With Giving Tuesday just around the corner on November 27th, have you decided which charitable cause you wish to support. MARS is focusing on building our much-needed flight cage. This is such an integral part of rehabilitating raptors and other birds who must regain...
24TH ANNUAL Charles Dickens Craft Faire Friday Nov 9th 3pm to 8pm Saturday Nov 10th 10am to 5pm Sunday Nov 11th 10am to 4pm FLORENCE FILBERG CENTRE 411 Anderton Ave, Courtenay THE CHARLES DICKENS FAIRE is the first major Christmas craft fair in the Comox Valley. This...
The siding on the new Visitor Building is completed and interior painting begins next week. Interior and exterior painting is by Hector Falcon Professional Painting assisted by MARS Volunteers. Sincere gratitude to Hector Falcon for his ongoing support of MARS and his...
Giving Tuesday is November 27th this year and it is when we show appreciation by donating to a cause close to our hearts. MARS is one of those causes. One whose volunteers and staff put in countless hours to either nurse wildlife back to health or to fundraise for...
Kids Contest Winners The winners have been chosen for the Kids Contest.. This involved the children writing a letter to MARS giving an explanation in their own words as to why an organization like MARS is a good thing and the benefit of protecting wildlife and the...
Come and join us for a dinner and silent auction fundraiser at the Prime Chop House and Wine Bar Date: Thursday October 25th Time: 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Place: The Prime at 1089 Braidwood Road with access off Back Road, Courtenay Your choice of one of two...
Our Open House was a great success in spite of the weather. Can’t keep us Valley people down! A huge thank you to everyone who attended; to the other groups who participated as well, adding to the success of the event, to Dan Davies and Sharon & Roy Hancliff...
We have some wonderful ways to become a sponsor for MARS! Build a home for Brinley, our Great Horned Owl, for $6,500. Build a home for our Hyacinth and Humpty, our two bald eagles, for $35,000 Build one of two Recovery cages for patients for $6,500 or $7,785 Build a...
ANNOUNCEMENT: As you all know, we at MARS have had a very challenging spring with the influx of many raccoons, kits & fawns. These babies have many different stories and some are memorable. The raccoon kit seen climbing on one of our caregivers in a previous...
MARS has oodles of baby raccoons and deer. While they are cute as can be, they are also very demanding and expensive to care for. They require expensive goat’s milk and have to be fed several times a day. If you would like to donate to help with their care, you...
Giving Is Rewarding The act of giving can be tremendously rewarding and June is the month of the Great Canadian Giving Challenge where every dollar donated online at “Canada Helps “ to any non- profit organization makes it eligible to win the grand prize of $10,000....
Thank you to everyone who came out for our first Wildlife Festival. There were several hundred attendees and everyone seemed to have a good time. The presentations and the displays were both interesting and educational. Tundra the wolf was a huge hit as always. A...
