Denver Zoo's Wish List

By donating an item on Denver Zoo’s “Wish List,” you can be recognized as a zoo donor, qualify for a charitable deduction, and provide needed supplies and materials that enrich the environment for our animals and support the Zoo’s many programs and activities – from education classes to grounds maintenance and everything in between!  Currently, we can use the following items:

• Children’s books about African animals and culture
• Baby mobiles, rattles and other toys
• Large wooden toys for parrots
• Scents/essential oils -- unopened
• Kitchen spices and extracts (peppermint, vanilla, etc.) – unopened
• Canned tuna and salmon in water
• Stall© Snacks
• Electric can opener
• CD’s with nature sounds
• 2 or 4 drawer standing file cabinet
• Manila rope (1/2” or wider)
• Boomer© balls (brown)
• Coco mats (natural fiber “welcome” door mats
• CD/cassette player (boom box)
• Portable radio
• Binoculars
• Spotting Scopes
• Palm pilots
• GPS units
• Compasses
• Network based cameras
• Digital cameras (point and shoot)
• Food processor
• Upright freezer
• Cordless drills and basic tools
• Bench drill – 3/4” or 3/8”
• Leatherman-type pocket tools
• 8 to 10-foot ladder
• Small portable oxygen generator
• Portable Generator (Honda eu2000i or eu3000i)
• Camping equipment for keeper staff use in emergencies (back packing stove and cooking utensils, self-inflating air mattresses, head lamps, Swiss army knives or multiuse tools, and emergency wind up or shake-type flash lights) 
• Olympus bronchoscope
• Gift cards for pet supply, grocery and home building stores
• Check or credit card gifts can be designated for purchase of items on the “wish list”
  

For More Information

Email or call us at 303-376-4867 so we can assist you.

Denver Zoological Foundation
Development Department
2300 Steele Street
Denver, CO 80205
(303) 376-4867
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The material on this web site is intended to provide general information, not legal or tax advice about specific situations or problems. Donors are encouraged to consult a lawyer or accountant for legal or tax matters.

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