Come And Play With Fisher-Price Toys At The Phoenix Zoo

Mon, 9/8/2008 - 7:22 PM

Fisher-Price® Play Weekend Kicks Off Exciting New Partnership.

The Phoenix Zoo and Fisher-Price are teaming up to present Arizona’s Largest Play Date – the Fisher-Price Play Weekend at the Zoo from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, September 27-28, 2008 at the Phoenix Zoo. The Play Weekend will offer guests a super-sized play area with the coolest new toys from Fisher-Price.

Fans of Fisher-Price will be able to have a hands-on experience with some of their newest lines of toys including the Diego Rescue Railway, Spike the ULTRA DINOSAUR and the Loving Family™ Grand Dollhouse. Special features include the Power Wheels® Driving Track with awesome the new Power Wheels A.T. Rex™ and the Color Me Gemz™ vanity station, where kids can design their own Gemz heart necklace to take home!

The weekend will also feature visits and photo opportunities with Planet Heroes™ friends Earth “Ace”®, Mars “Digger”® (Saturday only) and Diego from Nick Jr. (Sunday only).

Guests visiting the play area will also take home a gift bag including an activity booklet and DVD.

The Play Weekend marks the beginning of a three year collaboration between the Phoenix Zoo and Fisher Price that will bring to Zoo guests many unique activities and events. The cornerstone of this new relationship, the Fisher-Price® Little People® Discovery Farm™, will debut in October at the Zoo’s Harmony Farm.

“We’re very excited to partner with one of the nation’s top zoos in such a celebratory way. Children will enjoy a unique play experience at the Play Weekend and can look forward to a permanent play haven in the Fisher-Price® Little People® Discovery Farm™ for years to come,” said Brenda Andolina, Director of Brand Marketing for Fisher-Price. “Happy childhood memories are formed during active afternoons at the zoo and we’re happy Fisher-Price will add to the magic.”

“Fisher-Price is a worldwide marquee brand and we couldn’t be more excited to have them involved with the Phoenix Zoo,” said Zoo Executive Vice President Jim Brewer. “We know that the thousands of families that enjoy our Zoo are also fans of Fisher-Price. They have made a big commitment in helping renovate our toddler play area in Harmony Farm, plus creating this very fun weekend. The Fisher-Price team has simply been wonderful to work with, and this is another example of the integrated partnerships that we are entering into for the benefit of the Zoo and all our guests.”

For more information call the Zoo at 602-273-1341 or visit phoenixzoo.org.

Fisher-Price, Inc., a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. (NYSE:MAT) and located in East Aurora, N.Y., is the leading brand of infant and preschool toys in the world. The Company has a 77-year legacy of high quality toys that enhance early childhood development. Its often-emulated Play Laboratory was the first child research center of its kind in the toy industry, allowing researchers to observe the way children play and how play benefits their development. Some of the Company’s best-known “classic” brands include Little People®, Power Wheels® and View-Master®. Fisher-Price is also a leading developer of baby gear products (infant swings, bouncers, high chairs, nursery monitors) as well as a wide array of character-based toys inspired by high quality children’s programming such as Sesame Street®, Dora the Explorer™ and Winnie the Pooh. The Company’s web site, at www.fisher-price.com, provides valuable information and resources to parents.



       
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Irresponsible Board of Management Thu, 11/5/2009 - 9:20 PM — latino boy

Maybe , just maybe The Toronto Zoo Board Is In The Middle Of A Financial Crisis And There Is No Place To Go But To City Council like a wayward son go to Mom and Dad for more money...

Although it was made clear by Shelley Carroll (the City's Budget Chief) that the Toronto Zoo has to behave more financially responsible, perhaps the problem is that there is no place else to go. The $250 Million fund-raising plans are a pipe dream (especially after firing the Zoo Foundation), it is not possible to raise admission prices any longer (or face a significant drop in attendance) and the "junkets" (especially to China for the Giant Pandas) by members of the Zoo Board can not be cut significantly for any reason. In other words, there is no place to go but City Council. What a crock! The Toronto Zoo Board needs a reality check, as it has become clear that they do not understand the problems they are facing. Perhaps the thousands of free Zoo passes given to Councillors on the Zoo Board could be cut to zero, perhaps the Zoo Foundation could be re-instated, and perhaps a citizen's advisory committee could be formed to provide much-needed guidance to the existing members of the Board.

This is Proof positive

that citizens should have more direct say in the budget process. Line item veto by a citizen's budget committee might get the desired cuts we must attain. The citizens of Toronto should stand with one voice that we just won't allow a property tax increase this year.


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Good luck with the event. We have some fabulous wildlife in Devon that's really worth celebrating. We recently had a botanical survey of our small  Devon nature reserve, which recorded more than 180 species in about 3.5 acres. And even more amazing was the depth of local knowledge the visiting naturalists had to share - on everything from obscure moths to lichens.


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Good luck with the event. We have some fabulous wildlife in Devon that's really worth celebrating. We recently had a botanical survey of our small  Devon nature reserve, which recorded more than 180 species in about 3.5 acres. And even more amazing was the depth of local knowledge the visiting naturalists had to share - on everything from obscure moths to lichens.


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It has become trendy for government agencies to defend venomous snakes, saying they kill rodents, etc., but non-venomous snakes also kill rodents. I have not heard one logical argument as to what a venomous snake contributes to an ecosystem that a non-venomous snake doesn't.

Any non-biased biologist can affirm species extinction has always happened naturally. It's common sense to kill a venomous snake, rather than let it continue breeding and increase the potential for harm.

The unfortunate consequence of naturalists defending venomous snakes is they make them appear so necessary and harmless that both people and agencies--hospitals, for example--do not expect or prepare for snake encounters.

It's doubtful that many hospitals near the snakes stock the expensive antivenin. Governments should help fund snakebite treatment rather than fund snake protection.


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