Hawk Mountain Sanctuary – 2015 Benefit for the Birds Gala
Auction Ends: May 4, 2014 10:00 PM EDT

Membership

Lehigh Valley Zoo Family Membership

Item Number
59
Sold
45 USD to Live Event Bidder

Live Event Item

After the online close, this item went to a Live Event for further bidding. Absentee Bidding offered.

Item Description

Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, the Lehigh Valley Zoo is a member-supported non-profit organization.   It is known as a treasured community landmark, with its history spanning over a century.  Founded in 1906 by General Harry C. Trexler, a local industrialist, the Lehigh Valleys Trexler Game Preserve has educated and entertained more than five million people.  General Trexler played a significant role in saving the North American bison from extinction by providing a place where both bison and elk could roam freely undisturbed.  In 1935, the County of Lehigh took ownership of the Preserve, and in 1974, construction began on the Preserve’s 29-acre Children’s Zoo.  In 2004, the Lehigh Valley Zoological Society assumed management of the Zoo, as well as the daily management of the bison and elk herd and the palominos in the 1,100-acre Trexler Nature Preserve.  General attendance at Lehigh Valley Zoo grew from 63,000 visitors in 2005 to over 135,000 guests in 2013 and over 35,000 students participated in our formal education programs.  In 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, the Zoo was voted Best Family Day Trip in The Morning Call’s Readers’ Choice Awards.

Winning Bidder receives a gift certificate for a Zoo Family Membership, which includes free admission for one year for two adults living in same household and their children under age 18.  Also includes two one-day child admission tickets to the Zoo.

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