On May 7th at the spring meeting of 100+ Women Who Care Salt Spring, the members voted to donate their funds to Island Wildlife Natural Care Centre. Three times a year 100+ Women Who Care convene to hear about the work being done by three local charities. Each member, whether present or not, commits to donating $100 three times a year. The winning charity receives approximately $14,000 for their deserving organization.
At this latest meeting, members heard an impassioned presentation from volunteer Elaine Shaw, who has been a loyal supporter and volunteer at the Island Wildlife Natural Care Centre (WNCC) for the last 15 years. The charity rescues and rehabilitates sick, injured and orphaned indigenous species from the Gulf Islands and Vancouver Island. Last year alone staff and volunteers responded to 570 animal rescues and answered over 1000 calls for wildlife advice. In addition to raptors, woodpeckers and hummingbirds, the WNCC rescued harbour seal pups, raccoons and even two painted turtles, an endangered species.
Says Mary Richardson, secretary for the board of WNCC: “On behalf of the Board of the Wildlife Centre on Salt Spring Island, I want to thank the 100+ Women Who Care for their extremely generous donation. So much of our work is behind the scenes rescuing babies that have been orphaned, or helping injured wild animals that need medical attention. It means so much that a caring group of local women consider our cause to be worthwhile. We are just entering our busy season, and the money couldn't have come at a better time to help us with our costs.”
Founded in 2018, 100+ Women Who Care Salt Spring has raised over $360,000 for charities who serve the Salt Spring Island community. To find out more about this organization of women dedicated to making an impact in their own community, visit here. The next meeting takes place on October 7th at 7pm at ArtSpring. New members are welcome to join up or simply to observe a meeting before deciding to join.
For more information please contact:
Linda Adams
100+ Women Who Care Salt Spring
Em: info@100womensaltspring.org
