Location	Hampton Roads, VA
Great For	55+, Groups (any size)
Date	Ongoing
Description	The Fund Development Volunteer will be responsible for seeking new opportunities to promote Wildlife Response, Inc (WRI)to the greater community. Other duties will include administrative tasks, and assisting the Executive Director and Board members as needed. RESPONSIBILITIES: -Attend Fund Development Committee meetings -Create written Fund Development Committee reports for -Board Meetings -Assisting with recruiting and developing Fund -Development Committee members -Encourage Board participation in Fund Development activities -Coordinate Fund Development activities to achieve yearly goals -Providing oversight of the Fund Development Plan and assisting in any needs to accomplish goals -Creating, reviewing and updating Fund Development plan with Board approval -Seeking new fund development opportunities and putting a process in place to take advantage of those opportunities -Grant writing -Assist Director of Fund Development and/or Board -Members and Executive Director as needed
Skills	Fundraising: Volunteers should be creative, able to think "out of the box", and outgoing. Should have the ability to work independently and as part of a team. They should have good organization and time management skills and feel comfortable working with and communicating with diverse groups of people. Prior or current interest in fund development is helpful, but not required!

 

 

Location	Hampton Roads, VA
Great For	55+
Date	Ongoing
Description	Wildlife Response, Inc is in need of people who can make the impossible possible. We are in the process of building the areas first Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, and are obtaining the funds for this important project. WRI is looking for volunteers willing to help us realize this goal by providing Grant Writing services to cover the costs of building and maintaining the Center once it is built. Volunteer should have a love of wildlife and the environment; time to research, and write a variety of grants. College students with Business majors are encouraged to respond, although anyone with grant writing experience willing to volunteer their time would definetly be considered.
Skills	Communication skills and Computer knowledge required. Previous grant writing skills highly recommended.

 

Location	Hampton Roads, VA
Great For	55+
Date	Ongoing
Description	Wildlife Response, Inc. needs volunteers for a variety of jobs pertaining to the Fundraising aspect of our Development Committee. This may include anything from t-shirt sales to assisting with planning large functions such as our successful "Wild Time for Wildlife" Silent Auction. A love of animals, wildlife, and the environment is recommended to help with fundraising efforts.
Skills	Fundraising Skills: Energy and a willingness to work hard! Ability to think "out of the box" desired. Previous Fundraising or Sales experience is helpful, but no experience necessary - a willingness to help and good communication skills are all that are required.

Location	Hampton Roads, VA
Great For	55+
Date	Ongoing
Description	Wildlife Response, Inc. beleives that the only way to increase awareness of how to coexist with wildlife is to have a strong Public Education Program. Our Community Outreach Committee is responsible for a variety of public programs which include information about the natural history wild animals, emergency response, environtmental concerns, and other topics pertinant to our mission. WRI visits Elementary & High Schools, local Civic Leagues, Girl & Boy Scout groups, and other specialty groups such as Garden & Birding clubs.
Skills	Public Speaking: Education and Public Speaking experience preferred, but not required. Volunteer will be coached in all aspects of presenting programs as it pertains to our organization.

Here are some of the many different volunteer types we are looking for:

• Community Outreach- Education Volunteer
• Development- Fundraising Volunteer
• Development- Grant Writer
• Fund Development Volunteer
• Hotline Services Volunteer
• Membership Services Coordinator
• Rescue & Transport Services - Tree Climber
• Rescue & Transport Services Volunteer
• Volunteer Services Coordinator

More information can be found at Volunteer Match  

Coming Soon!!!

The Board has established certain committees within the organization. According to the By-Laws, the President may “Appoint chairmen of all standing committees with the approval of the Board and assign additional duties to members of the Board as circumstances may dictate”. All committees keep minutes of actions taken and resolutions adopted.

Committees tend to be active depending on the focus of the organization. In several cases, the Chair of a committee is a member of the Board of Directors. Where this is not the case, a Board member is appointed as Co-Chairperson to the team, so that the committee will have representation at meetings of the BOD. The current committees are listed below, along with their Committee Chairperson Contact information.

Committee Descriptions and Directors
 
Building Committee  (Director: Bill Haynie This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Description to be added

Community Outreach Committee (Director: Suzanne McBride This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Seeks out opportunities for Wildlife Response, Inc to be represented in the greater community; plans and conducts community outreach activities; and develops strategies for increasing public awareness of the wildlife around us.

Executive Committee (Director: Lisa Barlow This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Determine the organization’s mission and vision; provides oversight of the Executive Director; determines policies and procedures; appoints committee chairs; conducts strategic planning; handles general affairs of the Board.

Finance Committee (Director: Sallie Pagano This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Accountable for the organization’s financial policies and procedures; develops the organization’s budget; ensures accurate tracking, monitoring, and accountability for funds; and ensures adequate financial controls.

Fund Development  (Director: Kathy Owens This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)                                                                                                                          
 In conjunction with the Finance Committee, determines the organization’s fundraising goals; develops an annual fundraising plan that will generate the funds needed to meet fundraising goals; develops a plan for involving the organization's membership in the non-grant resource development activities of the organization.  Seeks out and applies for grants. Investigates new resource development projects, activities, and ideas for possible use in the future
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Hotline Services Committee  (Director: Elyse Herron This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Trains and coordinates volunteers who answer the Wildlife Referral Hotline. Maintains a monthly calendar and distributes to BOD, Hotline volunteers, and web site designer. Chairperson will represent committee on matters of policy decision within the Board.

Membership & Volunteer Services Committee  (Director: Mr Courtney Evans This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Serves our organization's individual and organizational members; determines and implements member benefits; ensures retention through the offering of services that meet members’ needs; implements the means for making prospective and current members aware of the resources, services, and membership benefits; acknowledges new members and encourages participation in activities; identifies members' and nonmembers' needs and perceptions, analyzes them, and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors.

Nominating Committee  (Director: TBA)
The responsibility of the Nominating Committee shall be to submit to the Managing Members of the Corporation a list of candidates for the Board of Directors.

Organization Development Committee  (Director: Lisa Barlow This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Collaborates with Board of Directors to keep the organization’s policies and procedures up to date; ensures diversity within the organization; conducts Strategic Planning in conjunction with Executive Committee; oversees Board governance processes; and maintains the Board Policy and Governance Manual.

Public Relations Committee  (Director:  Cindy Lakin  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Plans, develops, and maintains our website; responds to public inquiries; oversees marketing strategies; ensures a strong web presence conducts outreach with news media; in collaboration with the Community Outreach Committee, plans and conducts community outreach activities.

Rehabilitation Services & Education Committee  (Director: Lisa Barlow, LVT This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Supervise rehabilitation volunteers. Coordinates wildlife rehabilitation classes conducted by members and nonmember wildlife rehabilitators. Maintains statistical information regarding rehabilitation efforts. Represents wildlife rehabilitators on matters of policy decision within the Board.

Rescue & Transportation Services Committee  (Director: Jared Watts This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Coordinates wildlife transport and rescue.  Manages transport volunteers and represents wildlife transporters on matters of policy decisions within the board.

Mission
Wildlife Response, Inc (WRI) is dedicated to the preservation of wildlife through rehabilitation and education. One of the most universal challenges today in the battle to save wild things and wild places is how to bond people to the physical world in a powerful enough way to give them the motivation to want to protect and preserve it. It is especially important in our growing suburban and urban communities to increase significant associations connecting people and nature, especially where natural environments and natural experiences are less and less common. On a local level, the steady arrival of new residents to the Hampton Roads area is having a overwhelming impact on our wildlife and natural environment. As we accommodate this progression, it is essential that people who now call the Hampton Roads area home understand the sensitive balance of human and non-human populations, the affect we have on the natural environment, and the best ways in which we can coexist.

Purposes and Goals
Wildlife Response, Inc. has two associated, yet distinct, purposes or goals. Our primary purpose is:
To treat and rehabilitate sick, injured, and foster orphaned wild animals with the goal of releasing them back into the wild.

We accomplish this by:
Maintaining and supplying a wildlife rehabilitation network to properly care for wildlife in need of assistance
Offering the latest training for our members and other licensed rehabilitators

In light of the fact that most problems wild animals encounter are related to people, either directly or indirectly, our second purpose is:
To give assistance and advice in matters involving wildlife by promoting humane treatment of all wildlife through information, education, and community programs, so we can coexist with our wild neighbors.

More explicitly, our goals are to:
Enhance people’s understanding of nature and habitats and our wild neighbors that depend on those places for their continued existence.
Make the case for why protecting wild things and wild places is not only ethically sound but will also help to safeguard our own survival.
Increase awareness about how our natural and man made environments interconnect.

Executive Committee	Board of Directors
Bill Haynie-President Sallie Pagano- Vice President Courtney Evans-Treasurer Blaire Skipper-Secretary	Lisa Barlow, LVT 2009-2013 Courtney Evans 2009-2013 Bill Haynie 2008-2013 Mike Herron 2013 Cindy Lakin 2011-2013 Suzanne McBride 2007-2013 Kathy Owens 2011-2013 Sallie Pagano 2009-2013 Sharon Szalai 2013 Brad Furman 2011-2013 April Dove DVM-2013 LB Kretzschmer 2013 Blaire Skipper 2012-2013

 

The Wildlife Response, Inc (WRI) Bylaws define the Board of Directors as follows:

Section 4.01 General Powers of Directors.

Except otherwise provided by the law, the Articles of Incorporation, or by these By-Laws, the Board of Directors shall exercise all the powers, control the property and funds, and conduct the affairs of the Corporation.

Shall determine the policies of the Corporation.

To appoint and remove or suspend such subordinate officers, agents, or factors as they deem necessary, and determine their duties.

To appoint committees on any subject within the power of the Corporations Articles of Incorporation, and to define the duties of such committee(s).

 

To initiate legal actions and proceedings by the Corporation, and to respond to legal actions and proceedings against the Corporation, and otherwise collect, settle, or compromise claims by or against the Corporation.

Wildlife Response, Inc has a minimum of 5 Directors. The Board of Directors (or “Officers of the Board”) consists of the President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. The Board of Directors is responsible for carrying out the normal business of the organization, subject to approval by the full Board. Board terms are four years, and Officers are elected by the Board of Directors for one year.

Normally, the Board meets four times per year (one meeting is the Annual Business Meeting in the fourth quarter) although special meetings, e-mail, or telephone conferences are frequent. All Board positions are volunteer positions.

Bird is still flying
It is almost impossible to catch a flying bird. It may be caught if it is weak, has a fractured wing, or head injury. You  may attempt to catch it by using a crab or fish net, towel, or sheet.  Alternative nets can be made out of a pillowcase with wire coat hanger run through the hem of the case then bent into a circle. The “net” can then be attached to a broom handle with duct tape or string wrapped around the wire to the handle.  Sick or injured birds may be caught by throwing a towel on top of it. You  can then scoop the bird and towel together and placing both into a box.

Birds and squirrels trapped in a house
All birds (except owls) and squirrels will most always escape into the light. If you have a bird or squirrel in your home, please know that getting it out of your home is a simple procedure.

• Try to confine the bird or squirrel to one room. Shut the doors to the rest of the house or block open areas with sheets
• If it is injured, wait an hour for it to calm down. You can then attempt to catch it using a net or towel then place the bird or animal in a box, dog, or cat crate
• If it is uninjured turn off lights in room, open one window or door to the outside in the room the animal is contained and the bird or squirrel should escape
• Remember to keep pets and people out of room
• Remember- If the bird or squirrel is injured it should be captured and taken to a rehabilitator

Birds trapped in stores or warehouses
WRI receives calls from stores and warehouses about birds that become trapped in their facilities. It is sometimes very difficult to get a bird out of a warehouse - but the same basic principals apply as if it were in a home.

If the bird is a raptor, please call our Hotline (757.543.7000) for help.

Birds and mammals trapped in chimneys
Mammals and birds will occasionally be trapped in chimneys. You can try to use a rope placed in one of the corners of the chimney to help the animal climb out. In most cases, however, the animal will have to be allowed to get into the fireplace before it can be helped out of the home. Close the screen or glass in front of the fireplace. If nothing is in front of it, place a piece of plywood or hang a sheet in front of it. Open the flue and allow the animal into the fireplace. Use the  instructions for “Birds and Squirrels Trapped in a House”.

If the animal is a raccoon, duck, or other large animal, please call our Hotline for help.

Bird attacking window
Birds usually attack windows for a few reasons:

They are territorial. Birds during pre-breeding and breeding season stake out “territories”, an area that the pair of birds will not allow others of their species to live. These birds may see their own reflection and mistake it for a rival bird. They will strike out at reflections in mirrors, windows, parked cars, etc. The way to correct this problem is to remove the reflection.  In windows, this can be accomplished by closing curtains, placing paper on the outside of the window (as long as it’s not going to rain in the next few days), or applying window clings or frosting the window.  Yellow Highlighter has also been proven to work. With cars, you  should move the car for a few days or cover it with a car cover
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They see a continuation of the trees and bushes near the window. Again, closing curtains, placing paper on the outside of the window (as long as it’s not going to rain in the next few days), or applying window clings or frosting, or marking the window with yellow highlighter will help break up the appearance of bushes and trees. Another helpful hint would be to remove some of the limbs and bushes near the window.
The bird is being chased. Birds being chased by predators, particularly hawks such as Coopers and Sharp Shinned hawks, will fly head long into a window. Occasionally, the hawk will follow behind the prey, and hit the same window.  If the bird has hit a window, please pick it up and call our Hotline. They often have concussions or other injuries. Birds that hit windows should not be released until they receive medical attention.

Oiled or sticky material on wildlife
Please call our Hotline for help

Birds with eye problems
House finches and sparrows are sometimes seen with swollen eyes. These birds have a condition called conjunctivitis. The condition starts as draining, crusty eyes quickly incapacitates the bird by basically making it unable to see. This is a highly contagious disease to other sparrows and finches. Please contain the bird and call our Hotline (757.543.7000). You will need to transport the bird to a rehabilitator for care.  Also, please do the following:  take down your feeders, clean them with the following procedures:

• Take down feeder and throw remaining seed away in their trash can
• Clean up any seed that's on the ground
• Use a 1 part bleach to 30 parts water solution to clean the entire feeder
• Let the feeder air dry
• Use the remaining bleach solution on the ground under the feeder to help disinfect the area
• Repeat the cleaning every day for several weeks to minimize the spread of the disease