In-person experiences

Some wishes are best granted in person.

Field trips and wish-style visits bring children and groups face to face with the animals — close enough to touch. Paid for by donors, never by families.

Nominate a child Fund an experience
$0 to the family Fully donor-funded Anyone can nominate
A child meeting an animal face to face during a visit Fully donor-funded
From a visit He hadn’t left his room in four days. He stayed out for three hours.

Every visit is hosted in person by our team.

Two ways to visit

One child, or a whole group. Both cost the same: nothing.

Every visit is hands-on, hosted by our team, and built around who’s coming.

A child meeting an animal during a wish-style visit

Wish style visits

A child in treatment, or one facing real barriers, gets a personal day with the animals. Designed around them, at their pace, with their family alongside.

One child and family Scheduled to their energy Fully accessible
A group of children on a field trip with the animals

Group field trips

A whole classroom, unit, or group home comes out together. Same animals, same hands-on access, room for everyone, and nobody left behind at school.

Classrooms and groups Half or full day Transport can be covered
Nominate a child or a group
Fully donor-funded $0What a family pays

Every visit is a gift. It costs a family nothing.

No fee, no deposit, no fundraising asked of the school or the family. Experiences are paid for entirely by donors.

A gift becomes a day in the wild.

Your support doesn’t go into a general fund. It connects to a real experience for a real child or group.

  • A private, hands-on visit with the animals
  • Transport, when getting there is the barrier
  • A day the family doesn’t have to budget for
Fund an experience

Registered 501(c)(3) — gifts are tax-deductible

Story spotlight

What a day out actually looks like.

Told by the people who were there — the families, the staff, the ones who came along.

She asked if the giraffe would remember her.

Maya is nine, and she had spent most of the spring indoors. Her nurse put her name forward on a Tuesday. Three weeks later she was standing in the open with her mom and her little brother, holding out a handful of leaves and being very, very still.

The giraffe took its time. When it finally leaned down, nobody said anything for a few seconds. Then Maya turned around, still holding her hand out, and asked whether it would remember her if she came back. Her mom says she has told the story to everyone she has met since.

Maya, 9 — wish-style visit March 2026

Know someone whose day this could be?

Nominate a child
After you send a name

You send the name. We do the rest.

No paperwork, no budget, no arranging. You don’t need anyone’s permission to put a child forward — just tell us who they are.

Send a nomination

  1. A real person reads it

    Not a queue, not an auto-responder. Someone on our team reads every nomination and gets back to you either way.

    Within two business days

  2. We plan the day around them

    We’ll ask about timing, energy, mobility, and who’s coming along — then build the visit to fit, not the other way round.

    One short conversation

  3. They meet the animals

    Hosted by our team, start to finish. Nothing for the family to pay, prepare, or organize on the day.

    Their day, fully covered
Nominate a child

Know a child or group who’d love this?

Send us a name. You don’t need to know the details, arrange anything, or ask the family for money — we take it from there.

  • Fully funded, at no cost to the family
  • Open to families, social workers & facility staff
  • We reply within two business days

Send a nomination

Takes about a minute.

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We only use these details to arrange the visit. No lists, no sharing.