Appalachian Wildlife Refuge
Good Morning World!
Kimberly Brewster, co-founder of the Appalachian Wildlife Refuge, had provided us with information regarding the program named Wands for Wildlife®. This project has been active since 2017, starting from a Facebook post created by co-founder Savannah Trantham. Since then, the project has grown nationwide! Everyone has an affinity with helping, especially when we have the means to do so in such a simple way, such as donating your used mascara wands.
Wands for Wildlife® is a program that accepts cleaned mascara wands to be used in the process of rehabilitating rescued animals. In addition to helping these animals, donating your wands removes them from wastelands and dump sites. Two causes helped, one mascara wand at a time!
Now you might ask, how do our wands get used? Thankfully, Brewster gave us a detailed response in how the wands are repurposed. Here’s what she said:
“Wildlife rehabilitators use the wands in many ways, including: removing fly eggs and larva from feathers and fur of wild animals; assisting the wildlife rehabilitator in examining for injuries; grooming an area on an animal to remove dust, dirt, sand, sawdust, etc.; and, cleaning the syringes used for feeding the animals. Because the bristles are soft and so close together, they reduce the risk of potential injury to tiny patients – especially squirmy babies.”
She added that some of the wands are going into an art project created by National Art Honor Society students to allow for public knowledge of the cause!
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| National Art Honor Society project |
As for how we personally help this cause, we are spreading awareness, accepting donations on their behalf to be sent in large quantities, and recycling wands of our own.You can drop off wands to either of us, we will clean them and send them to the Appalachian Wildlife Refuge to be used by the Wands for Wildlife®! You can contact us at homelesswithfriends@gmail.com for inquiries.
We almost forgot! Wands for Wildlife® sells shirts and sweaters to support their cause! You can order some from their store attached here. We’re getting ours now!
Photos and videos provided by Appalachian Wildlife Refuge
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| turtle being cleaned with a wand |
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