QuickPost: Thank you Merck!

We had five staff from Merck out recently to help us out with some extra cleaning behind the scenes. We were able to empty and clean our reptile room, kitchen cabinets, resort food, gather pine cones and other enrichment items, and they even helped us sort mice by size so it would be easier to feed to our animals. We are very appreciative when we have Group Project Volunteers. We literally couldn’t get our jobs done without the help.  Read 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

Biogen Idec helps us clean up again

Yesterday we had a group from Biogen Idec help volunteer. We take volunteer groups several times throughout the year to help us with major manual labor projects. Given the rain, Aaron had the group working inside scrubbing & cleaning walls, floors, vents, ceilings, etc. One of the projects on the list was the Reptile Holding Room. All the cages had to be moved out. Below, Aaron and Kai working in the empty room cleaning floors and more.   When IRead more