Last year, your votes placed Humboldt Wildlife Care Center in the marvelous Seeds for Change program of the North Coast Co-op. Every month the Co-op gives shoppers a chance to round up their purchase to support an area non-profit organization, as chosen by the Co-op members through voting. In May of 2021, we were very fortunate to be the beneficiary of this program – which made a huge difference in our ability to meet the challenges of our very busy wild baby season, which happens at the same time. Also, as it turns out, it benefited even more than usual since our director was sidelined by major health issues right at the start of the season. The funding that this program provided us helped in both measurable and immeasurable ways, making our work easier at a time when we were very concerned about just how difficult the 2021 season would be. Thanks to you, we did more than survive, we thrived.

Now the time for voting is here again! (VOTE HERE)There are many organizations to choose from to be supported during 2022, all with a valuable service to our community. (see list of orgs here) We are asking you to please include us in your choices. Next year is going to be a defining year for us. Besides continuing to meet the growing challenge of our daily work (admissions are up nearly 5% above 2020, our busiest year to date in HWCC’s 42 year history), we are unable to remain in our current location and have to move our entire facility by 2022’s end.

An old saying teaches us that you can re-build a ship at sea, as long as you do it one board at a time. 2022 will be like that for us, and the extra support that the Seeds for Change program provides will make sure we have the boards and nails needed to keep our vessel afloat and performing its functions while rebuild it, at sea, for a more secure future serving our neighbors, both wild and human, for the decades to come.

Thank you for making our work possible. And thank you to the North Coast Co-op for providing such an awesome program that makes supporting the good and neessary work of our region’s awesome non-profit organizations.