Minnesota Zoo Volunteers

This role is where your volunteering begins.  As a Zoo Ambassador, you will help create an outstanding Zoo experience for every guest by:

• Welcoming guests, helping with directions, and offering suggestions for a fun and meaningful visit.
• Sharing information about your favorite animals, habitat, or conservation project, and
• Assisting with special assignments for events and assisting with our many educational programs.

In this role, you will be able to choose from a variety of trails such as the Minnesota Trail, Northern Trail, Discovery Bay, Tropics Trail, and the Zoo farm.  Scheduling of volunteers is flexible, and you are able to sign up when your schedule allows. 

We will provide you with training which includes an orientation providing you with general knowledge about the Zoo campus, special events, the animals, and animal habitats.  Once Ambassador Volunteers are trained, you could perform other volunteer roles such as being a member of the interpretive team, mentoring new volunteers, and assisting with more in-depth projects.    

Interested volunteers must be 18 years of age or older, be willing to commit to at least six hours per month, enjoy being outside, and share a commitment to the mission, policies, and protocols of the Minnesota Zoo and the Volunteer Program.