… but not with landscaping or grounds work. During a rainy day last month Jose and James were looking to find some indoor work We put them to work and were very happy to have their help! Read more
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Last week’s sass from the Keepers
I love my little flip phone. It fits in my key chain so is easy to carry and always have with me. Me and my phone are fodder for many jokes. Last week I asked Jill to take a photo for me. She pulled out her phone and at the same time made some comment about my phone’s and my inability to take a photo. I immediately got my phone and figured out not only how to take a photoRead more
More help, from more groups
Thanks goodness for volunteer groups that help us with manual labor projects. In September, Biogen Idec was here, scrubbing walls and cleaning up indoors. Last month, Make a Difference Day volunteers really made a difference mulching in the Farmyard animal yards. Read more
Spotlight: Keeper Janine
Meet Janine. Actually, blog readers first met Janine back in the summer of 2014 when she was kind enough to pose for a photo op with other volunteers. Photos of her have popped up in other blog posts: here and here. Janine started with us as a volunteer in 2014. We liked her so much we hired her! Her background working with animals- and as an engineer- are great assets for us. She is calm, thoughtful, and works on findingRead more
Spotlight: Katie Hubbard
Blog readers first learned of Katie about 20 months ago when she started as an intern. As an intern, she kept all of us giggling with her constant smiles and positive attitude. Whether we found her eating in the closet or retrieving her keys from the ceiling her positive energy always shined through. We hired her in March to join our team and her positive energy- and antics- continue. We still find her hanging out in the closet and providingRead more
You Dropped Something: Part 2
This time, it was my fault (unlike last time, where I was just a bystander). I could not stop dropping things a few Sundays ago. I dropped an entire box of metal lemur bowls later in the day, too. I didn’t have the heart to photograph that mess.Read more