The Oklahoma City Zoo and the conservation group Okies For Monarchs will offer free pizza samples as part of an event they are hosting at Hideaway Pizza in Norman on March 13.
The event, Monarch Meetup, will provide the public with the opportunity to learn more about monarch butterflies and other pollinating insects. Attendees will be given free seed kits to help them start their own gardens to support pollinators, as well as information on how to volunteer with the zoo’s conservation efforts.
Rebecca Snyder, curator of conservation and science at the Oklahoma City Zoo, will speak at the event about the important ecological role of pollinating insects.
“I’m looking forward to meeting people in the community and talking to them about why monarchs and other pollinators are important, and how (people) can get involved,” Snyder said. “We’re hoping to just get the word out and raise some excitement about this whole campaign.”
Hideaway Pizza is currently offering a limited-edition pizza, “The Pollinator,” which features a honey drizzle as well as pepperoni, capicola, salami and banana peppers, to support Okies For Monarchs. The pizza will be available through May 14 at all eighteen Hideaway locations, and the chain will donate 10 percent of sales from the pizza to the conservation group.
The event in Norman is scheduled from 5–7 p.m. on March 13 at Campus Corner's Hideaway Pizza, located on 577 Buchanan Ave. There is no charge to attend, and free samples of "The Pollinator" will be available.
An additional Monarch Meetup will be held from 5–7 p.m. on April 10 at the Hideaway Pizza in Yukon, located on 1701 Shedeck Parkway.
More information is available at the Oklahoma City Zoo’s website.
