Corporate Sponsorship

   Dear Valued Community Business Friend,

        The Fort Rickey Discovery Zoo would like to partner with you!  Our charming little zoo has been touching lives, creating memories, and educating children for over 50 years! Fort Rickey truly is an established place of fun and learning for Central New York families!  We are on a mission to continue improving our visitor experience, but even more so, our animal care and enrichment.  We are offering unique opportunities for local businesses to connect with our community by sponsoring our wonderful animals! 

          In 2023 we introduced our new Wild Creatures Playland and added a new water game called Down Pour Derby, similar to the Water Wars game.  We also held well attended theme day, events, concerts, and craft fairs! By expanding and updating our fun experiences we have continued to generate a larger rate of visitor attendance which increases the viewing and acknowledgement of your companies’ sponsorships.

When you sponsor an animal, you are contributing to the enhancements of their enclosures and to enrichment projects.  As a partner in this sponsorship program your company will receive a professionally designed 24”x 36” aluminum sign that will be posted in or near the animal’s enclosure for all to see!  The sign will display your logo and a message communicating to our many visitors your passion for educating children and preserving wildlife!  Your company will also be mentioned on our social media sites as the enclosure upgrades are made.  Our social media sites have proven to be very impactful sources of advertising.  (Just about everyone stops scrolling when they see a post involving animals 😉) The spaces will be limited to only 2 corporate sponsors per animal enclosure and will be offered on a first come first serve basis. If you desire to be the exclusive sponsor of a certain animal, simply sign up for 2 sponsorships and receive not just 1, but 2 signs!  The cost for a full season of advertising with us is only $500.00 per sponsorship!  To sign up for this very special opportunity simply select the animal you wish to sponsor from the list provided below and then fill out the form and submit.  If your animal of choice is no longer available, we will let you know immediately and request you consider another.  Once your animal is confirmed, we will ask you to send us your logo.  We’ll have your sign designed, proofs will be sent via email for your approval, and after your sponsorship payment is received, the sign will be ordered.  Your sign will be displayed for the entire season which runs from May to October. At the end of season, you are invited to take the sign to display at your place of business, if you would like, or you may choose to sign up for another year!  

We look forward to partnering with you! Remember spaces are limited and the deadline for these offers would be April 1st. 

    Thank you for your time and consideration!                            

Animals available for Sponsorship: 

*Wallabies *Bison *Porcupines *The Fallow and Sika Deer *Eurasian Eagle Owl *Arctic Foxes *Capybaras *Yaks *Emus *Swans & Ducks *Tegu Lizard *Ring tailed Lemurs *Scottish Highland Cows *Flemish Giant Rabbits *The Barnyard (pig, alpacas, chickens, donkeys & ponies) *Mountain Coati  *Boa Constrictor *Cockatoos *Ponies & Donkeys *Horse & Sheep *Two-Toed Sloth *North American River Otters  *Blue and Gold Macaws         

Established sponsors wishing to renew may use code FRDZ24 to receive discounted price.