Group ADOPTs

Group ADOPT Packages

An ADOPT an Animal sponsorship is an opportunity for your school or youth group to get involved and help us provide care and enrichment for the zoo’s animals. Inspire your students to learn the importance of wildlife conservation and teamwork. Choose your favorite animal at the zoo, then develop a creative way to raise money for your ADOPT an Animal donation. For more information, or to ADOPT an animal, please call 312-742-2322.

Benefits include:

$100–$249

  • ADOPT certificate
  • Animal photo
  • Animal fact sheet
  • ZooLinks curriculum materials
  • Lincoln Park Zoo magazine
  • Listing on zoo’s web site
  • Classroom set of Zoobies trading cards

$250–$499

  • All of the above plus:
  • Zoo visit with greeting from Development Department staff
  • Listing in the zoo’s Annual Report

$500–$1,499

  • All of the above plus
  • Classroom set of ZooTracks
  • Zoo visit with 15-minute educational animal talk

$1,500–plus

  • All of the above plus:
  • Free Zoo Explorers field trip
    (covers program costs only; not available in April or May)

Group ADOPTers

$50–$100
Mr. Matt Soule’s Class, Portland, Oregon: African lion

$100–$249
Bridgeport Catholic Academy, Chicago, Illinois: Amur tiger

$250–$499
North Elementary School, Franklin Park, Illinois: polar bear
The Third Grade at John Middleton Elementary School, Skokie, Illinois: Grevy’s zebra

$500–$1,499
The Third Grade at Longfellow Elementary School, Buffalo Grove, Illinois: gray seal, Andean bear, and Grevy’s zebra