Volunteers are SHOCKED they canceled the event, many of whom have donated their time for more than 10 years.
This had to be the biggest fundraising event the Zoo pulls off each year and even I have to admit, are they nuts?
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Sunday, September 21, 2014
The Salisbury Zoo Cancels Night of the Living Zoo Event
thats a shame. Linda Wainer and her husband have always donated their time for that and always did a great job.
ReplyDeleteGet this. The event is in October and they're saying it's been canceled due to inclement weather.
ReplyDeleteREALLY?
It is truly a shame. My kids loved it and were so disappointed last year when they made it scary and not for younger children. We made it a tradition to go every year. Very disappointing!
ReplyDeleteis ron alessi still on that board?
ReplyDeleteIt is still on their website.
ReplyDelete1:42, They have informed volunteers it has been canceled.
ReplyDeletePerhaps enough pressure will change their minds?
I can tell you I am very upset to hear this news. How pathetic.
ReplyDeleteThe Red Roost is still having their haunted hay ride.
ReplyDeleteJoe, the NOLZ was never posted as an event for 2014, last year the event had to be cancelled at the last minute due to severe storms, costing the Zoo revenue as well as unrecoverable preparation costs. If families want to have some Halloween fun geared at the 10 and under crowd please check out the Zoo website. Oct. 18 and 25 from 1-4 Halloween Happenings is going on. Nominal fee and lots of fun!! Also we look forward to seeing everyone at Third Firday Downtown this Friday...come out and see what we have planned for the 60th Birthday celebration on Sept. 26!! Thanks for the shout out from anon above, yes we have been volunteering at the zoo since the '80's and will continue as long as we can! Linda Wainer
ReplyDeleteLinda, thank you for the update.
ReplyDeleteBeing that the NOLZ has become quite a tradition, (and a very successful one at that) it truly is a disappointment they are choosing to eliminate it.
I could not reach a human being at the Zoo, (ironic, lol) to discuss it further but I did click option 3 where they stated the event was canceled.
Ladies & Gentlemen, this is a PRIME opportunity to pick up the slack. Someone needs to create a children friendly event similar to the Night of the Living Zoo and run with it in Salisbury.
I do like the idea they'll have a kid friendly event from 1 to 4 pm but I hate to say it, it's just not the same.
Happy 60th Birthday Salisbury Zoo.
This is a disappointment indeed. We have made it a point to visit NOLZ every year and even helped volunteer for a couple of years. I was actually looking forward to the scarier event they were supposed to host last year but mother nature just couldn't cooperate. I hope they reconsider how awesome of an event it was and choose to bring it back in the future!
ReplyDeleteTheir fundraiser this summer, Zoobilation, I believe it was called was also a disappointment over previous years. The decision to "charge" for all beer and wine after the first one, will result in me longer attending this event. The costs of the tickets should justify all beer and wine to be at no charge. The specialty drinks were reasonably fairly priced though. Watching the mayor kiss another male on the mouth in public was also a bit much for me.
ReplyDeleteNo NOLZ, Hidden Treasure Half Marathon? This year is a bummer for many Salisbury residents.
ReplyDeleteNo big deal really.Those who patronize this event every year will just have to find another way to worship Satan.
ReplyDeleteAll those that were going to help with this are welcome to join The Red Roost Horror and Shells Haunted Hayride as cast members.
ReplyDeleteThe full cast meeting will be this Saturday Sept. 20th at 12:30 p.m. at The Red Roost in Whitehaven, MD.
This is a 1 1/2 mile hayride with acted Halloween skits all along the last mile of the ride. Contact Leslie Henrickson at lahendrickson@umes.edu or Brook at the Red Roost if you want to help but can not make the meeting this weekend.
2:29 You have other problems. It's an event, not a drunkfest, you lush.
ReplyDeleteThis came to me in a Chamber e-mail
ReplyDeleteHalloween Happening
October 18th and October 25 1pm-4pm
This Halloween event is for children 10 and under who may not want the
scary parts of a Halloween event. Children will be able to Trick or Treat
throughout the Zoo, participate in Halloween games and compete in a
costume contest! There will be additional charge for food and some games.
Remember to bring your candy buckets. New this Year: Hay Bale Maze
For more information call 410-546-3440. Tickets will go on sale
September 20 in the Ocelot Spot Gift Shop between 10am and 3:30pm.
Tickets are $8 for children with one Adult FREE, additional Adults are $2
The zoo will close at Noon Saturday, October 18 and October 25 for
final prep on Not So Scary Halloween Happening.
One less drunk will be there huh 2:29? We will miss you.
ReplyDeleteWhich City Council clown meets with the Zoo board of directors these days?
ReplyDeleteIt used to be Terry Cohen.
6:16, wrong. It was never Terry. First it was Gary Comegys, then it was Laura Mitchell.
ReplyDeleteCohen offered to be the liaison, but no one wanted her near that group because she might want accountability. This despite the fact that she really was a big supporter of the zoo.
People tried to make her and Debbie Campbell out to be villains, enemies of the zoo. Nothing could have been further from the truth. Their loss.