Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre in need of donations
Global News
Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre in Napanee has seen its donations plummet 50% in recent months, which spells bad news for the non-profit.
It’s a time of year where generosity isn’t only heralded, but the norm.
However this year, at Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre in Napanee, the donations have dipped rather significantly, and now they’re asking for help.
“I was looking at the statistics on our CanadaHelps page, which is where we get the majority of our donations in through, and they were down by about 50 percent,” said Leah Birmingham, the centre’s Medical Director.
Birmingham said it was alarming to say the least.
More concerning is the fact that similar wildlife non-profits are vastly outperforming Sandy Pines in terms of donations.
CanadaHelps is a website dedicated to collecting donations for numerous Canadian charities.
Since 2017, operating costs at Sandy Pines have only gone up and that means more donations are needed.
“Spring and Summer are very busy seasons for us but now every year, as Sandy Pines has grown, Winter is still busy as well,” added Birmingham.