Volunteering at the Zoo




Volunteering Information

Many different volunteer opportunities exist at the Cape May County Park and Zoo.

Below are a variety of ways in which individuals or groups can help within the park and zoo system. 

* Zoo Keeper Volunteer – Many volunteers are needed to walk the zoo and interact with our visitors. Being our eyes in the zoo and helping us to enforce all of our facility rules is a major task filled with many responsibilities. We need able minded, friendly and approachable individuals to answer visitor’s questions and give direction throughout the zoo.

* Education Volunteer – Education volunteers are subject multi- level training program.
Examples of work performed: answer questions for visitors, discuss particular animals with visitors, perform educational programs, assist with enrichment projects (minor building, painting, crafts, etc.),  Assist with special events (work game stations, informational tables with artifacts or live animals.), care for education collection, animal husbandry issues, cleaning animals, etc.

* Special Events Volunteer - Event volunteers usually work one day themed events that require large numbers of individuals such as: Boo at the Zoo, Santa in the Tropics, Easter Bunny in the Tropics, Night Out with the Critters, and the Earth Day Fair.
Examples of work performed: assist with crowd control, registration, information stations, fund raising, craft activities, set-up & clean-up.       

* Parks & Grounds Volunteer - Grounds volunteers can help in a variety of different ways including: gardening, trial maintenance, building projects, eagle scout projects and social group projects to name a few.

For more information, please call the main office at 609 465-5271 
or print and complete the volunteer application. 

Volunteers are subject to background checks when working in the zoo.