You’ve heard of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) March Madness 🏀, but how about March Member Madness at the Virginia Zoo?!

For the entire month of March, Zoo Members that visit us can be entered into a raffle to win our Day at the Zoo Prize Pack! This prize pack includes one train punch card, one 4-pack of meal vouchers, one 4-pack of Group Behind-the-Scenes tour tickets, and one 125th anniversary ceramic tumbler. To enter the drawing, simply visit the Virginia Zoo as many times as you can throughout the entire month of March. Each visit earns one (1) entry.

Want a better chance to win? Fill out our March Member Madness bracket within the first two weeks of March and submit it to our Guest Services Team! Print out the bracket here or fill in this editable PDF here, choose which Virginia Zoo animals you want to be on your basketball team, and follow along each week on social media to vote for your top picks. Members in our Virginia Zoo Members Facebook group will even get bonus information about each animal to make more informed decisions for their brackets!

See the calendar below for the full list of days with special activities.

Every Friday in March, we will update the bracket below to indicate which animals are still in the running. Winners will also be shared on our Instagram Story and in our Virginia Zoo Members Facebook group.

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