Here at Howell Nature Center, our mission is that through mutual love and respect, we teach people to be faithful caretakers of one another and the world around us. With 230 acres, we offer numerous programs so you can find the activity that best suits you and your family to once again connect to nature.
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🌟 Join Us for a Special Baby Shower Fundraiser Table on 5/11/24! 🌟 We're thrilled to host a baby shower table at our welcome center tomorrow during Migratory Bird Day to support our fundraising efforts. You can help make a difference by bringing any of the following items with you. Your donations will significantly aid in caring for our baby animals who have been orphaned or injured.
🐾 Items Needed:
- Paper towels
- Dish soap
- Laundry detergent
- Hand soap
- Rescue cleaner
- 13 gallon drawstring trash bags
- Fleece blankets (all sizes)
- Cotton balls
- Tissue
- Heating pads (non-auto shut off)
- Food scales (grams)
- Baby scales
- Tommee Tippee bottle warmers
- Mesh butterfly enclosures (all sizes)
- Chamomile flowers
- Rosehips
- Raw almonds (no salt)
- Raw peanuts in shell (no salt)
- Raw pumpkin seeds (no salt)
- Sunflower seeds
- General bird seed
- Suet
- Raw hazelnuts
- Critter crunch (squirrel food)
- Pedigree wet and dry dog food (chicken flavor)
- Dried mealworms
- Live mealworms, wax worms, or super worms
- Metal pet food bowls (all sizes)
- Peanut butter lids (clean)
- Pouches, hammocks, or cubes for small animals
- Rabbit chew toys
- Timothy hay for rabbits
- Esbilac goat's milk powder (puppy milk replacer)
- KMR milk replacer for kittens
- Shaker balls
- Squirrel nest boxes
- Bird feeders for songbirds
- Garden hoses
- Grass seed
- Pea gravel
- Topsoil (for digging pits for animals)
Let’s come together to support our furry and feathered friends! 🐰🦉 Every little bit helps and is deeply appreciated. We look forward to seeing you there and thank you in advance for your generosity!
📍 Location: Welcome Center at the Howell Nature Center
📅 Date: 5/11/2024
⏰ Time: 10 AM to 5 PM
Ps. Tomorrow is also our highly anticipated Migratory Bird Day. You don't want to miss this one! Bring your donation and stay a while! General admission gets you in and members are free! Sign up here: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/7tf6zqf
#MigratoryBirdDay #migratorybirds #detroitzoo #babyanimals #wildlifeeducation #wildliferehab #donate
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Do you guys have an amazon page for purchasing helpful items? I've done this with amazon before with a shelter
Kieralyn Kirkpatrick
Jan Kotlarek Kirkpatrick
A gorgeous day at our Lakeview Lodge! Did you know you can have an event here? Yes you can! 😃 Corporate events, birthdays, graduations—give us a call to discuss the details. There are several lodges to choose from. #lodge #naturelovers #birthdayparty #GraduationParty #howellmi #corporateevents
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Chris Goins I didn't know you could have birthday parties here! Probably too late for this year but we should look into it for next year maybe.
🐜🌸 Witness the incredible teamwork of nature's tiny architects! Today at the Howell Nature Center, I captured an amazing video of a bustling ant colony where the ants were busy carrying beautiful flower petals. It's a mesmerizing sight!
Did you know? Ants are incredible foragers and play a crucial role in our ecosystem. These industrious creatures can carry objects many times their own weight and are vital in the processes of soil aeration and decomposition. Stay tuned as we explore more wonders of nature! Research has highlighted that certain species of ants can lift up to 50 times their body weight, with the neck joint of the common American field ant specifically designed to withstand pressures up to 5,000 times the ant’s own weight. This extraordinary strength is due to their light bodies and muscular structure, optimized for carrying heavy loads without the burden of supporting a large body mass like humans
#naturelovers #smallbutmighty #HowellNatureCenter #TeamworkInNature #michiganwildlife #antcolony #wildflowers
References: www.trvst.world/biodiversity/ant-facts/ - entomologytoday.org/2014/02/11/ants-can-lift-up-to-5000-times-their-own-body-weight-new-study-sug...
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