START A FUNDRAISER

HELP BUILD WILDCARE’S NEW HOME

Start a Fundraiser to Help Build WildCare’s New Home

Nearly everyone in our community has a story about bringing an injured animal to WildCare, calling our wildlife hotline for help, or connecting with our Terwilliger Nature Education Programs.

Now you can help build the future of that work.

WildCare is constructing a new wildlife hospital and nature education center at our historic Albert Park location in San Rafael. By creating a fundraiser, you can invite friends and family to join the Elevate WildCare capital campaign and help complete this vital project, ensuring WildCare’s work continues for generations to come.

Creating a fundraiser takes just a few minutes!

Suggested goals: $250 • $500 • $1,000

How It Works

Create your page
Choose a title, add a photo, and set a fundraising goal.

Share your fundraiser
Send it to friends, family, and your community.

Fundraise together
If you’d like, invite friends or coworkers to join you and create a team fundraiser.

Celebrate the impact
Every dollar raised helps complete WildCare’s new wildlife hospital and education center!

You can create a fundraiser around almost anything.

Here are a few simple ideas:

Birthday fundraiser
Ask friends to donate instead of giving gifts.

Host a gathering
Invite friends for dinner, a wine tasting, or a backyard gathering and raise funds for wildlife.

Community event
Organize a nature walk, bake sale, lemonade stand, or small neighborhood event.

Personal or group challenge
Run a race, hike a trail, or take on a personal goal and invite people to sponsor you.

Fundraise in honor of someone
Celebrate someone who cares about wildlife by raising funds in their name.

Why This Campaign Matters

For nearly 50 years, WildCare has provided wildlife medical care, nature education, and advocacy to help people and wildlife coexist harmoniously.

WildCare’s new facility will strengthen our ability to deliver this work for decades to come.

Each year WildCare:
• Treats approximately 3,500 wild animals in our Wildlife Hospital
• Reaches more than 13,000 people through nature education programs
• Responds to approximately 12,000 wildlife hotline calls

Community support will help bring this new facility to life and ensure WildCare’s work continues for generations to come.

For assistance starting your fundraiser, please email giving@discoverwildcare.org or call (415) 453-1000 x321

A Simple Message You Can Share

Hi [Name],

I’m fundraising for WildCare to help build their new wildlife hospital and nature education center in San Rafael!

WildCare provides medical care for injured and orphaned wildlife and helps our community learn how to live in harmony with the wild animals and our shared habitat. This new facility will ensure that work continues for generations to come!

If you’d like to support the campaign, you can donate through my fundraiser here:

[Unique fundraising link provided]

Thank you!

Example Social Media Post

I’m fundraising to help build WildCare’s new wildlife hospital and nature education center in San Rafael!

WildCare provides medical care for wildlife in need and helps our community learn how to live in harmony with the wild animals and our shared habitat.

If you’d like to support wildlife in our region, you can donate here:

[Unique fundraising link provided]

Have you ever brought an animal to WildCare or called our wildlife hotline for help?

Were you taught by Mrs. Terwilliger as a child or did your child or grandchild attend one of WildCare’s popular camps?

Create a fundraiser and share your story!

“Community-based wildlife work is critical to teaching the community about our animal neighbors. (WildCare’s) presence at Albert Park is iconic and their facility is well-loved by children, locals and visitors.”

JD Bergeron, Executive Director, International Bird Rescue

WildCare treats thousands of wild animal patients each year and educates thousands of people through its programs; It’s one of the most tangible ways our community connects with the natural world around us, and provides a place for sick and injured animals to be treated.

Kate Colin, Mayor, City of San Rafael

“No other organization in Marin County currently has the capacity or skill set to offer the essential wildlife rehabilitation servicces in the same way that WildCare does…WildCare’s partnerships ensure that wildlife…has increased opportunities to survive and thrive. WildCare should have every possible resource possible to continue its mission.”

Sheila Coll, Program Director, Friends of China Camp

“I am so appreciative of all that WildCare does to support our local wildlife, both in terms of the education you provide along with the rehabiliation efforts at your facility. Our students have benefited over the years from learning from your amazing and talented volunteers about habitats, ecosystems, sustainability and all the amazing benefits that our animals bring to our community.”

Jim Hogeboom, Former Superintendent, San Rafael City Schools

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