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Opportunity Details

1/20/2025 | Crafting for Animals | Meadowside Nature Center, Rockville | Monday, 12pm to 1pm

Location:

Meadowside Nature Center
5100 Meadowside Lane
Rockville, MD 20855

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Volunteer your creativity in service of animal ambassadors at Meadowside Nature Center!

Each day, birds of prey are provided enrichment. These are opportunities for an animal to flex their natural behaviors, such as tearing, shredding, sensing novel scents or colors, hopping, or flying. Enrichment can come in the form of a keeper working with a bird or in an object with treats hidden inside.

These objects are crafted by hand out of recyclables and decorated with animal-safe materials and can take many shapes and sizes. Keepers go through 100s of them a month. This is where you come in.

Come join Meadowside staff in a group crafting session to create animal enrichment objects for owls, hawks, and a vulture. It''ll be a real HOOT of a time!

Eligibility
Individual and family volunteers can join this volunteer event. Children must be 8 years old or older. This event is SSL eligible for volunteers 14 and older.


  • Children under 14 years old must volunteer with a parent/guardian.

  • Students must register with their name to receive SSL hours.

  • This opportunity is not eligible for court-ordered service.

  • To add volunteers to a family group send us an email.



How to sign up
1. Select "Job Details"
2. Then the "Schedule" tab
3. Then the green button "Sign Up for Shift"

Please note that when an event fills up, it disappears from the schedule.

Website: www.meadowsidenature.org

Minimum age of volunteers: 8

Job type: Event (1-7 days)

Volunteer type:  Adult, Family, Senior (55+), Youth, Student Service Learning, Group, Scout, Corporate


This opportunity has multiple shifts see schedule tab to sign up.

Volunteer your creativity in service of animal ambassadors at Meadowside Nature Center!

Each day, birds of prey are provided enrichment. These are opportunities for an animal to flex their natural behaviors, such as tearing, shredding, sensing novel scents or colors, hopping, or flying. Enrichment can come in the form of a keeper working with a bird or in an object with treats hidden inside.

These objects are crafted by hand out of recyclables and decorated with animal-safe materials and can take many shapes and sizes. Keepers go through 100s of them a month this is where you come in.

Come join Meadowside staff in a group crafting session to create animal enrichment objects for owls, hawks, and a vulture. It''ll be a real HOOT of a time!

ELIGIBILITY
Individual and family volunteers can join this volunteer event. Children must be 8 years old or older. This event is SSL eligible for volunteers 14 and older.

- Children under 14 years old must volunteer with a parent/guardian.
- Students must register with their name to receive SSL hours.
- This opportunity is not eligible for court-ordered service.
- To add volunteers to a family group send us an email.

How to sign up
1. Select the "Schedule" tab
2. Then the green button "Sign Up for Shift"

Please note that when an event fills up, it disappears from the schedule.

Meadowside Nature Center

Lucila Fernandez

(301) 258-4033

Date: 01/20/2025

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Available Positions:  3

Description:

Craft objects out of recyclables and animal-safe materials for animal ambassadors at Meadowside Nature Center.

Location:

Meadowside Nature Center
5100 Meadowside Lane
Rockville MD 20855

 


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