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Did you have fun searching for eggs when you were a kid? Relive the feeling with the 4th Annual Indiana House Rabbit Society Adult Easter Egg Hunt. We’ll be hunting for hidden eggs and giving away prizes!

Saturday, April 23rd at 2:30 PM
West Park, 2700 W 116th Street, Carmel

$5 fee to participate
100% of the registration fees will be used for food, supplies and veterinary care for rabbits in foster care.

Eggs are filled with a variety of candy, as well prize tickets.  Participants must be over 18 years old and bring a container to carry collected eggs. Registration will be from 2:30 to 3 PM. Egg collecting will begin promptly at 3 PM.  Please return all eggs at the end of the event.

Park Information: http://www.carmelclayparks.com/index.asp?action=parksgrnways_west

Advertising Flyer: 2011 Easter Egg Hunt Flyer.pdf

** We’ll need volunteers to help us advertise this event and help to set up on the day of the Easter Egg Hunt. Please contact Karen at karen@indianahrs.org to find out how you can help at the Easter Egg Hunt!

Keep it a secret from the bunnies!

Hi Everyone,

Our annual tradition of giving to the foster rabbits continues this holiday season.  We are meeting on November 22nd to create “Christmas magic” by assembling the foster rabbit baskets/bags, stuff toilet paper/paper towel tubes with hay.

We are in need of the following items:

Treats for Santa’s Helpers

Suggestions for Items for the baskets/bags:
Hay (orchard, mountain grass)
Toys
Chew toys
Toss Toys
Twigs
Pinecones
Willow treats
Herbs
Alfalfa/Timothy cubes
ETC.

Please e-mail Susan Moran at susiestamper@sbcglobal.net with Your name, time that works best for you, and what you would like to contribute.  Susan will also provide the location of the gift basket assembly to protect the privacy of our volunteer who has so generously donated her home

If we keep tally…we can make sure we have a good variety of items for our foster rabbits.

Help IHRS Help Foster Rabbits

Get ready for National Volunteer Week 2008, coming on April 27-May 3. It’s an incredible opportunity to help Indiana HRS foster rabbits.

“National Volunteer Week is a terrific opportunity to harness the growing, nationwide surge in volunteerism,” said Greg Baldwin, president of VolunteerMatch. “It’s a chance for individuals to reach out and discover fun and meaningful volunteer activities in their own neighborhoods.”

Visit www.volunteermatch.org and enter your ZIP code to receive an up-to-date listing of local volunteer activities

Getting involved is truly as simple as turning on your computer. Make a difference: Connect for National Volunteer Week at www.volunteermatch.org.

If one of our volunteer activities listed on Volunteermatch does not appeal to you, please contact volunteers@indianahrs.org for additional volunteer opportunities.  Some examples include:

Clean litterboxes and socialize foster rabbits in one of our foster homes

Spend some time with one of our experienced volunteers and our foster rabbits at our Petco adoption centers

Purchase greens for foster rabbits in our Petco adoption centers

Purchase toys and watch our foster rabbits have a great time playing with them