Social Media Stars - Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

Get ready for an unforgettable experience with our Social Media Stars giveaway, happening from June 19 to June 30! You’ll have the chance to win a behind-the-scenes tour for four people. One lucky winner will receive a behind-the-scenes experience for 4 people to meet fan favorites like Fiona, Rico, and Ellie the baby opossum, visit adorable cheetah cubs, and watch a tenrec take a dust bath, a 2-night hotel stay at the Summit Hotel – the Zoo’s Official Hotel, and a $1,000 Visa gift card. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to get up close with the animals you love from social media in a whole new way!

Entering will also give you access to our virtual site thru July 31st so that even if you aren’t the big winner you can still access our exclusive live cams so you can watch the hippos, giraffes, lions and elephants!

How to participate:

A $5 entry gives you one entry to win the grand prize and one month of access to our virtual membership site.
A $20 entry gives you 5 entries to win the grand prize and one month of access to our virtual membership site.

Purchase Tickets

Briar the Tenrec

Rico the Porcupine

Fiona, Fritz, Bibi & Tucker

Zola, Lulu & Kiara Cheetah Cubs

Ellie the Rescued Baby Opossum

Official Rules and Details

Zoological Society of Cincinnati, an Ohio nonprofit corporation dba The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden (“Zoo”), a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, is sponsoring a fundraising event in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio. All proceeds of the event will go to the Zoo and will be used in furtherance of its charitable purposes.

Entrance to the Social Media Stars giveaway is a donation for $5 or five entries for $20. One Winner will receive 4 tickets to the world-famous Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden and a behind the scenes tour for 4 people to meet all 4 hippos, Briar the tenrec, Rico the porcupine, and see adorable cheetah cubs Zola, Lulu and Kiara! The grand prize also includes a 2-night stay at the Summit Hotel and a $1,000 Visa gift card.

Alternate method of entry available. A minimum donation of $5.00 is requested. Free entries defeat the charitable fundraising purpose of this event and are not encouraged. However, Mail in requests for alternate method of entry can be obtained by mail to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Events Department 3400 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45220. All requests must be made before noon on June 30, 2025. Minimum age to enter is 10 years old. Contact the event administrator for any mail in entry questions. All gift sales are final. No refunds are available except in the exclusive discretion of the Zoo. Void where prohibited. The chances of winning are based upon the actual number of entries received.

All sales for the Social Media Stars giveaway will end June 30, 2025 at 11:59PM. The winner will be contacted on or before July 7, 2025.

A name and email will be attached to the winner. Positive identification will be required to claim any prize.

The winner will be contacted directly by phone or email. Any questions about these rules and regulations or the prize should be directed to the event administrator at [email protected].

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