503-595-0213. We hope to work with you soon!

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Hoodies, hats and t-shirts will be for sale at select Friends of Trees events this season! Visit this page for the events that will include...

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Summer Inspector Training (Vancouver, WA) Help ensure the survival of your neighborhood's newest trees: Join the Summer Inspector Tree Team! Summer Inspectors learn how to properly assess the health of newly-planted street and yard trees. The total time commitment is about 12 hours over four months, including this required 3.5 hour training.

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Elephant tourism is increasingly becoming part of every itinerary in Asia and Africa. Most elephants that people will see are in captivity, so how do you know whether the elephants that you are seeing are healthy?

Interestingly, elephants have lots of similarities with humans in terms of their health. They can be too thin (bones showing through on their back), but they can also be obese (no signs of their back bone, sagging jaw). In fact, being obese is considered worse than being too thin, as elephants are already incredibly heavy creatures, weighing up to 5 tonnes. Extra weight not only puts strain on their muscles and bones, but also on their heart. Their hearts weigh an amazing 12 - 21 kg alone, and beat at 30 beats per minute. Increased activity or weight puts this important muscle under significant strain.

Elephants are very bad at regulating their heat, and mainly rely on their ears to do this. Their ears are full of veins and the skin here is very thin, which means that when the elephants flap their ears they are not only giving themselves a breeze but they are exposing their veins to air more, hence allowing heat to leave their bodies. In addition to this, they have sweat glands around their toes - this is the only place that they will sweat. When the elephants bathe, water gets into their wrinkles and takes a long time to dry out (as the wrinkles are so big), which allows them to remain cool. Older and sicker elephants therefore prefer not to bathe, as they know it will be too cold for them. They also use their trunks to cover their heads and backs with sand and mud to act as sun block, or go the whole hog and roll around in an enormous muddy pool. Asian elephants should not be in the sun for too long, especially if they do not have access to water or dust. An elephant's skin is very sensitive to the sun, and most babies are constantly shadowed by their mothers to avoid sun burn.

Elephants in the wild tend to spend most of their time grazing - it has been recorded that some will spend 18 hours per day eating! They have a very poor digestive system, and so need to eat a lot to be able to gain the energy and nutrients required to keep them healthy.

Based on the above observations, several ways to identify a healthy elephant are:

* Constant ear flapping and tail swishing
* Wrinkly but moist and hydrated skin
* Moisture present at the base of the toe nail
* Normal eating and drinking - very frequently
* Tip of the trunk is moist
* Defecation 11 - 12 times per day (60% of food intake) and urinating frequently
* Round nails that are no longer than the pad and are without cracks

You can learn more about responsible tourism with animals on our animal welfare volunteering project page.

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How to identify healthy elephants when doing elephant tourism

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Elephant tourism is increasingly becoming part of every itinerary in Asia and Africa. Most elephants that people will see are in captivity, so how do you know whether the elephants that you are seeing are healthy? Interestingly, elephants have lots of similarities with humans in terms of their health.

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make posters around our school to show art

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Volunteer at the Oregon Zoo

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The Oregon Zoo is a community of animals, staff and volunteers. Volunteers work all over the zoo and beyond, from helping guests have a great visit to offsite presentations.

Benefits of being a zoo volunteer include free zoo admission for some positions, acquiring new skills, and having fun working with some great staff and volunteers. Choose a program that works for you:

A summer program for volunteers ages 10 and older. Ambassadors receive five hours of training and work one 4-hour shift per week, interacting with visitors at seasonal exhibits for approximately 10 weeks, from late June to early September.

Community event volunteers are 12 years and older and commit to work one day, interacting with visitors at one of the zoo's annual community events. No pre-event training is necessary.

This is a summer volunteer program for students entering 9 th to 12 th grades. ZooTeens commit to pre-season training and regular shifts for approximately 10 weeks, from mid-June to early September.

ZooGuides are adults (over age 18) who are able to make a long-term volunteer commitment. ZooGuides receive 34 hours of initial training and on average a weekly volunteer shift. A volunteer's skills and interests shape his or her work at the zoo while fulfilling the zoo's needs. Volunteers share the zoo's conservation message on grounds, in animal enrichment, community based conservation projects and zoo events.

The zoo offers internships on an as-needed basis in fields ranging from animal care to volunteer management. They are available for college and graduate-level students, generally with a three-month term.

This happens year-round at the zoo on landscaping projects. Groups must be between five and 10 members for youth or 20 members for adults, with a minimum age of 12 years, and possess a willingness to work outside one day for four hours, rain or shine, cold or hot.

Certified SCUBA divers are invited to support marine life keepers with diving tasks in the marine area.

For current volunteers

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The Oregon Zoo is a community of animals, staff and volunteers. Volunteers work all over the zoo and beyond, from helping guests have a great visit to offsite presentations. Benefits of being a zoo volunteer include free zoo admission for some positions, acquiring new skills, and having fun working with some great staff and volunteers.

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M.Y , S.M, and N.H

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The Good Neighbor Center is dedicated to providing safe, emergency housing and supportive, empowering services to families.

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Hosting a dinner at the Good Neighbor Center is a great way to get involved. Here is how you can get started: Fill out a volunteer application online HERE Email the Volunteer Coordinator to set up a time to see the kitchen and learn the ropes and pick a date Explore...

We would like to invite you to our eighth annual fundraising event for the Good Neighbor Center. Celebrate!...In Other Words will be an evening of fun, to include a sit down dinner and professional storytellers to entertain for the evening. Our event will be held on...

Did you know that donations are an essential part of how the GNC meets the many needs of the families we serve. Everything you use on a daily basis, we use in a much bigger capacity. Our needs change daily depending on the time of year and how many people are in...

11130 SW Greenburg Rd.
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Tell people on a website that you should come to the exhibition and see all the art here.

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