Cattery Open Day - a success!!

Spent a couple of hours over at the Cattery Open Day on Sunday and we had some sun which apparently is pretty rare at this event !!  It was really well attended (thanks to the weather) and we managed to raise £2800 which was fantastic; that will feed our cats and kittens for a few weeks at least.  As well as the usual bric-a-brac, cake and dog stalls we had a new kids area (the kids loved the face painting) and we opened up the education garden for the first time.

  

      

The education room and garden are not quiet complete yet but it really gave visitors an insight into what Stapeley Grange Wildlife Hospital is all about.  What I love about the new garden is that it does not effect the animals at all.  The kids loved looking through one of the hospital rooms watching the team in action and through a discreet viewing area overlooking one of the waterfowl paddocks.  This one group of kids could not stop talking about a hedgehog they had seen being weighed...a simple experience but one they will not forget for a while.  Hopefully, those visiting Stapeley through the new programme will all take away simple key messages that will support our work.  Please check out our website and encourage your school to support the programme http://bit.ly/JEhKrX.

Sponsors of Stapeley Grange's Summer Wildlife Assistant