The 2008 volunteer recruitment season has started!

Volunteer orientation sessions are a great way to learn about the volunteer program and how you might get involved at the centre, in the community or from home. Orientation sessions take place at Wild ARC and the next is scheduled for May 13 (7pm). Further training for volunteers committing to in-centre participation will follow in the spring.

Over 100 volunteers are needed to operate Wild ARC each week during our peak animal care season from April - October, although some volunteers participate year-round. Animal Care Volunteers (min 19+ years) commit to a 4 hour shift weekly providing husbandry to hundreds of wildlife in need as well as doing laundry, dishes, and cage cleaning. Working with animals is dirty, smelly, physical and sometimes difficult - but the most rewarding experience you'll have!

We also have NEW 2 hour/week opportunities for IN-CENTRE VOLUNTEERS to support Animal Care by participating in non-animal activities essential to operations such as diet preparation, cleaning, organizing, laundry etc. This role is critical to the health of our animals and may appeal to those who want to make a difference for wildlife with a more flexible but still very important commitment.

Please complete and submit Volunteer Application Form or email info@wildarc.com to sign up for one of the above orientation session dates.

Tickets are on sale now for our 2008 Spring Raffle!

$2 each or 3 for $5 - Draw date May 27th, 2008

1st Prize - Sue Coleman LE Framed Print "Double Trouble" (Value $300)

2nd Prize - Contech Humane Wildlife Package (Value $150)

3rd Prize - Butterfly Gardens & Butchart Gardens Passes ($80)

Help support local wildlife and maybe even win a great prize!

Call or visit Wild ARC to buy tickets or visit one of several local vet clinics helping to sell our tickets.

Internships are the BEST experience one can get to work hands-on with wildlife when considering entering the field of animal care, wildlife rehabilitation or veterinary medicine.

The Wild ARC Internship program has seen 27 interns successfully complete the two month program since 2003, and many of the interns have gone onto careers and further schooling in animal care, vet medicine, and resource management.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2008 Wild ARC Wildlife Internship Program and 4-6 applicants are accepted each year. Although all local and international applicants are encouraged to apply, please note that non-local applicants must be able to provide their own transportation and housing and state in their application how this will be achieved.

Please review application requirements here and email info@wildarc.com for more info.

2008 DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 15, 2008

Congratulations to the winners of our 3rd Annual Fall Raffle - the raffle was a sell-out!!

The first prize one-of-a-kind handmade queen size wildlife quilt was won by P. Holloway. Second prize, a framed limited edition Bev Doolittle print was won by D. Webster, and J. Davidson won a Steller's Jay Print as third prize.

A big thanks to all those supporters and businesses that helped make the raffle our most successful yet!

EklektiChor Vocal Ensemble, under the direction of Wade Noble, in collaboration with the BC SPCA Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre, presents "EklektiChor Goes Wild!", a fun, whimsical choral concert of animal-themed music from various composers and eras.

Half of all proceeds go to the care of injured and orphaned local wildlife. Please join us, Saturday, November 3, at 7:30 pm, at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 2121 Cedar Hill Cross Road, for this delightful, beneficial event. Tickets $15, available in advance at Long & McQuade, 756 Hillside Ave., at Wild ARC, and at the concert door.

For more information, please contact 483-9166 or camchor@vicmicro.com (EklektiChor); info@wildarc.com (BC SPCA Wild ARC). Visit also the EklektiChor website at www.eklektichor.org.

Fantastic artwork, gift certificates and get-a-way packages for everyone's tastes - all in support of local wildlife. Join us for a delicious dinner and entertaining guest speaker Anna Hall, local whale researcher. Contact info@wildarc.com for more details.

Tables of 8 $500 or individual tickets $60 - advance tickets only.

 » Wild ARC Fundraising Gala poster

A fun-filled day with music, food, and prizes for the whole family - 2 and 4-legged! Register or get a team together and raise pledges for wildlife in need!

We have three great courses from which to choose:

• 3km Fun Walk
• 5km Rover's Run (a great trail run for you and your dog!)
• 5km Trail Run

Schedule

• Registration - 8:30-9:30 am
• Dogs and Kids Games - 9:00 am
• Race - 10:00 am

Registration

 » Easy online registration and pledge collection
        for Wild ARC location: www.spca.bc.ca/walk

Photo gallery

 » Check the 2006 event photo gallery