Wildlife Rehabilitation & Release
Help Keep Wildlife Wild
(530) 432-5522
Nothing happens unless first a dream.
WRR’s dream of having a home has come true.
Good news travels fast, and the news is that thanks to the generosity of long-time wildlife and WRR supporters, Carol and Bob Hamilton, Wildlife Rehabilitation and Release has a physical presence in the community. We have a place that the public can identify with. It will be our intake center and training center as well as a place to put to work all those wildlife supporters who cannot do home rehabbing but want to donate their time and talents to wildlife rehabilitation. It’s a small beginning; but, like the wildlife babies we care for, it will grow fast. Carol and Bob have given us a start; it’s up to us to make our new place a wildlife home!
| Here are some questions and answers about the Center. | |
| Question: | Where is the Center? |
| Answer: | 133A Joershke Dr., Grass Valley (behind the old Briar Patch Market)
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| Question: | What’s it like? |
| Answer: | The Center is the former location of the Briar Patch Market offices. It is 1600 sq. ft. and has a reception room, two other office-size rooms, a large training area, a large room that we hope to be our examination room, a kitchen area, a storage area, and a bathroom. |
| Question: | How are we paying for it? |
| Answer: | Carol and Bob Hamilton are paying the rent on the building. Expenses for utilities will be paid for from a special fund, earmarked for a center, that WRR has been accumulating for a number of years. No expenses for the building will come from the WRR regular operating budget. |
| Question: | What will we do with the building? |
| Answer: | It will start off as an Intake Center where the public can bring injured and orphaned wildlife. After stabilization, the animals will be referred to our home rehabbers. Eventually, as we add volunteers, we will open a songbird nursery. We will use the large training area for WRR classes, team meetings, and WRR board meetings. We will put in an examination room for treatment of injured animals. We will work with the vet community to find an area vet who will be on call at the Center one day a week to treat all WRR animals. |
| Question: | Who will staff the building? |
| Answer: | We will be contacting interested community members who have expressed interest in working with wildlife but cannot make the time commitment or in-home facility commitment. We will be asking current rehabbers to help in training these new volunteers. |
| Question: | When will the Center open? |
| Answer: | Our lease begins May 1st. The building needs paint, furniture, and equipment. We will be looking for members who can volunteer their time and talent to help with fix-up. We will also be looking for furnishings. |
| Question: | Why do we need a Center? |
| Answer: | Each year the number of animals WRR cares for grows and with that growth we have an increased need for funds and volunteers. With an actual physical presence, we will be able to attract members of the community to volunteer and to donate. As our member base grows so will our funding. |
| Question: | How can I help? |
| Answer: | The success of the Center depends on the support of every WRR member. There are many opportunities to help from volunteering to answering the phones at the center to helping train new volunteers, to doing fix-up – even planting a WRR wildlife garden. We need each and every one of YOU! As soon as we take possession of the building we will hold a “Preview Party” open to all WRR volunteers. We’ll toast our new home and start the planning and building process. When you see our new home, you will see the wonderful possibilities that lie before us. As Henry Ford said, “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” Let’s MOVE! |
All dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. |
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