Simplx Cares at the Zoo 4/23

Simplx Cares took a large group of workers, friends and kids to the zoo on Saturday. We were divided into groups and tackled clean up projects all around the African journey section of the Fort Wayne zoo. It was the most beautiful day to be working outside. Some of us were placed in the pelican area where we cut tall grasses, raked leaves and picked up fallen sticks and branches to clean up the area for visitors.  Other groups were in different sections. Cooper brought his friend Austin and they worked near the front of the African journey loading up all the grasses and debris and wheelbarrowing it all a quarter-mile to the dump yard behind the giraffes. So much hard manual labor this morning for those two boys. They really put them to work.

 Following our work they invited us to visit the giraffes in their barn. I had no idea the animals stayed all winter and have barns out of sight from zoo visitors. The giraffe barn is huge, obviously and those giraffes were ginormous. Apparently they all have different personalities and they let us feed them lots of lettuce. It was a one of a kind experience! Can’t wait to visit the zoo this summer.