During July 2007, the Girl Guides of British Columbia held a huge “jamboree” of over 2,500 intrepid campers and leaders near Parksville on Vancouver Island. As part of their week’s activities, the girls chose a variety of service projects. The World Parrot Refuge was honoured to receive teams of approximately 25 Guides each morning and afternoon for four days.
These adventuresome young women helped us in many ways — doing the kinds of things that just keep getting put off while we attend to the more pressing matters of caring for over 600 parrots.
It wasn’t all work though… we made sure everyone had some quality time with the parrots!
This video is sent out as a big THANKS to all the SOAR 2007 Guides:
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Some of the tasks the Guides accomplished for us: washed all the outside and many of the inside windows; washed endless loads of dishes; washed, dried and folded laundry; hauled heavy Arbutus branches from the front of the building to a storage pile for use in future habitat perches; weeded the walkways; painted the outside benches; cleaned out the storage shed where donated toys and stuffies are kept until we can process them; made never-ending strings of toys for our birds (who LOVE to chew on them!); donated Toonie Toys as personal gifts to some of the birds (did you see Miss Daisy giving her new teddy a drink of water?); and most of all, the Guides met, enjoyed and respected the wonderful residents of the World Parrot Refuge.
Thanks again!