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Everyone at Wildlife Care is so appreciative of the tremendous community support we have. We are now starting our 42nd year of helping sick, orphaned, and injured wild animals in the greater Sacramento area, and we could not do it without you.
We took in just shy of 6,000 animals in 2016 and have started 2017 busier than normal due to all the storms this winter. Things like 27 swifts (birds) at the same time; all covered in mud when the rains washed away their nests.
Hatchlings in early March, about a month earlier than normal, just to name a few. We would not be able to help all these animals if it wasn’t for the generous support of members of the community and the giving hearts of hundreds of volunteers.
Thanks to BDOG, 2016 was the first year our organization has been able to cover all of our expenses since we moved to our facility in 2008. Less than 5% of our income stems from government funding.
We hope we can count on your support on Tuesday, May 4th, 2017 for the Big Day of Giving 2017.
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2017 has already started out much busier than the previous several years and we are already in need of more volunteers than usual. We have revamped the volunteer training program and have a new volunteer coordinator that really doing a great job making sure we find the right position for everyone that wants to help WCA help the wildlife brought to us.
If you would like to volunteer, please our volunteer page and fill out the short volunteer application. You will be notified of the upcoming orientations within a few days.
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Can’t Commit but still would like to Volunteer?
Join us the 3rd Saturday Each month
If you cannot commit to signing up for a weekly shift, please consider joining us the 3rd Saturday of each month from 10am-2pm for our Spruce-up Saturdays. Get a group of friends together and help us do everything from facility maintenance to grounds clean-up.
Thank you to everyone that purchased a raffle ticket in our Nuts & Berries Raffle. The event was very successful and helped us get off to a good start in 2017. All proceeds go directly to help the almost 6,000 sick, orphaned and injured wild animals brought to us each year.
Grand Prize winner
Big congrats go out to Christina Weinmeister of Orangevale, our Grand Prize winner of a 10-day, roundtrip cruise for two people to Alaska.
Thanks to all our donors for the event, especially Zoe’s Cruises and Tours for the grand prize.
For a list of all prize winners, please see our event page.
We are happy to announce our WCA Fall Photo Contest winner is Susan Bouclin of Folsom. Her ‘Backyard Quail’ was chosen from among all entries. She says she often takes pictures of wildlife that visit from the greenbelt near her home. She was honored with a Certificate of Achievement and a collector’s gold bound
She says she often takes pictures of wildlife that visit from the greenbelt near her home. She was honored with a Certificate of Achievement and a collector’s gold bound copy of The National Geographic Society “100 Years of Adventure and Discovery”. Honorable mentions for our under 12, now 13 yr old Arav Karigattam of Davis for ‘American Robins’ and adult entry ‘Heron in Flight’ by Frank Mahar.
Congratulations and thanks for your support to all our photographers and friends of Wildlife Care Association! See more of the entries on our Photo Album page.
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Wildlife Care Association of Sacramento added an event.
WCA is excited to announce a revitalization project to improve the appearance of the front of our building on Patrol Road. With the help of artists, volunteers, and donations of supplies from several local businesses, the front of WCA's building will be repainted with a mural of various wildlife images designed by local Sacramento artist, Lindsey Ianni (who also created the 'Owl at Night' piece featured above!).
Saturday will be a set-up-and-prepare-for-painting kind of day where we build scaffolding, mix paint, and get the building ready to be painted. Sunday will be all about getting the building actually painted!
This is a large project and we need a lot of volunteers! Anyone 16 and older is welcome to come help out. There will be refreshments available for volunteers.
If you want to sign up to volunteer at the Wildlife Painting Party, please email our Volunteer Coordinator at volunteer@wildlifecareassociation.com
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Wildlife Care Association of Sacramento added an event.
WCA is excited to announce a revitalization project to improve the appearance of the front of our building on Patrol Road. With the help of artists, volunteers, and donations of supplies from several local businesses, the front of WCA's building will be repainted with a mural of various wildlife images designed by local Sacramento artist, Lindsey Ianni (who also created the 'Owl at Night' piece featured above!).
Saturday will be a set-up-and-prepare-for-painting kind of day where we build scaffolding, mix paint, and get the building ready to be painted. Sunday will be all about getting the building actually painted!
This is a large project and we need a lot of volunteers! Anyone 16 and older is welcome to come help out. There will be refreshments available for volunteers.
If you want to sign up to volunteer at the Wildlife Painting Party, please email our Volunteer Coordinator at volunteer@wildlifecareassociation.com
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We are excited to invite you to attend our first class of winter 2017: Animals that Frequent WCA! Join us for an overview of the most common animals WCA receives throughout the year. WCA's knowledgable staff will talk about everything from American Robins to Northern Raccoons and share some cool animal facts you can use wow your friends and family!
This class is free to attend and is open to anyone 16 and older. Space per class is limited and registration is required.
Classes are scheduled for October 3rd, 5th, 9th, and 14th from 2-4pm and will be held at WCA's facility at 5211 Patrol rd, McClellan, CA 95652.
Please email our Volunteer Coordinator at volunteer@wildlifecareassociation.com to register for the class and be sure to include your full name and the date you want to sign up for. ... See MoreSee Less
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