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WHAT WAS THE FAVORITE PART
CHIMPS.
DO YOU THINK OTHER KIDS
I DO, TOO.
BALL ZOO IS THE PERFECT
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THANKS TO A UNIQUE PROGRAM AT
THE JOHN BALL ZOO.
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
THEY GET A MONTHLY VISIT FROM
VERY SPECIAL FRIENDS.
WE ARE DONE THIS PROGRAM
WE ARE DONE THIS PROGRAM
THAT IS A BUY OR GIRL THIS
YEAH.
THAT IS A GIRL.
SHE IS SO SWEET.
IT CAN'T BE A BOY, CAN IT?
THEY SEE THE FAMILIES AND
THE VISITORS OF THE KIDS AND
THE FAMILY AND THEN THE
STAFF.
IT IS REALLY EXCITING FOR
EVERYONE HERE.
HOW OFTEN DO YOU GET TO
PET A SCREECH OWL?
SO IT IS JUST SOMETHING NEW
AND DIFFERENT AND THE
VOLUNTEERS ARE GREAT.
THEY GIVE GREAT FEEDBACK
ABOUT THE ANIMAL AND SO YOU
GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN
SOMETHING.
YOU ASK KIDS' QUESTIONS IF
THEY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE
ANIMALS WE HAVE GOT.
SO MANY DO.
SO MANY DO.
I THINK IT IS GREAT.
IT IS SO MUCH FUN.
DOES IT MAKE IT A MORE
POSITIVE EXPERIENCE INSTEAD
OF SOMETHING HE REMEMBERS
NEGATIVE ABOUT.
WHEN YOU ARE HERE DY AFTER
DAY EVEN FOR PERIODS OF TIME,
YOU HAVE FRIENDS, FAMILY,
SIBLINGS, SO TO HAVE THESE
COMMUNITY VISITORS OR ANIMALS
AT THE ZA, VISITORS OR OTHER
THINGS COME IN.
IT IS JUST EXCITING.
YOU KNOW?
IT MAKES IT NOT SO
DEPRESSING.
IT IS A GOOD TEACHING
TOOL.
IT IS A GOOD RELAXING TOOL.
IT GIVES YOU A BREAK WERE
IT GIVES YOU A BREAK WERE
HE HAS ALWAYS GOT TO DO
SOMETHING NEW, MEET DIFFERENT
PEOPLE, DO DIFFERENT THINGS.
REALLY FUN FOR HIM.
HE ACTUALLY THINKS IT IS KIND
OF FUN.
PEOPLE COME HERE AND SAY,
IT FEELS LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME
KIND OF FUN ACTIVITY THAT YOU
WANT TO BRING YOUR KIDS HERE.
SOMETIME THEY ARE SAD TO GO
BECAUSE THEY HAD GAD TIME
EVEN THOUGH MAYBE THEY HAD
TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE OR THEY
HAD SURGERY, BUT WE HAVE DONE
ENOUGH TO NORMALIZE IT TO
MAKE IT FEEL COMFORTABLE AND
FUN.
IT IS AN ENVIRONMENT THAT
IN.
IN 2012.