CROW hosts virtual classroom lessons

After the CROW visitor center closed, the animal clinic started to host virtual classroom sessions to continue their education outreach programs.

MATTERS.I’M NOELANI MATHEWS, FOX FOUR INYOUR CORNER."FROM ONE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM TOANOTHER..THE CLINIC FOR THEREHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE..

ORCROW... IS USED TO BRINGING INBIG GROUPS TO EDUCATE PEOPLEABOUT WILDLIFE REHABILITATION.BUT BECAUSE OF SOCIALDISTANCING... THE ANIMALHOSPITAL HAS TO CHANGE THE WAYTHEY DO THINGS.

THIS MORNING,LAUREN SHOWS US HOW THEY ARESTILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC JUSTVIRTUALLY.:16 to :26:43 to :5"Lola is our oldest ambassadorwe have here at crow she camefrom Cape Coral."A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME CROW INSANIBEL IS LETTING ANIMALS LOOSEIN CLASSROOMS ACROSS THECOUNTRY.MAYBE NOT LITERALLY, BUTVIRTUALLY."When the visitor educationcenter had to close in march werealized we were going to beable to do our outreachprograms."THE ANIMAL CLINI━ LIKE MANYOTHER━ HAD TO GET CREATIVE ONCETHE PANDEMIC SHUT THINGS DOWN.THAT’S WHEN THEY RECRUITEDANIMAL AMBASSADORS LIKE MINA,GIGI, COBB AND RACHEL RAINBOLTTO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATIONOUTREACH PROGRAMS THROUGH ZOOMCLASSROOM MEETINGS."What’s nice about incorporatingtheir program with ours it thatit helps to supplement in anengaging and exciting way."SCHOOLS OR PARENTS CAN SPONSORTHE SESSIONS AND THE PROGRAMFEES ARE NEGOTIABLE.SO FAR THESE WILDLIFE STARS HAVEAPPEARED IN CLASSROOMS FROMMICHIGAN TO FLORIDA GIVING KIDSA GLIMPSE AT ANIMALS THEY MAYHAVE ONLY SEEN IN PICTURES."Having a screen with an animalin it is pretty exciting and itmay be something they’ve neverseen before."EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ALISON HUSSEYSAYS THESE PROGRAMS WILL BEAVAILABLE OVER THE SUMMER ANDPOSSIBLY EVEN LONGER."This is exciting for us.think this is "This is excitingforLONGER.POSSIBLY EVEN SUMMER ANDPOSSIBLY EVEN LONGER."This is exciting for us.

Ithink this is something that wewill continue.

But we do miour visitors and we’re lookingforward to a time when we canopen our doors safely.

"THANKS LAUREN.PROGRAM FEES ARE USED TO SUPPORTTHE ANIMALS REHABILITATION ANDFURTHER OTHER EDUCATION