The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Backyard’s Zoo Entry for All program is designed to encourage households and people of all backgrounds to go to our world-class group to construct lifelong and multi-generational reminiscences. We’re dedicated to inspiring each customer with wildlife day by day, and we consider everybody ought to have the chance to expertise and domesticate a constructive connection to wildlife and wild locations.
For a complete of twelve weeks over the course of this college yr, Cincinnati Zoo educators have hosted Zoo Troop for All–a night program for kids ages 6-14 with developmental disabilities. Every program night time was stuffed with laughter, animal encounters, storytelling, dancing, video games, Zoo hikes, and a lot extra!
This program wouldn’t be doable with out the help from Cincinnati Youngsters’s Hospital and Dr. Jen Smith, Director of the Management Schooling in Neurodevelopmental and Associated Disabilities (LEND) program. Every week LEND volunteers function one-on-one aides to the kids who attend, constructing stunning relationships and experiences collectively.
The youngsters and their households love this program and are so grateful for the time spent growing programming for his or her wants. Dr. Patty Manning-Courtney, Cincinnati Youngsters’s Chief of Employees, truly got here to volunteer final night time and was very smitten by this system and its affect for these households!
We stay up for seeing our Zoo Troop for All contributors once more this fall!
