Zoo to offer half-priced admission with a canned food item

This month, residents can enjoy a visit to the Birmingham Zoo while also fighting hunger. During the weekend of Nov. 22-23, all visitors who bring a nonperishable food item to the zoo will receive half-price admission as part of the United Way Canned Food Drive. Donations will go toward the United Way Community Food Bank in Homewood.

“This food drive comes at a good time, because it’s getting colder and gas starts getting higher,” said Brooke McKinley, development and community engagement coordinator for the United Way Community Food Bank. “We are getting busier for the holidays.”

The food bank secures and stores surplus food and distributes it to 220 partnering service agencies throughout 12 counties in Alabama. The bank distributes a total of 7.5 million pounds of food a year.

The zoo invites residents to experience its elephants at the Boma Encounter, visit the animals at the Junior League-Hugh Kaul Children’s Zoo Barn, experience a pelican feeding and more.

There is a limit of one discounted ticket per guest for this offer. To learn more about the United Way Community Food Bank, visit feedingal.org. For more information on Birmingham Zoo events and exhibits, visit birminghamzoo.com.