How to Help

Membership and Donations
Bequests, Major Gifts and Planned Giving
Volunteer
Join us for a Fundraising Event
View our Wish List
Make your Property a Release Site
Get Involved
Join our Email List

Membership and Donations


Join us! The West Sound Wildife Shelter needs your assistance to continue protecting and rehabilitating the wildlife of Kitsap County.

Any donations are greatly appreciated, whether they be money or in-kind. Below are our one-year membership levels.

Membership levels

Dollar Amount Donor Level Our Gift to You
$25 Chickadee newsletter
$50 Flying Squirrel newsletter
$100 Kingfisher newsletter; WSWS gift
$250 Eagle newsletter; WSWS gift
$500 Cougar newsletter; WSWS gift; Blue Heron club

Donate or become a member online through our secure donations system. If you prefer not to donate online, you can call us at 206-855-9057 or send us a check, payable to West Sound Wildlife Shelter, 7501 NE Dolphin Drive, Bainbridge Island WA 98110. Thank you!

Become a member!




Fundraising Events

Please save the date for these upcoming events that support the West Sound Wildlife Shelter:


April 19, 2008
Join us for fun, dinner, and a live and silent auction at Call for the Wild! This event will be held at Kiana Lodge in Suquamish, WA. Please check back for more details.




Wish List

You can help injured wildlife and give them a second chance at freedom by donating much needed items listed below. Collecting items in your community is also a great project for kids, groups, classrooms and clubs and a simple, fun and rewarding way to help wildlife. Donations are tax deductible.

For questions contact Mike Pratt at mike@westsoundwildlife.org or 206-780-8508

Caging:
- Chain-link dog kennels
- Fiberglass shelter/vet caging units
- Welded wire - 1”x1” vinyl coated
- Corrugated clear plastic roofing
- 2x4 & 4x4, plywood, dowels
- Conduit
- Indoor screened songbird cage – ($80)

General Animal Care Supplies:
- Tool/utility shed
- Tools of all sorts (hand & power)
- Bird seed
- Dog, puppy & cat food (dry and canned)
- Ensure (vanilla)
- Baby food (chicken & chicken)
- Esbilac (puppy milk replacer) - powder
- KMR (kitten milk replacer) – powder
- Cleaning brushes, sponges
- Household Clorox bleach
- "Dawn" liquid detergent (original)
- Laundry detergent & liquid hand soap
- Zip-lock bags & large trash bags (45 gal)
- Towels (hand & bath size) & sheets
- Duct tape, masking tape
- Cable ties
- Toilet paper & paper towels
- Astro Turf
- Packaged pine or corn cob shavings
- Bird baths, ceramic bowls, kiddy pools
- Gift Cards (Home Depot, PetsMart, Wal-Mart)
- Nolvasan (Chlorhexidine) Disinfectant
- Artificial Christmas trees

Educational Programs:
- PowerPoint Projector
- Wildlife books for shelter library

Rehabilitation Equipment & Supplies:
- Video surveillance equipment
- Surgical tools
- Heating pads (non automatic shut-off)
- Latex disposable gloves & dust masks
- Rubbing Alcohol & cotton balls
- Syringes - 1cc
- Bandage items (Vet wrap, gauze pads/ wrap)
- Small counter top refrigerator
- Chest Freezer (new)
- Floor air dryers

Rescue Equipment:
- Gasoline gift cards and Phone Cards
- Control/Capture Poles (3-4 ft) ($80-$115)
- Syring Pole (16”-36”) ($35-$50)
- Animal protection Gloves ($30-$130)
- Dart Rifle ($500)
- Have-a-heart live traps
- Batteries (AA, AAA, C, and D) & Flash lights
- Extension cords (heavy duty outdoor)
- Weather alert radio & Portable 2-way
- Mops, brooms, dust pans



Make Your Property into a Wildlife Release Site

Complete the Release Site form (download a pdf or word document) and send it in to the address on the page or to mike@westsoundwildlife.org. Thank you!



Get Involved

Sign up for the vacation of a lifetime with

VocationVacations®! During this dream-job holiday, you will be able to:
• Assist the Director of Wildlife Services with giving medical treatments to wild animals
• Prepare the daily diets for wild animals in the hospital
• Clean and maintain enclosures used to house rehabilitating wild animals
• Build natural habitats in enclosures that will house rehabilitating animals
• Organize the equipment that is used in the hospital's daily activities
• Hand-feed baby animals including mammals and birds (this activity generally happens in the spring and early summer only)
• Assist the rehabilitation staff with office duties related to volunteer organization and management
• Learn about wildlife rehabilitation techniques
• Participate in the management and training of live educational birds, including the shelter's great horned owl

Learn more by downloading the PDF or Word document information sheet, or contact Kol Medina.



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