ITEMS NEEDED FOR OUR ANIMAL AMBASSADORS
FOOD ITEMS
(Must be Unopened and In Date)
- Animal Crackers, plain
- Applesauce, unsweetened
- Apple Juice
- Baby Food - meat, fruit, veggie (straight, not mixed)
- Barbecue Sauce
- Beans, dry
- Bread, multi-grain
- Cat food, canned, paste/pate
- Cereal (non-sugared)- Cheerios for example
- Coconut, shredded (sugar-free)
- Coconut, whole
- Coconut water
- Crackers, unsalted
- Dried Fruits (Craisins, etc.)
- Fig Newtons
- Fruit, canned, in 100% juice
- Fruit Snacks
- Fruit, canned, in 100% juice
- Gatorade (powdered mix preferred, fruit punch or glacier freeze)
- Gelatin, unflavored
- Granola Bars without Chocolate
- Granola
- Honey
- Jell-O/Gelatin sugar free and regular
- Jelly/Jam
- Ketchup
- Kool-Aid, powder, .013 oz packets, unsweetened
- Mustard
- Nuts, in shell, not salted
- Oatmeal packets, low sugar
- Oats
- Pasta, dry
- Peanut Butter, creamy or chunky
- Peppermint Candy – incl. candy canes
- Peppermint Patties
- Pickles
- Pistachios
- Popcorn Kernels, not microwaveable
- Pretzels
- Rice Cakes
- Salad Dressing, non-oily (e.g., Ranch, thousand island)
- Sunflower seeds, in-shell, unsalted
- Tuna, canned, in water
- Vanilla Wafers
- Yogurt Covered Raisins
- Soft ferret treats
HOUSEHOLD / PET / HARDWARE ITEMS
- Aspen Snake Bedding
- Bedding, Small Pet, by Carefresh (white)
- Reptibark
- Small Blankets/fleece for ferrets
- Blender
- Bolts/Washers/Nuts, in good condition
- Children's Board Books
- Coffee Grinder
- Cordless Drill
- Cuttle Bones
- Ferret Toys, hammock
- Food Processor
- Forest Floor Bedding (reptile) by Zoo Med
- Screw eyes (3/8 by 3-4 inches)
- Hedgehog Toys
- Large Ferret Ball
- Lunch or Grocery Sacks, Paper (new)
- Portable CD player
- CDs for player- nature sounds
- Natural/Realistic plants, aquatic & terrestrial
- Padlocks- masterlock
- Parrot Toys
- Peat Moss, plain, no additives
- Pillowcases – incl body pillow sized
- Popcorn Popper, Air Pop type
- Quick Links, (3/8 or 5/16) (for chain)
- Realistic foliage
- Socks, new
- Screw eyes (3/8, 3-4 inches long)
- Sphagnum moss
- Spring Links, (3/8 or 5/16)(for chain)
- Terrarium Hides
- Silicone animal/fun theme cake molds
- Paper bags, lawn size
- Bubble bath/foam
- Bubble machine
- Bubbles for bubble machine
- Cash register tape
- Chalk
- Crepe paper
- Tissue paper
- Wrapping paper (any)
- Glue sticks
- Radio/CD playerHand pruners
- Loppers
- Heavy duty chain (3/8 or 5/16)
- Staple gun/staples
- Pruning Saw
GIFT CARDS
- Ace Hardware
- Amazon
- Bomgaars
- Chewy.com
- Dillons
- Harbor Freight
- Hobby Lobby
- Home Depot
- Hummert Int’l
- Hy-Vee
- Lowes
- Mastercard
- Menards
- Michaels
- Natural Grocers
- Petco
- PetSmart
- Sams Club
- Seabrook Apple Market
- Sutherlands
- Tarwaters
- Visa
- Walmart
TREE & DROP OFF LOCATIONS
Zoo Giving Trees are at each of these local businesses! You can also drop off your purchased items at these locations as well or at the zoo!
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785 Breer Co.
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Amused Gallery
- Bomgaars
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Burlingame Animal Hospital
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Cafe Quetzal
- Camp Cowabunga
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Domino's Pizza (SE 29th)
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Family Pet Hospital
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Hair Productions
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Happy Basset Barrel House
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Happy Basset Brewing
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Hy-Vee
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Petco
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Qdoba
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Seabrook Apple Market
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Specks
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Stone House Animal
- Tarwaters
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University Veterinary Hospital
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Westlake Ace
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Wild Bird House
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Zoo Gift Shop (in the zoo)