The Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C. has been inundated with donations of used Christmas trees to help create more comfortable spaces for recovering animals. Every year, the association puts out a call for used trees for the rehabilitation pens at the centre by Burnaby Lake. The trees are used for recovering birds and mammals that need a place to perch. The NOW first ran a story on the request for trees on.
The NOW first covered the story last week, and other media outlets picked it up, leading to a deluge of donations.
"We have a lot of trees," said Yolanda Brooks, spokesperson for the association. "It was on CTV, CBC, Citytv, ... I did a national interview on Friday, so we have at least 100 trees, and, yes, we will use them."
In the meantime, people can stop donating the trees to the association. If you still need to get rid of your tree, Burnaby's EcoCentre at, 4855 Still Creek, will compost them.
Support for independence
Burnaby's Down Syndrome Research Foundation received a financial boost from the RBC Foundation in December. The bank's charitable arm donated $10,000 to the foundation, which runs programs for people with Down syndrome, and evaluates the programs' efficacy with state-of-the-art MEG brain scans. The RBC donation will go towards the foundation's Pathways to Independence program, which teaches reading, writing, math, social communication, budgeting and navigation. For more on the foundation, go to www.dsrf.org.
Diamond ball gala
Time to mark your calendars for the Burnaby Neighbourhood House's annual fundraising gala. This year's event is set for Feb. 15 at the Burnaby Firefighters Club at Metrotown, and tickets are $100 each, but tables of 10 are $900. The theme is Grand Prix in Monte Carlo.
To order tickets, call the neighbourhood house at 604-431-0400.
The neighbourhood house runs a variety of programs that makes the city more welcoming, while bringing neighbours closer together.
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