WATCH: It’s not unusual for non-profit groups to reach out to the public for help, but it’s not very often you hear a request for donations of towels and blankets. As Global’s Natasha Pace reports, that’s exactly what one organization in our region is looking for.
HALIFAX – A baby merganser separated from its mother and a three-week-old short-tailed weasel are now calling Hope for Wildlife home.
The two animals of a number of new additions to the rehabilitation centre in Head of Chezzetcook, N.S.
“We have babies of almost every kind of species in Nova Scotia being rehabbed at Hope for Wildlife right now,” said Hope Swinimer, the society’s founder.
Spring time typically means an increase in orphaned and injured baby animals being brought in. The centre is working to rehabilitate hundreds of young critters, but it has run into a problem — a need for towels.
“We’re building a new building and we’re getting a new washing machine, however, that’s going to be about a month,” said Swinimer. “In the meantime, we’ve gone through about three washers. They just keep breaking, so we’re getting further and further behind on our chores and our laundry.”
With no working washing machine, the centre has run out of towels and blankets. To prevent the spread of germs and diseases with piles of old laundry building up, Hope for Wildlife is asking the public to help them, so they can help the animals.
“We mainly use them as bedding for all the animals. This is our busy time where we get a lot of babies, so each one of them needs a towel to feel comfortable,” said Swinimer.
Anyone who has blankets, towels or sheets lying around can bring them to the Homeward Bound City Pound on Brownlow Avenue in Dartmouth.
Donations are already starting to pour in.
“Lots of us have extra things like that at home, we don’t want to throw them out, they’re in the back cupboard. Just grab them and pull them out. This is a good use for them,” said Mary MacDonald after dropping off a load of towels.
Hope for Wildlife will continue to collect towels and blankets all week.
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