Junior Keepers
Grant recently completed the program and sent the Foundation a thank you video!
Will you support teen STEM and Wildlife Conservation Learning?
Program Details
The Junior Keeper Program is open to qualified young people between the ages of 12 and 16 years old. It’s an opportunity for young people to learn about careers in animal, conservation, and science fields.
In addition to working directly with the animals, Junior Keepers are involved with keeper duties such as enrichment, learning curriculum related to biology and fire science, and working on public speaking skills when presenting at special conservation day events like Earth Day, World Oceans Day, and fundraisers.
Mission
Inspiring Wildlife Stewards for Life, this program serves as a launch pad for teens interested in wildlife conservation and science fields, providing hands-on experience to exotic mammals, reptiles, and birds from all over the world. Junior Keepers graduates have moved into roles as professionals in the zoological, veterinary science, and business fields, supporting wildlife conservation and advocacy.
Provides STEM and Conservation learning and much more!
1. Teen Support and Learning. This program seeks to improve the quality learning and developmental experiences, in informal settings, for teens ages twelve through sixteen.
2. Provides Seven Months of Focused Hands-On Enrichment. This program aims to strengthen STEM, biology, and wildlife/natural resources learning with fully integrated age-appropriate projects.
3. Enhances social, emotional, and cognitive learning to support groundwork for future in-class learning and ignite the interest in wildlife and natural resource conservation.
Click Here to watch a slide presentation of the 2024 year in review!
Impacts:
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Teen participants between the ages of 12-16
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2024 Special Projects: Amateur Radio, Field Guides, collaboration with Conservation Fusion in Madagascar, Recycling State Government outreach.
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2023 Special Projects: Endangered Species Projects and Rhinoceros Conservation Project in coordination with the new rhinoceros baby "Otto" at Safari West.
Suggested Levels of Support:
$1,500 - Support a Junior Keeper
$500 - Sponsor a Project with Science Supplies
$200 - Provide a day of Enrichment for Animals
