Philadelphia Zoo, Tasty Baking Company Welcome Delaware Valley Kids to New Tastykake Children's Zoo
May 06 2004 - 12:01PM
PR Newswire (US)
Philadelphia Zoo, Tasty Baking Company Welcome Delaware Valley Kids
to New Tastykake Children's Zoo Fun New Exhibits, Fresh New Look
Take Zoo's Youngest Visitors on Whimsical Tour of Animal World
PHILADELPHIA, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicks and ducklings aren't the
only sweet things hatching at the Philadelphia Zoo this spring! The
newly renovated Tastykake Children's Zoo made a debut of its own,
kicking off its grand opening weekend celebration today. Zoo
President Pete Hoskins, Tasty Baking Company President and CEO
Charlie Pizzi and dozens of kids raised their Butterscotch
Krimpets, Kandy Kakes and Juniors to toast a bigger, brighter, more
vibrant petting zoo - the most popular destination for the youngest
zoo- goers. "We're thrilled to join Philadelphia's own Tasty Baking
Company on one sweet partnership - the Tastykake Children's Zoo,"
said Hoskins. "Together, Tastykake and the Zoo have been helping
children make wonderful memories for generations. Today, thousands
of the Zoo's youngest visitors will walk through these gates to
create new ones." Pizzi and Hoskins joined children from around the
Delaware Valley to cut the ribbon, and Zoo mascot Roarie the Lion
joined Tastykake's own Kirbee the Krimpet to lead kids into the new
Tastykake Children's Zoo. One lucky visitor received a year's
supply of Tastykakes by correctly guessing the number of treats
stacked up in a Tasty Baking Company antique delivery truck.
Special activities such as sheep-shearing demonstrations, games and
face painting are planned throughout opening weekend of the
Tastykake Children's Zoo. Designed to keep young children
entertained and active while helping them learn, new additions to
the Tastykake Children's Zoo aim to spark "wow" moments between
kids and animals that will create the foundation for a child's
lifelong love and caring of the natural world. A new kid-sized
bunny village takes children into a town of bunnies, where the post
office, hospital and toy store teach children how bunnies
communicate and reproduce -- and how zoo keepers help bunnies
exhibit natural behaviors through play. A new theatre will stage
live animal demonstrations throughout the day, engaging children
from the audience. Kids can feed ducks at the pond amidst a
spectacular new water sculpture featuring huge fish that jump and
dive. Every day, some of the 50 animals in the Tastykake Children's
Zoo teaching collection will stretch their legs and wings in two
new animal exercise yards where visitors can get an up-close look
at macaws, porcupines, hedgehogs, owls and other creatures. The
Zoo's education staffers will help families learn which animals
make good pets - and which don't. The farmyard features the popular
petting area, where children can pet goats and sheep. Children can
also take a swing around the corral on one of the Zoo's ten ponies.
As part of its extensive renovations, the Zoo strengthened its
hand-wash program, making this necessary health precaution more fun
and a "teachable moment" for kids. The farmyard's new layout
naturally directs kids exiting the petting area through the
hand-wash stations, where animated clocks help kids time their
rinsing and sudsing to make sure their hands are clean. In a new
take on a traditional favorite, the Tastykake Children's Zoo
expanded the farm area to add a life-sized tractor and hay-filled
play area to help kids learn how a farm works and the important
connection between farm animals and people. The Tastykake
Children's Zoo also features a refurbished chick hatchery and
backyard bugs exhibit, which includes tarantulas, scorpions and
beetles. At Dairy Corner, children can learn where milk comes from
and try their hand at milking a fiberglass cow. The brand-new
Tastykake Tasty Shop features Tastykake favorites like Butterscotch
Krimpets, Chocolate Juniors and Peanut Butter Kandy Kakes, giving
families a sweet respite on a beautiful new deck overlooking the
Zoo. In a new twist on the favorite cake and ice cream combo,
Tastykake and Turkey Hill Ice Cream will dish up a new Peanut
Butter Kandy Kake ice cream with real bits of Peanut Butter Kandy
Kakes. Just outside the Tastykake Children's Zoo, children can
board a shiny new four-car train for an exciting ride throughout
the Picnic Grove. America's first zoo, the Philadelphia Zoo opened
the nation's first children's zoo in 1938. The Tastykake Children's
Zoo is one of three exciting attractions opening this spring at the
Philadelphia Zoo. In March, the Zoo launched Cobras!, its
largest-ever exhibit of 17 of these thrilling venomous snakes. In
May, zoo- goers can discover firsthand how to survive the
challenges of living in a real jungle when PECO Jungle Trek swings
into action. This exciting jungle school journey takes place
throughout the two-and-a-half acre PECO Primate Reserve -- home to
more than 40 primates from around the world including western
lowland gorillas, orangutans, gibbons and more. Tasty Baking
Company, (NYSE:TBC), founded in 1914 and headquartered in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is one of the country's leading bakers
of snack cakes, pies, cookies, and donuts with manufacturing
facilities in Philadelphia and Oxford, Pennsylvania. Tasty Baking
Company offers more than 100 products under the Tastykake brand
name. For more information on Tasty Baking Company, visit
http://www.tastykake.com/. In addition, consumers can send
Tastykake products throughout the United States from the company
website or by calling 1-800-33-TASTY. The Philadelphia Zoo is
located at 34th Street and Girard Avenue - minutes from the
historic downtown area. The Zoo is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. Ticket prices are $15.95 for adults, and $12.95 for kids aged
2 through 11. Family memberships start at just $79, and Zoo members
receive free admission and parking all year long. The Philadelphia
Zoo, a private, nonprofit organization, is America's first zoo and
one of the region's foremost conservation organizations. The
42-acre Victorian garden is home to more than 1,600 animals,
including highly endangered Amur tigers and rare sifaka lemurs. The
Zoo, fulfilling its mission of conservation, science, education and
recreation, supports and engages in conservation efforts to protect
endangered species around the world. The Zoo is also a major
educational and recreational attraction, welcoming more than 1.1
million visitors last year. For more information, tickets or to
make a contribution, log on to http://www.philadelphiazoo.org/.
DATASOURCE: Tasty Baking Company; Philadelphia Zoo CONTACT: Ginette
Meluso, Philadelphia Zoo, +1-215-243-5205 Web site:
http://www.tastykake.com/ http://www.philadelphiazoo.org/
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