Years ago, my sister was having a birthday party at the zoo. I believe it was in the early 70's. I must of been 5 or 6 years old then. But the greatest thing was my sister was born on the same day Packy was April 14th, 1962. I remember the day we were there, my sister had her few moment of fame. Well me, I had to sit on top of my fathers shoulders to see Packy over the crowd.
Each time I here of the birthday celebration for Packy, that bring back such wonderful memories. Now that I have my own children, they hear about that story and we make our visits to the zoo, with fun memories.
Thanks for the wonderful childhood memory.
Sincerely,
Donna Seibert
I remember receiving a personal invitation to help celebrate Packy's 10th birthday at the Portland Zoo. You see, I was also born on the same day 4/14/62 in Portland, so that made me a celebrity for the day too. I recall being so excited about it, and was able to invite a friend
to join us there for the day. Yep, we got to miss a day of school and everything! I believe there were about a dozen kids there with our same
Portland birthday, and the Zoo staff called our names and gave us each some gifts and memorabilia. Wow, that was really something for us to remember, and I still do. Of course the next day at school, everyone wanted to hear all about 'our birthday party'.
Through the years our family has kept up with Packy through the local news, and an occasional visit to the zoo. I am currently living in Germany, otherwise I would love to help remember another milestone birthday in person. I have read the '40 Ways to Celebrate' and will
participate as I can....but I will have to pass on the 'ZooDoo'.... thanks anyway.
Happy birthday Packy! and God bless you too!
Best wishes,
Don Hewitt
I remember Packy's birth in 1962. My family had moved up to Bellevue, Wash., by then, and I was 9. We were aware of the pregnancy of mama elephant, it was a big media event. When Packy was born, my grandmother in Portland called us. On our next trip to the Portland Zoo (then-called), I don't think Packy was yet on display, but my parents spent $2.50 (?) and bought me a "key" in the shape of an elephant, its trunk being used to switch on talk boxes that were in front of the various displays.
Packy was a big event then, and I'm happy to see he's still going. He might outlive me!
P is for Precious,
A is for Adorable
C is for Charming
K is for Knowledgeable
Y is for Youthful
Happy Birthday Packy!!
Christopher Tombe