Hubert Parker. Development Coordinator, Tucson Wildlife Center
Monday, September 19,
2:30-3:30 pm,
ASA Koffler Great Room
Pursuing a dove, a hawk flies into your window and falls to the ground, injured. A Gila Monster has a foot crushed by a car in your driveway. A bobkitten collapses pitifully on your patio, obviously abandoned. What should you do?
You call the Tucson Wildlife Center, the only wildlife rescue and rehabilitation hospital in Southern Arizona, located fairly close to Academy Village at 13275 E. Speedway (phone 520-290-5493). In fact, if you can safely contain your find to transport it, getting on Speedway at the north end of Freeman Rd and driving east will soon bring you to the Center on your left. The Center takes in sick, injured, abandoned wildlife, except for mountain lions, deer, bear and desert tortoises. These are the responsibility of Arizona Game and Fish. When they are well, the Center re-introduces them into their native habitat.
Hubert Parker’s profession is financial services, but he has extensive experience helping non-profits. As Development Coordinator for the Tucson Wildlife Center, he handles all fundraising, marketing and social media. Mr. Parker has served on the Board of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, as President of the Rialto Theatre Foundation, and Development Director for Parent Aid. Mr. Parker received a BA from the University of Texas at Austin.
Summer is the busy season at the Center, which is currently full of babies, especially small birds. Owls, hawks and others come in also, as do the occasional eagle, and once, a coatimundi. As a 501 ( c )(3) organization, the Tucson Wildlife Center is totally dependent on donations, grants, and volunteers—whom it trains. Hubert Parker will describe the history and the important work of the Center, and tell us how we can help with its mission.
Preview by Abigail Hagler, Academy Village Volunteer