Day 38 - Off

Nothing really to talk about at all besides reading more chapters of Wildlife Hospital and doing my laundry. Worked a tad bit on gift shop stuff; trying to have more adult sized shirts ordered in various colors if it's possible. Some good news, I just received new work shirts because ladies and gents I have lost roughly 20 pounds since working here and went down a size! :)!

Tonight at 6:30 we all intend on getting some sushi but not sure where. I LOOOOVEEEE sushi so needless to say I am excited. Have not really hung out with everyone in a good few days or so either; getting stir crazy staying here. Finally got 10 hours of sleep so feeling 110% again. Ready to give my first program tomorrow and dish out some awesome tours like I have in the past!

After sushi the only other thing going on is I am letting one of the rehabbers dogs out tonight and tomorrow morning so I am staying at a cabin by a lake since he and his girlfriend will be at her place. Get to hang out with the two dogs and couple cats (5?). Hope to hear some loons while I work on practicing for my presentation tomorrow and read up on education stuff to refresh my memory again.

Since I do not have much to say otherwise about anything else I want to stop for a moment and ask every one to do me a huge favor. Basically, all you have to do is follow the link below, scroll to the bottom, and click "vote". If you could do this every day that would be absolutely amazing but if you just do it once that is okay too. This vote will go towards Marge Gibson, the lead rehabilitator, at Raptor Education Group, Inc in REGI. Marge has helped Northwoods Wildlife Center plenty of times by taking in our birds while we try to regain our advanced license. Despite any issues associated between us and another rehabber, whom I won't mention, she has taken a stand and still helps out for the sake of the birds. This is what being a leader is all about in my perspective. REGI takes in birds every day and does their absolute best to rehab them before releasing them back into the wild. If you ever manage to come up here to visit me at NWC I recommend also visiting REGI as well (and Northwoods Zoo too!!!). Another note, REGI (like NWC) is a non-profit organization. This means they, like us, receive no funds from the government what so ever and have to rely on donations of all kinds to survive. You can imagine just how much of a help this award would be for REGI!

To me it felt like a bird haven and I feel Marge, the facility, and especially the birds! deserve this honor and prize of $40,000. So if you can, please vote by following this link and also spread the word as well! Keeping all rehabilitation facilities together for the sake of protecting wildlife and educating the public is what every organization should be all about :)!

Vote: http://eaglerarelife.com/content/marge-gibson

More information about REGI: http://www.raptoreducationgroup.org/
REGI's Blog: http://raptoreducationgroup.blogspot.com/