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Emily is a...

For her sixth and seventh birthdays, my daughter Emily decided to forego gifts and,
instead, ask friends and relatives to donate money to help her 
sponsor animals at the Muskoka Wildlife Centre. 

The Muskoka Wildlife Centre is an interactive learning park that provides permanent housing for un-releasable native wildlife.  Some of the resident animals are ex-pets or were abandoned, while others were injured in the wild.  The centre also maintains the largest, live-animal accompanied education program of its kind in Canada, delivering over 1,300 on-site and off-site presentations each year.  

This is a photo of Emily presenting her 2007 sponsorship donations to
"Oliver" the Blandings Turtle and Muskoka Wildlife Centre Interpreter Keith:

"Oliver" is involved in over 100 onsite and offsite
educational presentations each year.

Emily's fund-raising campaign raised $320 in 2006 and $360. in 2007.  
This enabled her to sponsor the care and feeding of several animals,
 two years running! 

Emily is currently sponsoring:

(Click the links above to read about Em's "sponsor-ees" or visit them 
via the "Bronze" section of the Muskoka Wildlife Centre Sponsors page!)

I was so inspired by Emily's example that I decided to sponsor

"Oakley" the Wood Turtle!

Emily and I have been members of the Muskoka Wildlife Centre
since December 2002.

These are photos of Emily and friends,
during a February 2008 visit to the centre: 

"Chocolate" and "Lucky" the Moose

"Myrtle" the Box Turtle

"Fergus" the Gigantico Bullfrog!

This is Emily petting "Woody" the juvenile beaver
during a December 2007 Meet the Creature presentation:

This is Emily assisting Keith and "Kingston" the Black Rat Snake
with an educational presentation, in November 2007:

"Kingston" is involved in over 400 onsite and offsite
educational presentations a year!

These are photos of Emily visiting with "Kingston" and "Oliver," 
during a Spring 2007 trip to the centre:

This is a photo collage from Emily's November 2006 birthday party,
which was held at the Muskoka Wildlife Centre:

This is Emily meeting "Indiana" the Opossum, 
in January 2006:

This is Emily petting "Flower" the skunk,
during an educational presentation in the Summer of 2005:

These two pictures show Emily visiting the centre in the Winter of 2003, 
when she was just two years old!

"Clover" the Ground Hog

"Zeus" the Moose

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