Peggy Jenkins, from Heaven's Wildlife Rescue, delivered exceptional programming for the Lambton County Library's 2017 Summer Reading Program. We had her out to seven locations and drew large local crowds to all participating branches.

Peggy brought a variety of live educational animals in to the branches and presented some animal trivia about each one. In addition to giving the kids an up close look at local Ontario wildlife, such as groundhogs, red eared slider turtle, painted turtle and skunks, Peggy did a fantastic job on educating the kids about the damage that humans can unwittingly cause to animals.

Peggy's passion in protecting local wildlife inspired the kids to ask lots of questions. She responded enthusiastically to the kids. She was able to adapt the program for both an indoor and outdoor space, and had interactive games that the kids could play to re-inforce the concept of safe disposal of waste items.

Peggy also brought all kinds of interesting display items, such as porcupine quills, a skunk pelt, shed snake skin, an ""identify the animal poop"" game and more. The kids were able to look at the various exhibits after she finished the talk, participate in the games.

Overall, I would strongly recommend Peggy Jenkins from Heaven's Wildlife Rescue for educational children's programming. The kids were energized, inspired and extremely enthusiastic participants in the program. Sincerely,

Lise Babcock

Heaven's Wildlife Rescue provided my students with a hands on look at wild animals that live in our local community. Peggy and the other presenters were engaging and knowledgeable.
They taught my students about real issues that are harming animals right here in our area and what they can do to help.
My students won't soon forget seeing Stinkerbutt, Ernie, Emma and Roo right here at our school.
My students still talk about the animals almost every day. Especially Stinkerbutt and Ernie.
Grade 1 Teacher, Lansdowne Public School

Laura Van Bunderen (Dezort)

Five Stars *****
Heaven’s Wildlife Rescue came to Sombra Museum’s Annual Blueberry Social during the first weekend of August and it was a fantastic experience!
We had and continue to have many positive comments about their presentation of the animals and Peggy and the volunteers’ knowledge. They brought two skunks, two turtles and Emma the opossum who was by far the star of the show! I personally enjoyed watching her walk around, learning about her opposable ‘thumbs’ and her diet, how she came to HWR and watching her devour fresh blueberries.
The experience was entertaining and educational and I saw many people, young and old, with smiles on their faces, fascinated by the entire presentation. I learned a lot that I did not know before (opossums eat ticks) and for many people, this was the first opportunity that they had to see these amazing animals.

Heaven’s Wildlife Rescue truly does save these animals’ lives and give them a second chance; all of the demonstration animals were injured and unable to return to the wild, so they likely would have been destroyed if they were not a part of HWR educational programming. Peggy and her staff were very attentive to the animals and made sure that they had plenty of water, food and experienced as little stress as possible with all of the people around. They really care about the animals.
HWR does great work with the animals and I overheard more than one person express interest In volunteering after hearing the presentation during our event. At Sombra Museum we would jump at the chance to have Peggy and her team to return to do more programming in the future.
I would highly recommend having them to your events or in your classrooms. Children and adults alike will enjoy the various programs. Kailyn Shepley Curator, Sombra Museum

Kailyn Shepley