2019 Annual Raking Weekend

Research shows that, on average, human beings are hardwired to be more optimistic than not. It's an admirable quality, one that can positively affect a person’s mental and physical health.

After a mild start to the winter, here in the northwoods of Wisconsin, February and March came in like a lion making themselves way too comfortable. However, spring has officially arrived and here at Wildwood Wildlife Park & Safari, we are optimistic the weather will cooperate and for our annual Spring Raking Clean-Up, scheduled for April 13th and 14th.

We hope you will share our 2019 Spring Raking Clean-Up poster.

The image below is in jpeg format; you can click on the photo and print or share.

Click here for the poster in PDF format.

Click on the PDF or JPF, download, print and/or send to anyone who is interested in a volunteer service project; students, 4-H, Boy and Girl Scouts, anyone that is looking for community service hours or who wants to spend a fun weekend at the zoo.

Please bring a rake and garden gloves. Wildwood Wildlife Park & Safari will provide lunch on Saturday, April 13th, and Sunday, April 14th.

If the weather requires that we reschedule we will post on our Facebook Page.

Raking Weekend 2018 Reschedule

Looking as if you are inside a snow globe is pretty if:

It is December.

You are hoping for a white Christmas.

Looking as if you are inside a snow globe is NOT pretty if:

It is April and you are looking forward to the opening of the 2018 season.

With the recent weather system that is moving through northern Wisconsin adding copious amounts of snow to our recent cover of snow that amounted to a foot of snow, we have had to reschedule our Annual Raking Cleanup Weekend to the weekend of April 21st and April 22nd.

Below is our revised flyer with the rescheduled dates. You can share the flyer by attaching to an email or click on the image to print it out for distribution.

We are holding on to the hope that the weather will cooperate to allow our scheduled Opening Day of April 28th. Fingers crossed!

Save The Date! Annual Spring Raking Cleanup Weekend

Welcome to the Spring Equinox

Happy First Day of Spring!

What better way to celebrate the official arrival of spring than with the announcement of our annual spring raking cleanup weekend? Save the date! Raking cleanup is set for the weekend of April 8th and 9th. Time: 9:00am-5:00pm both days.

Bring your rake and garden gloves - lunch will be provided for all volunteers by Wildwood.

Attention Students looking for community service hours ... our spring raking cleanup weekend is the perfect opportunity for you to accumulate your community service time.

Click on the photograph and download to share electronically or via print.

Sponsored by Friends of the Zoo

2016 Annual Spring Raking Clean-Up Weekend

Calling All Volunteers!!!

It's only 38 more days until we anticipate opening for the 2016 season. But if you absolutely positively CANNOT WAIT until April 30th ... here's your chance to visit the zoo in advance of our opening. It's our annual Spring Raking Clean-Up at Wildwood Zoo! Sponsored by the "Friends of the Zoo", this is a great volunteer project that students can use as an opportunity to receive service hours. Dates are April 16th and 17th from 9am to 5pm. Bring your rake and garden gloves! Click on the image to enlarge, print and share with others!

Spring Raking Clean-Up Has Been Rescheduled for April 27, 2013

As you can imagine, we are just about at our wits end with this snow and cold weather ... but we are rescheduling our annual raking weekend with a lot of faith and hope that spring will arrive to welcome our friends for this much anticipated event at Wildwood Wildlife Park.

Please click on the image and share this with your friends and family.

Thank you.