Chattanooga Zoo hosting food drive, offering $1 off admission

Courtesy: Chattanooga Zoo

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — The Chattanooga Zoo is hosting a food drive that will donate to the Chattanooga Area Food Bank and participants can get $1 off their general admission Zoo ticket throughout November.

Zoo guests are encouraged to bring at least one non-perishable food item per person in order to receive a discount of $1 on each general admission Zoo ticket.

Chattanooga Zoo is following the food bank’s guidelines by asking for non-perishable food items like peanut butter, canned proteins, canned fruit, cereals, oatmeal, boxed dinners, jams, soup (low sodium preferred) and canned vegetables (low sodium preferred).

Participants simply need to bring food items to Chattanooga Zoo’s ticket booth in order to receive their discounted tickets, and Zoo personnel will transport the donations to the food bank.

“We know that the Chattanooga Area Food Bank, as well as many other similar organizations, are rising to the challenge and meeting a very large need in our community right now,”

“We are hosting food drives with our visitors and our employees to help provide additional resources for those in need.”

– Darde Long, president and CEO of Chattanooga Zoo said.

The discount does not apply to tickets for special events like the Asian Lantern Festival.