Event Day

Check-In - Opens at 8:00am 

All Butterfly Walk participants can enter the zoo at 8:00am. Please make your way to the designated picnic shelters for the event. Parking for all Butterfly Walk participants is in the main zoo parking lot at 3427 Vine Street. Please pick up your parking pass in the event space, where you collect your butterfly wings. 

Champions Ceremony - 9:00am

Join us for our annual Champions Ceremony where we recognize those who have battled pediatric cancer and remember those for whom the cure did not come soon enough. 

Inspirational Walk - 9:45am

Immediately following the Champions Ceremony we will begin the Inspirational Walk through the Cincinnati Zoo.

Waffle Breakfast, Animal Encounters, Face Painting and Games 10:15am-11:30am

Join us back in the picnic shelters for animal encounters, face painting, games, and waffle breakfast!