Eddie and Manager Bel
Christmas
Volunteer Party !
In December , we celebrated the wonderful work our volunteers have been doing and acknowledged just how valuable they are to the smooth running of West Hatch .
The following figures are amazing and everyone should feel incredibly proud of their achievements :
• Volunteers spent 1,536 hours , walking , playing with , cuddling , clicker training , and sometimes snuggling on the sofa with our dogs .
• 500 hours , cleaning playing , talking to and cuddling the cats .
• 750 hours , cleaning rabbits , birds , ferrets , guinea pigs , hamsters , rats . This list goes on and on .
• Our two office helpers Rosemary and Sharon , spent 152 hours scanning and saving the mountains of paperwork we generate with each animal that comes through the centre .
• 4,015 hours in the Wildlife Centre helping to clean out hedgehogs , ducklings , preparing feeds , power hosing pools , doing laundry and lots more !
• 376 home visits to ensure that all these animals have loving caring homes where they can live out the rest of their lives .
• Volunteers also provided foster homes for 65 animals this year . The difference this makes to the lives of these animals is immeasurable .
The centre is lucky to have so many wonderful volunteers and our Christmas party gives us an opportunity to say the biggest thank you for all they do . Their dedication to animal welfare never goes unnoticed and we and the animals are forever thankful to them all . It was also a privilege to say a huge thank you to Eddie Parsons , he ’ s been volunteering with us for 20 years . We were able to present him with his long service award . Thank you Eddie , you ’ re truly valued and hopefully you ’ ll continue for many years to come .