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        <Description>THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE AND PUBLIC EVENTS ATTENDANCE IN 2012 AGAIN EXCEEDED PLAN IN A BIG WAY, WITH MORE THAN 800,000 GUESTS COMING THROUGH THE GATES. FOR CALENDAR 2012, ATTENDANCE CLOSED WITH 866,425 GUESTS 19% AHEAD OF PLAN AND 7% AHEAD OF PRIOR YEAR. CALENDAR 2012 WILL BE RECORDED AS THE SECOND HIGHEST ATTENDANCE YEAR SINCE THE PANDAS ARRIVED IN 2000 WHEN WE TALLIED JUST OVER 1 MILLION GUESTS. PART OF THE ATTENDANCE SUCCESS CAME FROM MANY OF ZOO ATLANTA'S PUBLIC EVENTS HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SEVERAL FOCUSED ON ANIMAL AND CONSERVATION THEMES, INCLUDING "PARTY FOR THE PLANET" WHICH WAS HELD IN APRIL ON EARTH DAY AND "PLAY THE ANIMAL WAY" WHICH KICKS OFF THE FALL SEASON BY HIGHLIGHTING ALL OF THE VARIOUS WAYS THE KEEPER STAFF PROVIDE ENRICHMENT TO THE ANIMALS. THE ZOO'S FALL SIGNATURE EVENT IS "BOO AT THE ZOO", HELD ON THE LAST TWO WEEKENDS OF OCTOBER. THIS POPULAR EVENT PROVIDES FAMILIES WITH A SAFE AND FUN ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES WHILE INCORPORATING A UNIQUE ZOO EXPERIENCE. THE ZOO ALSO EXPANDED PUBLIC EVENTS IN TO THE EVENINGS WITH ACTIVITIES DESIGNED FOR THE AUDIENCE WHO IS LEAST REPRESENTED AT THE ZOO THE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL. THIS INCLUDES A SERIES KNOWN AS "WILD ON THE ROCKS" WHICH INCORPORATES KEEPER AND CURATOR TALKS WITH SPECIAL ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS. IN KEEPING WITH THE CORE GOALS OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, ZOO ATLANTA CONTINUED TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS WHICH PROVIDE FREE OR REDUCED COST ADMISSIONS, ESPECIALLY TO UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS. "FAMILY FREE DAYS" ALLOWS RESIDENTS OR EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA AND/OR FULTON COUNTY FREE ADMISSION TO THE ZOO WITH PROOF OF RESIDENCY. IN 2012, THE ZOO WELCOMED OVER 16,000 GUESTS THROUGH THIS OPPORTUNITY. FIESTA DE LA FAMILIA CELEBRATES HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND OFFERS DISCOUNTED TICKETS AS WELL AS SPECIAL EXPERIENCES FOR SPANISH-SPEAKING GUESTS. THE ZOO WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE LATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ATLANTA TO PLAN AND PROMOTE THIS DAY IN ORDER TO REACH OUT TO ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST QUICKLY GROWING POPULATIONS.ANOTHER ATTENDANCE BOOST WAS SEEN THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GEORGIA PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM, WHICH ALLOWS ANY ACTIVE CARDHOLDER IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA TO CHECK OUT A FAMILY PASS FOR UP TO TWO ADULTS AND FOUR CHILDREN TO ATTEND THE ZOO AT NO COST. OVER 56,500 VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM, REFLECTING A 12% INCREASE FROM PRIOR YEAR.OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, 438 ACTIVE ZOO VOLUNTEERS AND 571 CORPORATE VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED A TOTAL OF 38,362 HOURS. EQUALLY ACTIVE ON ZOO GROUNDS WERE VOLUNTEENS, DOCENTS AND EXHIBIT INTERPRETERS, WHO DEVOTED MORE THAN 29,000 HOURS TO INTERACTIONS WITH GUESTS. THE COMBINED SERVICE OF THESE HIGHLY COMMITTED INDIVIDUALS CAN BE VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $1.4 MILLION DOLLARS (BASED ON THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR'S VALUE OF VOLUNTEER TIME FOR 2012). OTHER PROGRAM SERVICESSUPPORT FROM THE PRIVATE AND CORPORATE SECTORS MAINTAINS WORLD-CLASS ANIMAL STEWARDSHIP AND EXPANDS ACCESSIBILITY FOR THOUSANDS OF PERSONS WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO BENEFIT FROM ZOO PROGRAMS AND OFFERINGS. THROUGH THE SPONSORED ADMISSIONS PROGRAM, QUALIFYING SCHOOLS CAN APPLY TO EXPERIENCE A ZOO FIELD TRIP AT NO COST. THROUGH THE ZOO ACCESS (ATLANTA'S COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND SPECIES SURVIVIAL) PROGRAM, ZOO ATLANTA DISTRIBUTES FREE ZOO TICKETS TO UNDERSERVED FAMILIES THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THOSE FAMILIES. JAZZOO 2012, ONE OF THE ZOO'S NEWEST FUNDRAISERS, RAISED NEARLY $101,000 IN ITS FIFTH YEAR IN ADDITION TO INCREASED ATTENDANCE, CORPORATE SUPPORT FOR THE EVENT ALSO CONTINUES TO GROW, AND IN 2012 JAZZOO SECURED ITS FIRST PRESENTING SPONSOR.ZOO ATLANTA'S SIGNATURE BLACK-TIE GALA, THE BEASTLY FEAST, IS ONE OF THE SOUTHEAST'S MOST SUCCESSFUL PHILANTHROPIC EVENTS. ZOOTOPIA, THE 2012 BEASTLY FEAST, RAISED NEARLY $900,000. FORD MOTOR COMPANY RETURNED AS PRESENTING SPONSOR FOR ITS 27TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR.ZOO ATLANTA'S CAPITAL CAMPAIGN ENDED 2012 WITH COMMITMENTS AMOUNTING TO 88% OF THE OVERALL GOAL, AND GROUNDBREAKING IS SCHEDULED FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 2013.</Description>
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