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#highlightseveryonefollowerssubject Subject: Summer's Around the Corner – Help Us Prepare for Baby Season! Hi everyone, Yesterday, it hit me: summer is just around the corner! While I've been prepping, it feels like it's arrived so fast, which is a little scary. As many of you know, summer is the busiest time for all of us rehabbers – it's baby season! That means lots of little ones, plus our usual intake of injured animals. It often leads to little sleep, busy days filled with animal care, and countless rescues. Last year, things started slow, but then it felt like an endless wave of animals, each with their own feeding schedule and special foods. It was incredibly busy, but I was so proud of what we accomplished. This year, I want us to be even more prepared. To get ready for the influx, I've put together a wishlist of immediate needs, and I'll share more items in future posts. Our Immediate Needs Beyond our specific wish list, please remember our ongoing monthly expenses. These include staff payments and electricity. Our weekly food and milk supply alone is currently R1250.00 ($68.78), and I can say with absolute certainty that this will increase significantly as summer approaches. As it becomes impossible for just Stembile and me to manage everything, we also desperately need extra help. This is where you can make a huge difference! We're looking for sponsors to help cover the cost of an extra pair of hands and to contribute to our staff payments. This would be so incredibly appreciated. Our staff work almost every day, and ensuring I have enough funds to pay them at the end of the month is a real stress. By supporting them, you're also helping community members find work and support their families, as we see ourselves as offering a vital community service. Volunteer Accommodation & Financial Overview While we're so grateful for the emails from people wanting to volunteer, most are out of town. At this stage, we don't have accommodation on our property, so they'd need to find their own, which can be very costly. This also means they'd only be able to help during the day, as we couldn't expect them to travel back and forth at night. We do have future plans for volunteer accommodation, but our current focus is getting the sanctuary ready for summer and caring for the animals – that's our top priority right now. Currently, our staff salaries are R6000.00 ($330.12) per month. This doesn't include the extra help we bring in for building projects or for washing and cleaning cages. Electricity alone is around R1000.00 ($55.00), in addition to our weekly expenses. From this, we also need to stock up on medical supplies for our pharmacy. If you'd like to know more about our medical needs, please feel free to contact me directly. Some days are tough, and once again, I want to extend a huge thank you to every single person who donates to us, whether through Takealot or with cash. If you donate cash, I'm always happy to show you exactly where your money goes. I do weekly summaries and can tell you precisely where every cent is spent. How You Can Help You can support us by purchasing items from our Takealot Wishlist: Takealot Wishlist Link: https://www.takealot.com/wishlist/shared/1:f07c990bd4f744f0a15750a5089bd179 Delivery Address: Bold and Nuts Mbazwana 3974 Alternatively, you can visit our website for payment links and other ways to donate: Our Website: https://freespiritwildlife.co.za/ Please remember, if you're in South Africa, your donation can be tax-deductible as we are an NPO. Thank you for your continued support in helping us prepare for a busy, but rewarding, summer of saving lives! #WildlifeRescue #caringforwildlife #wildliferehabilitation #nonprofitorganization #NPO #kosibay #sodwanabay #animallover #donations