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PAST EVENTS
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These past events help to illustrate the type of activities our members and volunteers participate in:
Love Your Pet Expo - April 14, 2007
Shasta Wildlife participated in the Love Your Pet Expo at the Shasta County Fairgrounds in 2007. We maintained a
booth there with Ed Animals and staff to answer questions. Go to our Pictures - page 4 web page to see photos of
the 2007 Pet Expo. Also see the Redding Record Searchlight articles:
Pet expo will have information about caring for and adopting pets
Love Your Pet Expo lets stylin' pooches, owners socialize and meet other animals
Love Your Pet Expo Play Day
Volunteer Fair - January 25, 2008
The Volunteer Fair is where all volunteer groups in our area can get known to the public. SWRR maintained a booth
there. For more information see the Redding Record Searchlight articles: click here and here. To see photos of the
2008 Volunteer Fair go to our Pictures - page 4 web page.
Shasta College Natural Resources Job Fair - February 6, 2008
PLACE: Shasta College Cafeteria Stage Area
INFORMATION: 530 225-4738
Rocky Point Charter School Book Celebration - April 5, 2008
PLACE: Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Redding
A book about birds, written by the students in Rocky Point Charter School's K-1 class, was celebrated. All proceeds
were donated to Shasta Wildlife Rescue.
SWRR On TV - January thru June, 2008
The Redding Community Access Channel 11 program on Shasta Wildlife Rescue was shown at various times in
2008. Check their Program Guide for the return of this program.
Close Up Encounters with Birds of Prey - October 5, 2008
Shasta Wildlife Rescue showed birds of prey and provided information about them. Location was the HCCP
parking area on Clear Creek Road, about seven miles west of Highway 273. For more information see News
Release.
Redding Whole Earth Festival - April 25, 2009
Time: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Location: Redding City Hall Sculpture Park and Community Room
Address: 777 Cypress Ave., Redding
Shasta Wildlife staffed a booth at this event and our Ed Animals were there. For more information, see the Redding
Record Searchlight news articles on the 2008 event and the 2009 event here, here and here.
1st Annual Mountain Animal and Art Faire - August 22, 2009
Time: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm (SWRR booth until 4:00 pm)
Location: Camp McCumber, Shingletown
Sponsored by: R.A.I.N. (Rescued Animals in Need)
There was lots of booths, animal demonstrations, wine tasting and other exhibits including a booth staffed by SWRR
volunteers. For more information click here and here.
Class, California Department of Fish and Game, Continuing Education Series - August 31, 2009
Time: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Place: Anderson Fire Station (see ACC meeting section below for directions)
The lecture was presented by Susan Howell of the Wildlife Education Rehabilitation Center in Morgan Hill along with
two of her employees including Dorothy Johnson, Animal Curator of the Youth Science Institute of San Jose. Topics
of discussion were acorn woodpeckers, sanitation in a rehab setting and bobcat protocol for other mammals, with
an open question and answer session following.
Ed Animals Presentation, Cottonwood Library - October 7, 2009
Time: 11:30 am
This was a presentation with owls at the Cottonwood Library for their Halloween program.
Ed Animals Presentation, with Bidwell School Children - October 15, 2009
Time: 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Location: SWRR Center
Contact: Julie Buer, 530 527-7171
This was a presentation with children from Chico's Bidwell School attending.
KIXE TV-9 Nature Program - October 18, 2009
Time: 7:30 pm
North state public television station KIXE TV-9 assembled its biggest production team ever, the viewers from its 10-
county coverage area, and sent them out on assignment. The goal: produce video footage of wildlife and the natural
settings it enjoys in our region. It’s “Nature: Caught in the Act,” a new festival that matches emerging video
technology with the abundant outdoor opportunities in the north state. KIXE is partnering with the Turtle Bay
Exploration Park in Redding, the Chico Creek Nature Center in Butte County, the Sacramento Discovery Center
Museum in Red Bluff, and Shasta Wildlife Rescue. For more information click here and here.
Ed Animals Presentation, Boy Scouts Environmental Preservation Program - October 21, 2009
Time: 2:30 pm
Location: Grant School
Contact: Caroll Bodgley, 530 247-0409 or 949-5301
Ed Animals Presentation - December 2, 2009
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Place: Oak River Rehab, 3300 Franklin, Anderson
Contact: Sharon Doster, 530 365-0025
See our Ed Animals page for additional information on our presentations and animals.
Ed Animals Presentation - January 22, 2010
Time: 12:00 pm
Location: Grant School
Address: 8835 Swasey Dr., Redding
Contact: Angie Wood, 530 243-0561 x142
NorCal Bats - March 6, 2010
Title: Presentations on bats, small mammals, fawns, songbirds and raptors
Time: 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Grass Valley Methodist Church, 236 S. Church Street, Grass Valley
Cost: $35 in advance, $45 at the door
Contact: Laurel at 530 272-2190 (stleger5404@att.net) or Bev at 530 432-7829 (gandbmyers@gmail.com)
Also see: http://www.norcalbats.org and http://www.cawildlife911.org
Ed Animals Presentation - March 11, 2010
Time: 12:15 pm to 2:15 pm
Location: Verde Vale Elementary School
Address: 19415 Jaqueline St., Anderson
Contact: Rita Riley, 530 365-3300
Ed Animals Presentation - March 25, 2010
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: River Oaks Retirement Home
Address: 302 Hartnell Ave., Redding
Contact: Lynda Thompson, 530 221-2121
Love Your Pet Expo - April 10, 2010
Location: Shasta Fairgrounds, Anderson
Our Ed Animals will be on display and volunteers will be available to answer your questions.
For more information see: Love Your Pet Expo
Shasta College Class - April 15 & 22, 2010
Title: Wildlife of Northern California
for info click here.
Ed Animals Presentation - April 22, 2010
Time: 11:30 am
Location: Turtle Bay School
Address: 1330 Arboretum Drive, Redding
Contact: Barbara Mendoza, 530 225-0035
Ed Animals Presentation - April 24, 2010
Event: 2010 Whole Earth and Watershed Festival
Time: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Location: Sculpture Park
Address: 777 Cypress Ave., Redding
More Info: Redding Record Searchlight
KinderCollege Day - May 6, 2010
Time: 9:45 am to 11:45 am
Location: Simpson University
Contact: Lauren Tingley, 530 245-1841
There will be 160 kids age 5-6. No Ed Animals will be presented at this event.
Dog-a-thon - May 8, 2010
Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Location: Haven Humane Society
SWRR will have representatives at this event. For more information click here.
CCWR North Country Rehabilitators' Conference - May 8-9, 2010
Location: Turtle Bay Exploration Park
Two days of workshops, round tables and presentations feature topics by Northern California specialists in
songbirds and mammal care. Hands-on labs in wound treatment and fluid therapy are facilitated by wildlife
rehabilitation specialist Dr. Rebecca Duerr, DVM. Visit the Conference web page for more information and sign-up
forms.
Closeup Encounters With Birds of Prey - May 16, 2010
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Horsetown Clear Creek Preserve
Meet at the HCCP parking lot on Clear Creek Road, about 7 miles west of highway 273, just west of the Clear
Creek Bridge at the orange gate. For more information, call 530 241-2026. Also click here and click here.
Anderson Chamber of Commerce Business Expo - May 19, 2010
Time: 8:00 am to 3:00 pm
Location: Shasta County Fairgrounds
More Info: Anderson Valley Post and Anderson Chamber of Commerce
SWRR will be there with ED Animals.
Ed Animals Presentation - May 21, 2010
Time: 9:00 am
Location: Evergreen Middle School
Address: 19500 Learning Way, Cottonwood
Ed Animals Presentation - May 22, 2010
Time: 11:30 am to 4:00 pm
Location: Whitmore Fair, Whitmore
Ed Animals Presentation - May 25, 2010
Time: 9:00 am
Location: Sequoia Middle School
Address: 1805 Sequoia St, Redding
Ed Animals Presentation - May 30, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Castle Crags State Park
Ed Animals Presentation - June 1, 2010
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Sycamore School
Address: 1926 Sycamore, Redding
A program on birds for the first graders.
Ed Animals Presentation - June 2, 2010
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Rocky Point Charter School
Address: 3500 Tamarack Blvd., Redding
A program for the kindergarten class.
Dine & Donate Fundraiser
Date: June 30, 2010
Time: 11:00 am to 9:00 pm
Location: Mary's Pizza Shack, Anderson
More info: http://www.maryspizzashack.com/
During this fundraiser Mary's Pizza Shack will donate 20% of your purchase to Shasta Wildlife Rescue when you
present the flyer with your purchase. This is a great way to support SWRR while enjoying Mary's pizzas, pastas and
salads. This program is good for dine-in, take-out, delivery or gift card purchases. SWRR would like to thank Mary's
Pizza Shack for putting on this fundraiser for us.
I am proud to tell you all that our Dine & Donate fund raising event went very well. Our totals were $790.65 in revenue
X 20% = $158.13 for SWRR.
Ed Animals Presentation - July 1, 2010
Time: 3:15 to 4:15 pm
Location: Anderson Library
Address: 3200 West Center, St., Anderson
A program for 3-8 year olds.
Ed Animals Presentation - July 3, 2010
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Castle Crags State Park
Ed Animals Presentation - July 17, 2010
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Castle Crags State Park.
Ed Animals Presentation - July 20, 2010
Location: Anderson River Park, KC Grove
This is a Girl Scouts event called "All About Birds" for merit badge credit.
Ed Animals Presentation - July 31, 2010
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Castle Crags State Park.
Ed Animals Presentation - August 7, 2010
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Castle Crags State Park.
Ed Animals Presentation - September 4, 2010
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Castle Crags State Park.
Castle Crags Presentations - more information
Location: Castle Crags State Park visitors center, click here for map (pdf file, 103 kB).
These programs are put on by the SWRR Ed Animal team and the Castle Crags Interpretive Association. A number
of these programs are offered during the year. For a YouTube video of a previous program click here for part one of
the nine part series. Links to the remaining videos are on that page.
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