Zoo-eNews-04-2017

Member eNews • April 2017

•	Butterflies are here!
•	Easter Weekend
•	Junior Paint Out
•	Elegant Vintages
•	Reduce, reuse and recycle!
•	Breakfast with the Bunny

•	I wonder
•	In the know
•	Join our team
•	What's growing on
•	This photo is not faked!

Butterflies are here!

Butterfly Kaleidoscope
presented by Citizens Energy Group
Opens March 17

Immerse yourself in the beauty of butterflies as Butterfly Kaleidoscope presented by Citizens Energy Group returns to the Hilbert Conservatory beginning March 17! You'll marvel at the more than 40 species including the Common Morpho, Giant Owl, Bamboo Page, Costa Rica Clearwing and the gorgeous Madagascar Sunset Moth (yes, a moth!). Plan your visit!

Hop over to the Zoo for Easter Weekend!

April 15-16

Jump, bounce, leap and hop to the Zoo on Easter to enjoy a great spring day and Easter-themed activities all weekend long! Spring is a time of new beginnings, which makes Easter the perfect opportunity to celebrate and learn about our youngest animals like Sumatran orangutan Mila. Join in the fun and find the large Zoo-themed eggs hidden throughout the Zoo and White River Gardens. All guests who find at least 10 of the 19 egg signs will receive a special prize. Plus, our brown bears and elephants will participate in Easter-themed enrichment activities! Read more...

Junior Paint Out

April 22 • 9am-noon • $30 members/$35 nonmembers

Got a little Leonardo at home? A diminutive Degas? Youth ages 9-12 years can get inspired and explore their creative side with the new Junior Paint Out. Participants will create a group art piece as well as individual works. The group art piece will be on display to the public in our summer-long show in the Schaefer Rotunda at White River Gardens, and auctioned off to benefit the Zoo at our annual Naturally Inspired Silent Auction and Artists' Reception presented by The Great Frame Up Downtown. Reserve your spot!

Elegant Vintages

Nineteenth Annual International Wine Auction
presented by Fifth Third Private Bank
March 25 • Conrad Indianapolis

Indianapolis' premier annual wine event features live and silent auctions and non-wine items such as art, trips, private dinners and more. Festivities include the Turkle & Associates and Phases Skin Care & Laser Center VIP Patrons' Reception, multi-course gourmet dinner paired with exquisite wine and live entertainment. For more information, visit ElegantVintages.com.

Thank you to our wine sponsor, Republic National Distributing Company.

Reduce, reuse and RECYCLE!

Power Recycling Weekend
April 8 & 9

Get rid of all your clutter and help the environment, too! Just drop off your old electronics, phone books, cardboard, paper and gently used clothing in the Zoo parking lot during our Power Recycling Weekend and our recycling partners will take it from there!

With your help, we kept more than 40,300 pounds of reusable and recyclable materials out of area landfills in 2016! Thanks for your support and donations! Read more ...

Thanks to our partners: RecycleForce, Ray's Trash Service and Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana.

What can you drop off? Items being accepted include:

•	Printers
•	Copiers
•	Game systems

•	Surge protectors
•	Microwaves
•	Motors

•	Cash registers
•	Cell phones
•	Fax machines

•	Laptops
•	TVs*
•	and more!

*Processing fee applies

Breakfast with the Bunny - Sold out!

Members-only Breakfast with the Bunny
April 15 • 8:30-10:30am • SOLD OUT!

This popular event is sold out!
Enjoy a fun-filled spring morning complete with a buffet breakfast, crafts, live music, cookie decorating and a special visit from the Easter Bunny.

I wonder ...

Human eyes can see three colors of light: blue, green and red. All of the colors that you can see are made up of combinations of these three. Butterflies typically can see a fourth color of light: ultraviolet. This lets a butterfly see things that might be invisible to you, like differences between two butterflies of the same species. If a male's wings flash bright under UV light, a female can tell that he is healthy and would make a good mate.

What animal fact are you wondering about? Keep those questions coming! Yours just might get answered in a future issue!

In the know

This month's column is full of practical advice. In April and May, many school children visit the Zoo on morning field trips, particularly on Thursdays and Fridays. Expect Zoo grounds to be buzzing with activity!

Also at this time of year, there are a few popular events taking place Downtown that impact the ability of members and guests to get to the Zoo easily. We don't want you stuck in traffic trying to make your way to us, so to help you out, we've put together a list of events with dates and expected travel delays:

Mini-Marathon practice run
Race for the Cure
Mini-Marathon

April 8
April 29
May 6

Delays until 10am
Delays until noon
Delays until 10:30am

Please adjust your Zoo plans to suit ... and remember: we open at 9am as usual on these days! So, if you can walk or bike over to see us, you can get in as soon as our gates open. See you at the Zoo!

Plan your visit now!

Celebrate Spring Break at the Indianapolis Zoo!

Join our team!

Are you friendly, courteous and outgoing? Interested in a part-time job? Our Guest Services team is looking for rides operators, ticket sellers and park operations technicians to provide outstanding customer service to our members and guests. Join our team! Please visit IndianapolisZoo.com for more information about these positions and to complete our online application. Apply today!

What's Growing On

New in the gardens

After you commune with the butterflies in the Hilbert Conservatory, be sure to go outside to the Polly Horton Hix Design Garden. It is made up of 12 smaller garden beds, each demonstrating a different design theme or principle to provide you with ideas for your own yard. Some of these are classics and have remained the same since the White River Gardens opened in 1999, like the Sunken Garden and the Whimsy Garden, while others have changed over the years to help keep your creative juices flowing. This spring will see three new themed gardens sure to inspire you and increase your gardening know-how. Read more ...

This photo is not faked!

Special thanks to Joan Berkopes

Send us your favorite original/unaltered/not-Photoshopped picture from an Indianapolis Zoo visit to membership@indyzoo.com, post it on Facebook or on Instagram (#indyzoo). We'll feature our favorite in next month's eNews.

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Double Secret contest

Every month, we hide a little surprise in our eNews. In the March issue, we were watching the mailbox for the arrival of the latest issue of our favorite Indianapolis Zoo Magazine! What a page-turner! Have you read yours cover to cover yet?

Every March, a colorful little bird with a big personality visits the eNews to remind us that we need to make a phone call on a particular day in April. Can you find this winged messenger? Once you do, click through for instructions. If you're one of the first five members to email us with the double secret password/passphrase, you'll win a special Zoo prize pack!

Congratulations to last month's winners: Renmei X., Muncie; Crystal S., Shelbyville; Tonya S., Mooresville; Laura K., Noblesville; Deborah D., Carmel; and our wild card winner, Virginia E., Indianapolis.

Don't miss out

Elegant Vintages Nineteenth Annual International Wine Auction
presented by Fifth Third Private Bank
March 25 • Conrad Indianapolis
Tickets on sale now

Power Recycling Weekend
April 8-9

MEMBERS ONLY
Breakfast with the Bunny
April 15 • 8:30-10:30am • SOLD OUT!

DONORS ONLY: Conservation Club & Nussbaum Society
All-new Twilight Walkabout!
April 14 • 5:30-7pm • Reservations now open
Not a Conservation Club member yet? Contact Alicia at 317-630-2059 or acornett@indyzoo.com to learn about the additional benefits and impact and to upgrade today!