A HUGE thank you to the Debra Dold Charitable Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation! We received a $1,000 grant today! A few weeks ago we received a call from Ms. Dold about a poor Osprey that was hopelessly tangled in fishing line. It also turned out it had a fish hook embedded in it’s mouth. We were able to successfully treat & release the little guy all on the same day. This grant is going to help us help many other critters!
Liz Burton is Badger Run’s very first paid staff member! This is a huge step forward in animal care for us & has been long awaited! Liz founded Badger Run in 2004 & has served as our director & on our board ever since all while working full time at other jobs. Badger Run has finally reached a point that we could create the part-time paid position of WILDLIFE CARE COORDINATOR. Obviously, Liz’s resume made her more than qualified to take on this position. This affords Badger Run a whole new level of oversight & continuity in animal care. This part-time position gives Liz the freedom to devote the hours to Badger Run overseeing wildlife care, volunteer training, site organization, & the other dozens of things she was already trying to do while working other full-time paying jobs. Now she can split her time & still pay her bills. Plus Badger Run can take our standard of care up another level.
We had some special visitors on Saturday, December 9. The 2017 Rock Queen, Karrigan H., & her mom, Alicia. Karrigan & Alicia stopped by Badger Run to make a donation from Klamath Rocks. Their group had held a fundraiser for us at their holiday bazaar booth. They donated $320 to Badger Run! That is going to be a big help this winter. Karrigan got to make some new friends at Badger Run during their tour with volunteer, Liz.
