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The Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) on Sanibel just made it easier to pitch in. The nonprofit has added two new volunteer orientation sessions — Thursday, Aug. 6, and Wednesday, Sept. 2, both from 3 to 5 p.m. at its Visitor Education Center — giving community members more chances to get involved in local wildlife conservation.

Volunteers support CROW’s mission to rescue, rehabilitate, and release native wildlife. Roles run the gamut from greeting visitors in the gift shop (the immediate need) to rescuing injured animals, transporting patients, cleaning enclosures, feeding baby patients, grazing gopher tortoises, and helping at special events. Every role starts with an orientation that includes a behind-the-scenes tour of the Wildlife Hospital — a rare look at how the region’s injured and orphaned animals are cared for.

For visitors staying on Fort Myers Beach, it’s a worthy way to spend part of a Sanibel day trip: swing by the Visitor Education Center at 3883 Sanibel Captiva Road, take the tour, or sign up to volunteer. More hands at the wildlife hospital means more local animals flying, swimming, and crawling their way back to the wild — exactly the kind of community story we love to see.

Source: Beach Talk Radio News — CROW Adds Two Volunteer Orientation Sessions.