Sponsored by radio station AM580, Senior Day will feature live music, narrated tractor train tours and bingo.  The day’s activities will also include animal enrichment activities and zookeeper talks highlighting some of the Zoo’s senior residents. 

A Senior Resource Area will be available where visitors can speak with representatives from the following organizations: AARP, Birmingham Area Seniors Coordinating Council, Blue Care Network/Blue Cross Blue Shield, Health Alliance Plan, Health Choice Home Health Care, Home Instead Senior Care, IRS, Medilodge, Pine Ridge Retirement Communities, Precise Home Health Care, Social Security Administration and Westbrook Medical Center.

The fall Senior Day is one of two free days for tri-county seniors held annually at the Detroit Zoo in appreciation for voter approval in August 2008 of the ballot proposal to fund the Zoo. 

The Detroit Zoological Society is a non-profit organization that operates the Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Zoo.  Situated on 125 acres of naturalistic exhibits, the Detroit Zoo is located at the intersection of Ten Mile Road and Woodward Avenue, just off I-696, in Royal Oak.  The Detroit Zoo is open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April through October (open at 9 a.m. May 1 through Labor Day) – with extended hours until 8 p.m. Wednesdays during July and August – and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. November through March.  Admission is $11 for adults 15 to 61, $9 for senior citizens 62 and older, and $7 for children ages 2 to 14; children under 2 are free.  For more information, call (248) 541-5717 or visit www.detroitzoo.org.  The Belle Isle Nature Zoo is open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. year-round and provides educational programming with interpretive staff support from the Huron-Clinton Metroparks.  Admission is free.  For more information, call (313) 852-4056. 
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