How to Help

If you would like to assist with fundraising, the hotline, public education, or learn how to become a wildlife rehabilitator, we encourage you to join us at one of our monthly meetings. We welcome visitors and new members! We have a number of different ways that you can help NCWC help wildlife.

We meet on the third Tuesday of every month from 7pm-9pm at the South Glens Falls Fire Company off of the Northway – Exit 17, at 361 Reynolds Road, Fort Edward, NY. There are no meetings in July/August/December.

During the winter months we may not be able to hold an in-person meeting due to bad weather.  We will post on Facebook or you can call the Hotline to see if a meeting is happening in-person during bad weather. PLEASE NOTE: There is no monthly meeting in July/August/December.

Donate

Donations can be mailed to North Country Wild Care, PO Box 63, Lake George, NY 12845 or by clicking here:

We are always seeking in-kind donations of the following items:

• Heating pads without an automatic shut-off
• Cages, carriers and other pet supplies
• Pet food, either dry or canner
• Jarred baby food without starch or added sugar
• Soft fleece baby receiving blankets
• Plain or flavored Pedialyte in liquid or powder form

Needed items can also be donated through our Amazon Wishlist. Click here to shop with Amazon!

Sponsor an animal

To sponsor an animal, send us an email at ncwcnonprofit@northcountrywildcare.org or use our contact form.

These are the average costs to rehab certain animals –

Cottontails: $32. Our most difficult to rehab, they are very sensitive to environmental stresses
Opossums: $41. Young require a very special diet containing many ingredients
Squirrels: $50. Our most common patient, most come after storms in the early spring or late summer.
Songbirds: $56. Birds must be fed every 20 minutes from dawn to dusk. Many have fallen from the nest or are injured by cats.
Raccoons: $86. Babies take all summer to grow, drink formula for up to 3 months, and juveniles need a high amount of food to fatten up for the upcoming winter.
Fawns: $312. Our most expensive patient due to their size and the time it takes them to mature.

Here is how your donations are used: