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Wildlife Champions
The Phoenix Zoo offers a unique program designed to help offer the best support for the more than 3,000 animals that call the Zoo home, with nearly 400 species represented, including many threatened or endangered species. Becoming a Wildlife Champion gives you or your loved one the opportunity to sponsor a favorite Zoo animal! Your generous donation helps offset the Zoo’s daily costs of animal care and vital operations during the ongoing challenges of COVID-19.
Available Animals
Select an animal from the list below to become a Wildlife Champion today!
Sponsor your favorite Zoo animal
and become a Wildlife Champion today!
Digital Sponsorship/$25
- PDF personalized certificate of sponsorship
- JPEG full-color photo of your animal
- PDF species fact sheet
Species Supporter/$35
- Personalized certificate of sponsorship
- Full-color photo of your animal
- Species fact sheet
Animal Ambassador/$75
- Personalized certificate of sponsorship
- Full-color photo of your species
- Annual subscription to Wild Times Digital
- Species fact sheet
- An adorable animal plush
Friends of the Wild/$150
* Suggested level for group sponsorship
- Frame displaying your personalized certificate of sponsorship and full-color photo of your animal
- Annual subscription to Wild Times Digital
- Name recognition on the Wildlife champion website for one year
- Species fact sheet
*One species fact sheet per group member. - An adorable animal plush
- Two Zoo admission passes
Defender of the Troop/$250
- Frame displaying your personalized certificate of sponsorship and full-color photo of your animal
- Annual subscription to Wild Times Digital
- Name recognition on the Wildlife champion website for one year
- Species fact sheet
- An adorable animal plush
- Two Zoo admission passes
- Two Stingray Bay admission passes
Leader of the Pack/$500
- Frame displaying your personalized certificate of sponsorship and full-color photo of your animal
- Annual subscription to Wild Times Digital
- Name recognition on the Wildlife Champion sponsor board at the Zoo for one year from date of purchase
- Species fact sheet
- An adorable animal plush
- Two Zoo admission passes
- Two Stingray Bay admission passes
- Two Giraffe Encounter admission passes
Protector of the Herd/$1,000
- Frame displaying your personalized certificate of sponsorship and full-color photo of your species
- Annual subscription to Wild Times Digital
- An adorable animal plush
- Name recognition on the Wildlife Champion sponsor board at the Zoo for one year from date of purchase
- Species fact sheet
- Four Zoo admission passes
- Four Stingray Bay admission passes
- Four Giraffe Encounter admission passes
- Listing in the Zoo’s Annual Report
thank you to our sponsors
Animal Ambassador/$75
| George Allman | Jackson Laufer |
| Anonymouse | Leah |
| Brooke and Aaron Appleby | Dana Lemke |
| Robert W. Appleby | Laura Lenzer |
| Joy A. Bell | Ava Lewis |
| Gary Bohnee | Judy L. Maloney |
| Maya Bookbinder | Nancy Mancuso |
| Kira Bookbinder | Diane Manzi |
| Alis Booth-Genthe | David Massanova |
| Jason Brown | Jeffrey Maynard |
| Charese Brown | Penelope Milette |
| Nora Crane | Arwen Mizell |
| Jenny Crider | Mrs. Mandat’s Kindergarten Class |
| Justin Dascola and George Gollery | Denise Osborne |
| Mary and Phil Dascola | Anne Paske |
| Linda DePew | Julie and Michael Petteys |
| Alycia Dotseth-Hall | Rod and Dolora Petteys |
| Eagle College Prep – 602 | Michele J. Pitzer |
| EAGLe-South Mountain NEHS | Susan and Fred Powell |
| Brenda L. Edge | Judy and Gerry Redpath |
| Averie Elias | Tess and Jack Redpath |
| Eris Davidson Financial Services | Bobby Rees |
| Penelope Field | Jack Rees |
| Oscar Field | Raya Robinson |
| Patricia Fimbres | Emmett Roder |
| John E. Foster | Penelope Ruh |
| Alexis Fox | Nancy and John O. Santrock |
| Mary Gray | Jude Saverino-Young |
| Lizzie Hall | Ashlyn Schweitzer |
| Tamara Haller | Mary and Jim Slawski |
| Scott, Allison, Brent and Tyler Harding | Cheryl Smith |
| Kim and Tom Hennessy | Renee Tarp |
| Quinn Hollenbeck | Carissa Vanderburgh |
| Jacque Huffstster | Courtney and Daniel Waterbury |
| Scott and Deanne Irestone | Bobbi Weiss |
| Sheree Kamenetsky | Rachel White |
| Road Thomas Kay | Megan Wilson |
| Elise King | Addison Wilson |
| Mila King | Niki Wilson |
| Roberta Kemper | Karen Wolfe |
| Hailey Laufer | Andrew Webb |
Friends of the Wild/$150
| Laura Lee Bena |
| Wade Cherry |
| Dawn Cratch |
| In Memory of Bettie Daelker |
| Kelley Durham |
| Lisa Fabert |
| Lilliana Gonzales |
| Amy D. Green |
| Erik Heuser |
| Jane Hurt |
| Marcy Kerli |
| Gail King |
| Channing Kuker |
| Harper Kuker |
| Tristan Marshall |
| Debi Maxwell |
| Karen Riedmann |
| Wilson Roman |
| Mrs. Staekle’s 5th Grade Class |
| Small Town Murder Podcast |
| Claire Steigerwald |
| Cindy Troxler |
| Lisa Wheeler |
| Olivia Zangerle |
Defender of the Troop/$250
| Daryl Chester |
| Thomas Fulcher |
| Larry and Connie Pope |
| Isaac Slaughter |
| Ken and Mary Jean Swanson |
| Inge Terpening |
Leader of the Pack/$500
| Breanna J’Taime Amado |
| Josaiah Razael Amado |
| Joshua Anthony Amado |
| Mahja-Lhani Amado |
| Lhani-Khizim Amado |
| Adoni’Jah Rahjei Amado |
| Lleneiah Solomon Amado |
| Mahjani ‘Elaah Treman Amado |
| Noah Keith Balke |
| Emma Lee Balke |
| Maeve Murray |
| Michael Scott Noonan |
| Jessica Taylor Noonan |
| Susan and Robert Rehm |
Protector of the Herd/$1,000
| Darlene D. Hagan |
| In Memory of Clive and Noel Burgbacher Jordan |
| Jill Ormond |
| Raya Robinson |
| Madizen Tiegan Schlumbohm |
| Mikenzie Joy Schlumbohm |
| SRP |
| Michael Wallensack and Deborah Miller |
that's zoo we are
The Phoenix Zoo is one of the largest non-profit zoos in the U.S., caring for over 3,000 animals, with nearly 400 species represented, including many threatened/endangered species.
