2012 ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program at the Dallas Zoo

The event of 2012 ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program’s service project took place at the Dallas Zoo, where 30 students planted greenery and provided landscaping surrounding the Zoo’s Animal Nutrition Center on July 31. The students also received an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour.

The local program provides undergraduates paid summer internships with Dallas nonprofits.

The state-of-the-art William M. Beecherl Animal Nutrition Center officially opened on June 13 of this year, increasing the efficiency of food preparation at the Zoo, which feeds 2,000 animals daily.

College students plant greenery outside the Dallas Zoo’s Animal Nutrition Center on July 31. The effort was part of the annual service project led by the ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program, which provides undergraduates with paid internships at Dallas nonprofits

ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program intern Sarah Greufe offers a snack to one of Dallas Zoo’s giraffes on July 31. Thirty college students received a behind-the-scenes tour after landscaping the Zoo’s Animal Nutrition Center for the program’s annual service project.

ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program interns take a break from landscaping the Dallas Zoo’s Animal Nutrition Center on July 31. The green effort was part of the annual service project led by the program, which provides undergraduates with paid internships at Dallas nonprofits.