Summary
Help with enclosure construction, site clean-up, and hands-on projects such as sewing wildlife hammocks or building bird boxes.
Requirements
No direct animal contact. Provide tours (maximum of 20 people) and thank you coverage on our social media pages to organizations that would like to donate time to volunteer. Dependent on project
- Must adhere to all the National Wildlife Centre’s Health and Safety protocols
- Must agree to sign a patient photo agreement, code of conduct and a waiver of liability
- Plan, Implement and Complete a Specific Project
Commitment
- 3-5 hours (on one or more occasions)
- Building of nesting boxes/knitting bird nest/sewing hammocks can be done at your own organization/home
Responsibilities
Projects will be advertised. For example:
- Construction of an enclosure
- Deep cleaning of enclosures
- Site clean-up including mowing raking, weed removal, gardening
- Building of squirrel/opossum boxes or bird boxes
- Building of raptor and songbird perches
- Knitting and Sewing Projects
- Rabbit box alterations