Zoo Crew Scholarship Application

Zoo Crew, please complete the following information:

Name*

First Last

School you currently attend*

Address*

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Birth Date*

Email*

Phone*

Please provide the following information for each of your parent(s) or guardian(s):

Parent/Guardian 1 Name

First Last

Parent/Guardian 1 Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Parent/Guardian 1 Email

Parent/Guardian 1 Phone

Parent/Guardian 2 Name

First Last

Parent/Guardian 2 Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Parent/Guardian 2 Email

Parent/Guardian 2 Phone

Volunteer and/or Work Experience

If you have volunteered, worked, or participated in programs with another organization, please list the names of the organizations and describe what you did.

Name of organization

Location

Dates you volunteered, worked, or participated

Please describe your experience and what you did

Name of organization

Location

Dates you volunteered, worked, or participated

Please describe your experience and what you did

Name of organization

Location

Dates you volunteered, worked, or participated

Please describe your experience and what you did

If you have additional organizations you have volunteered for, worked with, or participated in, use the space below to describe your experience.

Have you in the past, or do you currently participate in any other extracurricular activities (clubs, sports, theater, band, etc.)? If so, please list the activities and how long you have participated in each.

Did you ever attend Camp Zoofari as a camper at the Houston Zoo?*

Yes
No

How many years did you attend Camp Zoofari?

In what Zoo areas/sections have you participated and what years did you participate? (Check all that apply)*

Zoo Crew Explorers
Naturalist
Camp Mentor
Junior Zookeeper
Year-Round Zoo Crew
Teen Leadership Council
Snake-Saving Campaign Committee
Bird-Saving Campaign Committee

Please list the year(s) that you participated in each area/section of Zoo Crew.*

Example: Naturalist 2018, 2019

Short Essay Questions

What field of study or degree(s) are you interested in pursuing, and which schools or institutions are you considering attending?

Ideally, where do you see yourself in 10 years and what will you be doing?

Protecting wildlife takes a community - people in all kinds of careers making choices that benefit animals. How do you imagine your future career contributing to saving animals in the wild?

How has your perspective on conservation evolved, if at all, as a result of your experience in Zoo Crew?

Are you currently taking any actions to help reduce threats to wildlife? If so, please describe what you're doing and why it matters to you.

How do you plan to apply what you've learned from your Zoo Crew experience to your future goals, career or everyday life?

Disclosure

This information is for disclosure purposes only and will have no effect on your application or receipt of the scholarship. Currently, is any member of your family employed by the Houston Zoo, or is a member of the Board of Directors?*

Yes
No

Consent*

I agree to the statement below.

I acknowledge that all of the above information is accurate and correct. To the best of my knowledge, I fulfilled all of the minimum requirements of Zoo Crew, including completing all of my assigned weeks or am on schedule to complete my assigned weeks by the end of the summer. I promise that I have completed this application on my own.

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