Wolf Park Kids! Junior Volunteer Program

Wolf Park Kids!
Junior Volunteer Program

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The Junior Volunteer Program at Wolf Park is open to all children from the age of 7 through 17 years.
The goal of the program is to teach and nurture children who wish to learn about animal care and animal behavior. Junior Volunteers will learn what it takes to keep a real wildlife park running and will help will all the day-to-day operations of the Park, including maintenance, office work, and (if desired) working with the public. Volunteers will learn proper techniques for the care and handling of animals, and as the programs and program area grow there will be opportunities to assist the staff in the educational building, putting on programs and working with visiting children. We have lots of stuff to do!
Read a Junior Volunteer's description of what she has been up to.
This is an excellent foundation for a career in veterinary sciences, biology, ethology, zoology, animal behavior, wildlife management, and others. Anyone who is interested in animals and wants to work with them is strongly encouraged to join!
Please email Wolf Park Kids! if you live within driving distance and would like to volunteer with us! Be sure to ask your parents first!

The Junior Volunteers are also open to those who may only be able to visit the Park just once or twice a year! It is more fun if you are able to join in with activities more often, but all are welcome.

If you wish to become a "long-distance" Junior Volunteer and receive a membership card and a Junior Volunteer T-shirt, please send $15, along with your name, T-shirt size, email address, and address to:

Junior Volunteer Program
c/o Wolf Park
Battle Ground, IN 47920

Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery. Shirts come only in "Junior Volunteer blue".

The Fine Print:
(Strict) compliance with all Park rules will be enforced and membership in the Junior Volunteer Program will be terminated in cases of improper behavior. Safety rules and good manners must be observed at all times.

"Animal time" (i.e., visits with the resident Park animals) may be possible occasionally but our insurance people turn all sorts of funny colors when we let people under 18 meet animals so be prepared to just come and enjoy them from a distance.

Wolf Park is not a babysitting service. Younger children must have adult supervision with them at all times.