The Giving Tree Get involved with the enrichment, care and feeding of your favorite Zoo animals with The Giving Tree! Located in Nature's Neighborhood, The Giving Tree has removable paper ornaments that you can take and return with an enrichment item and/or a monetary contribution. Donations will be accepted throughout The Lights Before Christmas, going on from November 11 through December 31. How You Can Give Online Simply select one of the Enrichment Items in the list below (some of the items listed below are featured in the video displayed on this web page!) Enrichment Item Price Which Animals Use This? Plastic Saucer Sled $9 Polar bears, seals, tigers, snow leopards 6” Jolly ball $6 Most mammals, some birds 10” Jolly ball $10 Most mammals, some birds Medium teaser ball $16 Polar bears, seals, monkeys Grapevine shapes Wreathes – 8” - 12 total Stars – Medium - 9 total Balls/Cones – 3 total *will purchase appropriate shapes based on enrichment needs $11 Polar bears, tigers, snow leopards, sloth bears,  Birds, otters, meerkats, gorillas, chimps, orangs, monkeys, meerkats, tamarins/monkeys Pig ears (5 – 10 count) $5 Wolves, wild dogs, tigers, polar bears, snow leopards, domestic dogs, cheetahs Air Pop Popcorn – 12.5 lb bag $9 Elephants, monkeys, chimps, orangutans, gorillas, polar bears, sloth bears, birds Assorted soft dog treats – 25oz (i.e. Pup-peroni, Beggin’ Strips, Canine Carryouts, etc) $11 Wild dogs, wolves, domestic dogs, polar bears 2 lb bag assorted dog treats $2 Wild dogs, wolves, domestic dogs, polar bears You can also make an online monetary donation to the Zoo PAL animal sponsorship program for $5, $10, $15, or $20. Click here to make your contribution to the Zoo PAL program.

The video above shows various enrichment items being enjoyed by Zoo animals. As you can see, your donations can make a big difference in the lives of our animals! Click here to learn more about animal enrichment at The Toledo Zoo Click here to learn more about the Zoo PAL animal sponsorhip program at The Toledo Zoo

How You Can Give In Person...at the Zoo!
To donate an enrichment item, simply visit the Giving Tree in Nature's Neighborhood and remove a paper ornament with the item of your choice. Once you've purchased that item, you can drop it off your donation and ornament at the North Star Trading Post® or at one of six area KeyBank locations (locations are listed on the ornaments).

To make a monetary donation to the Zoo PAL animal sponsorship program, you can take one of the paper ornaments from The Giving tree with a gift amount on it ($5, $10, $15, $20) and return it to the Membership Sales Window at the Anthony Wayne Trail entrance or call (419) 385-5721, ext. 2068. 

When you bring your enrichment donation, please return your ornament to the Zoo or KeyBank location with your completed information. If you've already chosen an item from the list below, you can print a PDF version of the ornament and bring it with your donation.

Enrichment Items Requested (some requested items are also featured in the video displayed on this web page):

Please note, all food items must be factory sealed in the original container or we cannot accept them.

See the Animals Get Their Gifts on Noon Year's Eve!

Some of the Zoo animals will receive the enrichment items you've donated throughout the day at the Zoo's Noon Year's Eve event, Saturday, December 31. Check back for a complete schedule!