Santa Claus will be visiting the World Parrot Refuge December 6th and 13th (Saturdays). Come out and get your photo taken with the birds!

NOTE the corrected dates - the 6 and 13th are the first two Saturdays in December. See you then!

Visitors at the refuge this week included Brandon and his family from Red Deer, Alberta. As you can see he discovered an instant rapport with the birds!

Thanks for visiting!

This past weekend, Dixie and Sasha, along with Kiwi, Kelly and Esther represented the refuge at the Country Club Mall's annual "animal" day.

Dixie and Sasha got right into the spirit of the day with some beautiful face-paints. Kiwi's not too sure:

I wonder if Kelly and Esther would have wanted one too?

This is a notice that the Annual General Meeting of the "For the Love Of Parrots Refuge Society", is going to be held at the Gift Shop at the Refuge on Saturday, May 24, 2008, from 3:00-4:00pm.

If you are in the Nanaimo area this Saturday, May 10, how about heading out to the Country Club Mall for the 2nd Annual SPCA Pet Show? Sasha and Dixie will be there representing the Refuge, and will be chaperoned by some feathered ambassadors. Memberships and other goodies will be on sale. Sasha and Dixie will be looking for hard-working volunteers to join our team. They will also be providing information about the virtual adoption program, and other facets of the Refuge operation.

The SPCA asked Esther if he would make the draw for their raffle. Esther agreed graciously, and is getting his beak polished for the occasion.

Likewise, if you are in Parksville on Saturday, May 10, our founder, Wendy Huntbatch, will be operating a display at the Parksville SPCA open house, and will be available to answer your questions.

Grant Corriveau is a special volunteer who devotes much of his time to helping our parrot friends. Grant has a wonderful blog with anecdotes, photos and videos of his experiences as a volunteer at the World Parrot Refuge. Share his adventures, and learn why it's such a heart-warming and emotional experience to be part of giving these amazing parrots a "home for life". Visit Grant's site here - West Coast Chronicles.

Thanks for all you do, Grant!