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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:     
Barbara Russo – 718-265-3428; brusso@wcs.org 
Max Pulsinelli – 718-220-5182; mpulsinelli@wcs.org

The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Queens Zoo is Accepting Applications for its Volunteer Program
Training begins Saturday, March 28

Volunteers educate visitors about wildlife, give tours, and help with public events

Flushing, N.Y. – March 18, 2015 – WCS’s (Wildlife Conservation Society) Queens Zoo is accepting applications for its volunteer program. 

Program participants will help teach visitors about wildlife. They will give guided tours, assist with special programs and events, provide narration at animal exhibits, and lead arts and crafts activities.  

Training is on the Saturdays of March 28, and April 11 and 18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. 

Candidates must be at least 18 years of age, available for all three training days, and able to commit at least four hours each week. 

For more information or to apply, visit www.queenszoo.com, or call 718-483-3501. 

The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Queens Zoo – Open every day of the year. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors 65 and older, $5 for kids 3-12, free for children under 3. Zoo hours are 10am to 5pm weekdays, and 10am – 5:30pm weekends, April through October, and 10am – 4:30pm daily, November through April. The Queens Zoo is located at 53-51 111th Street in Flushing Meadow’s Corona Park in Queens. For further information, call 718-271-1500 or visit  www.queenszoo.com.

Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

MISSION: WCS saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature. VISION: WCS envisions a world where wildlife thrives in healthy lands and seas, valued by societies that embrace and benefit from the diversity and integrity of life on earth. To achieve our mission, WCS, based at the Bronx Zoo, harnesses the power of its Global Conservation Program in more than 60 nations and in all the world’s oceans and its five wildlife parks in New York City,  visited by 4 million people annually. WCS combines its expertise in the field, zoos, and aquarium to achieve its conservation mission. Visit:  www.wcs.org;  http://www.facebook.com/TheWCS;  http://www.youtube.com/user/WCSMedia Follow: @thewcs. 
 
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