Educational Program – Big and Small Tortoise Rescue and Sanctuary

We are now ready to start the summer 2023 educational program for kids (and parents 🙂 )! We are so excited! To give you an idea of what’s to come, we will be doing:

Discovering tortoise native regions (~9am to 10am) We will sit together and learn about the variety of tortoises in the wild. We will learn about native habitats for common species like Russians, redfoots, sulcatas and leopards. Kids will receive a handout with activity pages and educational reading.
Tortoise Observing (~10am to 11am). We will visit with and feed tortoises we have learned about. But we will see many different species including Redfoot, Russian, Sulcata, Leopard, Elongated, Hingeback, Desert, Hermanns, Greek, Yellowfoot.
Learning how to properly keep tortoises (~11am to 12pm). We will learn about common mistakes keepers make, which lands many tortoises in the rescue. We will learn why rescues for tortoises are needed. We will do a fun craft to create a toy tortoise habitat. Kids will “adopt” their own stuffed tortoise that they can take home and keep in the habitat we created together.

Please fill out the form below to participate in the program! Once submitted, I will be sure to reach out by email or facebook messenger with info on where to go and when to arrive. Thanks for your interest!

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If we've already arranged the date you'll attend via facebook, please give the date here. If a date hasn't been arranged yet, please provide an idea of your availability most weekend mornings this summer.

Can we use photos/videos of the kids participating for promoting our cause (social media, fundraising, grant proposals, public awareness, etc)?

Yes, and you can refer to them by their names
Yes, but please don't mention their names
No, please do not use photos or names

The program will include a breif lesson, followed by a tour and visiting the tortoises. Lastly, we will head back into the building to do a small craft (creating a habitat for a tortoise stuffie to take home). Would you like to participate in this craft?

Yes, we will participate
No, we will not participate, and will leave after the tour

We do not have a grant funding the program this year, so please consider donating if you are not a regular donor. We ask you to donate what you feel is reasonable for your budget. There will be a donation jar at the rescue during the program if you'd like to donate cash. Otherwise you can donate through Paypal or Venmo now.

I'll donate through Paypal or Venmo (submitting this form will take you to this donation page - thank you so much!!)
I'll donate with cash in the donation jar later (ignore next step)
I don't have the financial ability to donate at the moment (ignore next step)