"HELP FOR WILDLIFE SIGNS"

        

CLUB  COMMUNITY  SERVICE  PROJECT

Your Club can help injured wildlife in your local area, or other areas of the State, by supporting this worthy project as part of your Club's Community Service programme.  It simply involves your Club purchasing a Help for Wildlife sign, with your Club's name on the sign, and organizing the installation of the signs in your local area, or other areas of the State.   It is a win-win project as it indicates local Rotary support for injured wildlife through the  Help for Wildlife  network.   The sign provides a visual reminder that Rotary is active in your community with the Rotary wheel adjacent to your Club's name.

THE  HELP FOR WILDLIFE  SIGN with YOUR  CLUB  NAME and the ROTARY EMBLEM

The sign is an initiative of the Help for Wildlife network and was taken up by the Rotary Club of Lilydale as a local community service project in the Yarra Valley.  The cost of providing enough signs where wildlife injuries occurred was an issue.  The Rotary Club of Lilydale, with the assistance of the Help for Wildlife, prepared a submission to VicRoads for a sign, which contained the Rotary International emblem.  VicRoads has given their approval, subject to the sign size, font type and size, colours, and location of installation on roads.  The local municipal authority and/or VicRoads must approve the specific location of each  Help for Wildlife  sign.  It is the responsibility of the your Rotary Club to liase with the local municipal authority and/or local VicRoads office where the sign is to be installed, and install the sign.

PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOME CLUBS AND THEIR SIGNS

Below are some actual photographs of existing  Help for Wildlife  signs by Rotary Clubs in the Yarra Valley who have supported this project as part of their local Club's Community Service projects.  

              

ROTARY  PUBLICITY

Rotary Clubs are actively involved in a variety of projects, through the various Rotary Avenues of Service.  Often it is the international or national Community Service projects that receive the publicity and accolades, rather than local Club Community Service projects.  Rotary Clubs tend not to inform their local community, or the wider community, of the range or extent of their Club's involvement in community projects, let alone publicize or promote Rotary's commitment to particular projects.  The  Help for Wildlife  sign project indicates a Rotary Club's support for wildlife in their area, or elsewhere, as well as providing ongoing publicity for your Club and Rotary generally.  The Club name is on each  Help for Wildlife  sign as well as the Rotary emblem.  The Rotary Wheel is an internationally recognized symbol and draws attention to road travellers of Rotary's involvement in the area.

HELP  FOR  WILDLIFE

Help for Wildlife  is a 24 hour state-wide wildlife conservation and emergency service that operates as a volunteer, community based, non-for-profit, non-political organization. Established in 1995.  Help for Wildlife was initially established to assist distressed wildlife at all levels, to encourage a greater understanding and respect for the needs of wildlife, and to actively seek solutions to wildlife problems.  Help for Wildlife is the largest single provider of wildlife help within Victoria handling over 18,000 calls for assistance annually.

It has at its disposal, through training, professional links and partnerships, access to expertise in wildlife veterinary care, wildlife management and endangered and threatened species recovery.  It takes a multidisciplinary approach to issues relating to wildlife and is focussed on facilitating sustainable outcomes and solutions to wildlife issues.  It acts as a key educator to the general public and is, in most respects, an initial source point for such expertise.   It manages a fully equipped wildlife emergency response unit being the only one of its kind in Australia.  This response unit is on constant standby to attend wildlife emergencies such as oil and toxic spills, bushfires, floods, and is the principal veterinary unit attending the opening of the duck-shooting season.

Help for Wildlife attends to after hour emergency calls for many organizations including the Healesville Sanctuary. It has professional working relationships with the DSE, DPI, Parks Vic, Victorian Police, CFA, local Councils, Welfare Agencies, and others.

It has formed environmental partnerships with major developers to ensure wildlife corridors are established in new housing estates, regularly conducts workshops, lectures and field days on topics  such as care and handling of Australian wildlife.

Help for Wildlife established the first wildlife emergency road signs found throughout Victoria advising motorists of the direct 24-hour wildlife emergency number.  These signs have proven to be instrumental in saving many lives and minimizing the suffering of injured wildlife.

Help for Wildlife has a deep commitment to the welfare of Australian wildlife.

THE  HELP FOR WILDLIFE  KIT

The Rotary Club of Lilydale will supply a  Help for Wildlife  kit that comprises:

 -   850mm  high   x   900mm  wide.  

Your Rotary Club will need to:

  THE  HELP FOR WILDLIFE  SIGN COSTS

The costs of the  Help for Wildlife  kit are as follows.:-.

        Five      $1,000

The cost of freight and packaging can be eliminated if one of your Club members can collect the kit(s) from the Lilydale area, or arrange with the Rotary Club of Lilydale, a mutual pick-up point.

  HOW TO ORDER  HELP FOR WILDLIFE  SIGNS FOR YOUR CLUB

This Club Community Service project provides an ongoing promotion of Rotary in the community.  Your Rotary Club can order as many  Help for Wildlife  kits as required by contacting the Rotary Club of Lilydale by:-

HELP FOR WILDLIFE,  COORDINATOR

ROTARY CLUB OF LILYDALE

PO  BOX  127

LILYDALE

VICTORIA         3140

Mailto:  iwheeler50@hotmail.com

Detailed information on the Help for Wildlife Network can be found a  their  web-site  www.helpforwildlife.com