WRI RESCUER NEWS

Please Help Us Strip the Giving Tree

by Sarah Scanlan

The holidays are over, and we are now into the new millennium. Wildlife Rescue Inc. has successfully raised, rehabilitated and released wildlife for 25 years, and we strive to continue with our mission into this new millennium, but we need your help.

We have set up a Giving Tree in the shelter, which gives our members the chance to help us continue providing care. Often there are everyday items and one-time purchases that are just out of our reach. These items are posted both on our Giving Tree and in our Wish List for 2000 (please see below).

If you can help us with a small or large purchase from our list, then that item will be removed from our Giving Tree. Once we receive the item, we will post your name, item and our thanks up on the Gratitude Tree, so that all our staff, volunteers and visitors can recognize your generous donation. Each and every item we can remove from the Giving Tree benefits WRI in the clinic or office, and of course, that benefits the wildlife that comes through our doors.

Thank you in advance for your help, and happy new year.

WRI Recognizes Terry Keible

by Genna Barfoot

WRI is blessed with many generous volunteers, and we couldn't do our work without them. Every now and then, we like to give one of them special recognition in The Rescuer for going the extra mile. Terry Keible has been volunteering at the shelter for a year and is learning as fast as she can to prepare for the upcoming busy season. She is currently working and training two shifts per week with Sarah Scanlan in order to become a shift captain. Terry also helped with the soft release of squirrels last fall.

Terry loves her work at WRI. "Seeing animals up close and working with them is an incredible experience," said Terry. "The best part of working at Wildlife Rescue is being able to release the animals back into the wild."

Faithful volunteer, Terry Keible, enjoys the rewards of helping animals get back to their natural habitats.

Wish List 2000

White 8.5" x 11" copy paper, preferably recycled
Paper towels
Toilet tissue, white and unscented
20-pound bags of dry Feline Science Diet
Gerberıs chicken baby food in unopened 2.5-ounce jars
Peanut butter, no sugar or salt added
Bleach, unopened bottles
Invisible tape
Metal, foot-operated garbage cans
2 small rolling stools for clinic
New HP LaserJet printer for office
Two-drawer locking file cabinet, Office Depot or Office Max
Cork/dry erase bulletin board: 46-48" wide by 36-40" high
Plastic airline carriers: Petmate Pet Taxis in gray (sm. or med.)
TV/VCR portable combination unit
$10 Piazza gift certificates (to buy fruit for the birds)
$5 or $10 McWhorters or other stationery store gift certificates (to buy volunteer cards)

*Colored 8.5" x 11" copy paper
*Laundry baskets: all sizes in white or pale colors
*2 sets of Metro Shelves, Home Depot
*1-oz. bottle of Canada Balsam (for preparing slides), Nasco catalog; $38.90
*Various reptile goods for resident gopher snake
*Office chairs
*Surgical needle holders, Fisher catalog; $34/ea.
*Set of LS2000 digital gram scales, Joe Freedıs catalog; $99.95
*4' Standard Catchpole from ACES catalog, #WAH-4S; $89
*Heavy-duty pet carriers (box of 20), ACES catalog, #CPC-1; $95
*Pair of Tomahawk XL Kevlar Gloves (lg.), Tomahawk catalog; $99
*3 thermometer/hygrometers, Joe Freedıs catalog, #BT-254F; $29.95 each
*2 tall rolling stools, Arrow Star catalog, #FM1234; $99.75/ea.

*Please contact WRI staff at (650) 494-SAVE prior to donating any of these items.