{"id":175202,"date":"2025-08-25T20:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/175202\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T20:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:26:10","slug":"san-antonio-zoo-donates-20000-tickets-to-families-first-responders-hit-by-texas-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/175202\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio Zoo donates 20,000 tickets to families, first responders hit by Texas floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO, Texas \u2014 The San Antonio Zoo announced on Monday that it has donated 20,000 complimentary admission tickets, valued at over $500,000, to families, volunteers, and first responders affected by recent floods across Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is part of the Zoo Cares: Together for Texans campaign.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/cheer-up-charlies-avoids-closure-after-successful-fundraising-covers-back-rent\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/cheer-up-charlies-avoids-closure-after-successful-fundraising-covers-back-rent\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"noopener\">ALSO| Cheer Up Charlies avoids closure after successful fundraising covers back rent<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The campaign, which ran from August 2-10, 2025, offered guests $10 admission. For each ticket purchased and used during this period, the zoo pledged to donate one admission ticket to those impacted by the floods. <\/p>\n<p>The distribution of these tickets is being facilitated by community partners, including Goodwill, the Salvation Army, and Hill Country Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Center (MHDD).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The success of this effort reflects the power of Texans helping Texans,&#8221; said Tim Morrow, President and CEO of San Antonio Zoo. &#8220;We are grateful to every guest who supported the campaign. Their visit will provide an opportunity for thousands to find some solace with a complimentary visit to the San Antonio Zoo. Our thoughts and prayers remain with those affected, always and forever.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO, Texas \u2014 The San Antonio Zoo announced on Monday that it has donated 20,000 complimentary admission&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":175203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,12088,99614,8621,13959,9856,7202,9086,7203,358,33124,6412,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-175202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-campaign","10":"tag-community-partners","11":"tag-donation","12":"tag-families","13":"tag-first-responders","14":"tag-san-antonio","15":"tag-san-antonio-zoo","16":"tag-sanantonio","17":"tag-texas","18":"tag-texas-floods","19":"tag-tickets","20":"tag-tx","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115091287866399160","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}