The Nashville Zoo Wish List
Another great way to help Nashville Zoo is by donating items to the different departments. Below is a wish list of needed items, and any items can be dropped off at the Croft Center. The staff and the animals would greatly appreciate any donation.
Administration
- 10 plastic bins (any size)
- Battery backup/surge protectors
- LCD monitors
- lightweight, collapsible, portable projection screen
- Working: computers (except Macs), networking accesories (switches, routers, wireless equipment), computer accesories (keyboard, mouse, network cards, video cards), fax machine
Avian Department
- commercial greenhouse (min. 400 sq ft)
Commissary
- RodentPro gift card
- 60 watt and 100 watt eco-friendly bulbs for freezer and cooler
- commercial blender
- food processor
- gift cards for grocery stores, restaurant supply companies and PetSmart or Nashville Pet Products
- new microwave (any size)
- new Ziploc/slide-lock bags (quart or snack size)
- plastic shoe boxes with lids
- professional chef's knives (non-wood handles)
- professional cutting boards
- Scales (www.oldwillknotscales.com)
Education Department
- bubble wrap
- clean, large, brown paper bags
- dog, cat or bird toys
- dry erase markers (any color)
- framed dry erase board (approximately 2' x 3')
- gas station gift cards
- gift cards for Wal-Mart, Target, Sam's Club, Michael's or Hobby Lobby
- new laminating machine
- plastic storage box (container)
- Towels
Mammal Department
- browse
- 1 safari ball (www.ottoenviromental.com)
- 14 14" heavy duty teaser ball (www. sanctuarysupplies.com)
- 2 - 5" hol-ee mol-ee extreme (www. sanctuarysupplies.com)
- 2 heavy duty mirrors (www.ottoenviromental.com)
- 2.5 inch PVC ball valve
- 3 Bingo feeders (www.ottoenvironmental.com)
- 3 jolly critter with rope (www. sanctuarysupplies.com)
- 3 mini high-back feeder (Nasco, item #C28307N)
- 3 Red Apple birdhouses (Lowe's)
- 4 12,000 BTU window room air conditioners
- 4 Lipped ring (www.ottoenviromental.com)
- 4 Pill (14" diameter X 6" high) (www.ottoenviromental.com)
- 8 10" Tug-n-Toss (www.ottoenviromental.com)
- aluminum shovel
- art canvases - larger than 8x11
- binoculars
- Black & Decker Firestorm 18v battery
- Black & Decker pole saw
- bottle brush
- Draft horse hoof stand
- Dremmel to trim hooves
- dry wall stilts
- jolly apples/boomer balls - horse toys (www.amazon.com)
- new, unused cat or dog toys
- non-toxic paint in various colors - not red
- pen lights
- scales (food and mail type scales OR larger, commercial-type scales for weighing animals)
Aquatics Department
- gift cards for hardware stores
- wire scrub brushes
All and any items are greatly appreciated and can be dropped off at the Croft Center. If you would like to know more about our Wish List and ways you can help, please contact us at pr@nashvillezoo.org.




