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GET INVOLVED!

AWI is a registered Canadian charity that depends on its community's generosity to deliver its programs and services. 

 

Assistance can come in many different forms: cash donations, material donations, volunteers, and in-kind professional guidance.

 

Your contribution will go a long way in helping AWI provide the following:

 

  • Emergency medical care for injured, orphaned, and ill wildlife

  • Daily care of our wildlife patients, including food, supplements, bedding, cleaning supplies

  • Covering the costs of operations, including staff, utilities, transportation, and insurance

  • Educational opportunities for community groups and schools

Summer Student Opportunities NOW OPEN

Send applications to: info@atlanticwildlife.ca (download job description here)

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Ways to donate

  • One-time gift

  • Monthly donations

  • Memorials

  • Donations of stock, dividends

  • Donating through the United Way/Chimp/Benevity payroll donation deduction program through your employer

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Donations are tax deductible, and official receipts for income tax purposes will be issued.

Questions? Email info@atlanticwildlife.ca.

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AWI 50/50 FUNDRAISER

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By purchasing a ticket, you’re helping injured, orphaned, and displaced wildlife get the medical care and rehabilitation they need to return to the wild. From tiny songbirds to majestic owls, your support gives them a second chance at life. 

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BUSINESS AND CORPORATE SUPPORT

 

Businesses of all sizes can support AWI's mission through corporate partnerships. Reach out if your team is interested in partnering with us! Opportunities include co-sponsoring events, volunteer days, or retreats at AWI. Email info@atlanticwildlife.ca.

We also appreciate material goods and services; check our WISH LIST for items your business can provide.

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AWI WISHLIST

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​Daily cleaning supplies:

  • Green, blue, and clear garbage bags (lg)

  • Dish gloves

  • Disposable gloves

  • Paper towls

  • Non-toxic, biodegradable laundry detergent

  • Non-toxic, biodegradable all-purpose cleaner

  • Javex

  • Sponges, scrub brushes

  • Cleaning buckets and mops

  • Disposable masks

  • Toilet paper

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Heating items:

  • Pads (manual turoff)

  • Microwavable disks

  • Lamps

  • Portable heaters

  • Power bars with timers

  • Reptile-style heat lamps

  • Heat, reptile basking, UVA, UVB bulbs

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Animal supplies:

  • Wood shavings

  • Straw bales

  • Stainless steel food and water bowls

  • Kiddie pools, utility bins for swimming waterfowl

  • New metal garbage cans and lids for storing feed

  • Heavy-duty plastic rolls

  • Construction materials (metal hardware, cloth, galvanized nails, all-purpose screws, latches — please call of more information

  • Soft-sided carry kennels and reptile units

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Daily food needs:

  • Duck and goose pellets

  • Cracked corn

  • Wild bird seed

  • Hamster, rabbit feed, rodent chow

  • Apples, carrots, squash, dark greens

  • Hard nuts (walnuts, almonds)

  • Pedialyte (plan preferred)

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Cleaning equipment

  • Brooms, dustpans

  • Shovels, square and spade, snow

  • Hand tools

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Daily consumables, groceries:

  • Gift certificates from Sobey's/Foodland, Walmart, Superstore

  • Canadian Tire money

  • Irving gas certificates

  • Gift certificates from local veterinary clinics for medical supplied

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Big ticket equipment:

  • Sump pumps

  • Dehumidifers

  • Industrial garden hoses

  • Wheel barrows, carts

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Medical supplies:

  • Sterile saline

  • Vet wrap (neutral colours)

  • Medical tape

  • Gauze pads, rolls

  • 1 cc-60 cc syringes

  • Tweezers, forceps

  • Scissors (all types)

  • Headlamps

Donations can be dropped off at the following NB locations:

  • Maritime Animal Hospital, Moncton

  • Wild Carnivore Pet Store, Sackville

  • Co-op Home and Farm Country Store, Fredericton

  • Atlantic Wildlife Institute, Cookville

NEW! AMAZON WISH LIST SHIPS DIRECTLY TO OUR DOOR!

Volunteering

AWI receives hundreds of wildlife patients annually and answers thousands of wildlife-related calls, from general inquiries to wildlife needing immediate help. We operate 24/7, 365 days a year. 

 

Volunteers are a vital part of our workforce. They help transport animals to and from our regional drop-off locations, capture and provide short-term care, maintain the site, provide daily animal care, raise funds and do office-related work.

 

Want to be part of the AWI team? Email info@atlanticwildlife.ca.

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Wildlife care

  • Critter cabbies

  • Wildlife 1st responders

  • Wildlife care providers

  • Emergency response

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Site maintenance and construction

  • Daily cleaning

  • Site upkeep

  • Site construction — maintenance/renovation of existing units, new projects

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Property preservation

  • Trail development/maintenance

  • Native plantings/ native plant nursery

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Educational programming

  • Wildlife Learning Centre

  • Site tours

  • Presentations

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Fundraising

  • Event coordinator

  • Community engagement

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Coordinators

  • Volunteer coordinator

  • Materials and supply coordinator

Contact Us

ADDRESS

PHONE

(506) 364-1902

220 Cookville Rd.
Cookville, NB E4L 1Z8

EMAIL

info@atlanticwildlife.ca

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Atlantic Wildlife Institute (AWI), a charitable organization (#894331990RR0001) providing wildlife care, education, training, and emergency response services for the region.

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