I’m heading to the Elmwood Park Zoo today with the Bear, where she’ll become a ZooParent. She received enough $ for her birthday to adopt a pair of animals at the enrichment level, meaning they’ll receive a special toy/treat. She’s positively giddy.
You may remember that this is all she wanted for her 6th birthday and we politely asked guests in the Pingg.com email invitation to bring a check payable to the zoo if they were planning on giving a gift. Most did, allowing the Bear to collect $235, $15 short of the figure needed for 2 animals. We are forking over the extra money. The whole idea worked perfectly, because several of her family and friends gave a check in addition to a small gift, meaning she still had some actual boxes to unwrap and bags to unfurl, which was rather nice.
Photos of the lucky creatures to follow.