Donate Goods
Our Hospital Wish List has practical donations like food, linens, and cleaning products we regularly need.
Donations can be dropped off at the MARS Wildlife Hospital at 1331 Williams Beach Road, Merville, BC or mailed to P.O. Box 415, Merville, BC, V0R 2M0.
Many specific items are found on our annotated Amazon Wish List.
Got refundables? See our Donate Funds page.
Urgent Needs
We are in particular need of:
- Beef (cuts, not ground)
- Chicken: whole, breasts, or thighs (human grade, from store or butchers)
- Esbilac: puppy milk replacer
- Kaytee Exact Handfeeding Formula
- KMR: kitten milk replacer
And these items:
- Nitrile gloves (particularly smalls and medium)
- Paper towel
- Pillow cases
- Unscented laundry soap
Everyday Needs
The small things really help, and we are always on the lookout for bits and pieces, odds and ends, such as:
Everyday food needs:
- Canned dog food (not raw at the moment)
- Fish (fresh or frozen whole fish under 24″)
Everyday items needs:
- Any chewable / edible toys for small mammals and birds (available at Feathered Addictions)
- Cuttlebone (calcium supplement for bird patients)
- Dish soap (Dawn is best for our needs)
- Facial tissues / Kleenex
- Garbage bags (small kitchen bags and large black ones)
- Heating pads (That do not auto-shut off. Examples can be found on our Amazon Wish List.)
- Human vitamins or supplements (Vitamin B1, Vitamin D, Vitamin A, Vitamin E capsules, Cod Liver Oil with Vitamin A & D, Calcium, etc)
- Pet medications (Metacam, Clindamycin / Antirobe, Clavaseptin, Clavamox, Baytril, etc)
- Puppy pads
- Stuffed animals (without pellets or beans)
- Toddler / pet safe toys
- Unscented bleach
- Working heat lamps
Linens:
- Duvet covers
- Fitted sheets
- Flat sheets
- Fleece blankets
- Hospital pads
- Towels (particularly medium and large)
If you have anything useful and not on the list above, please call our hospital at 250-337-2021.
Linens we are unable to accept:
- Anything with holes and dangerous loose threads
- Clothing
- Comforters
- Curtains
- Duvets
- Knitted or crocheted items (they snag toes and fingers)
- Mattress protectors
- Pillows
- Shower curtains
- Table cloths
- Wash cloths
Unable to accept
It is very hard to say no to generous people, but there are just some items we can’t accept!
Food we are unable to accept:
- Any food other than chicken (our fridges and freezers are full!)
- Anything freezer-burned or over 2 years old
- Apples
- Bullfrogs
- Garden potatoes
- Ground meat of any kind (chicken, turkey, beef, or pork)
- Home-raised poultry or waterfowl meat or eggs (this may change in the future when our Avian Influenza restrictions change)
- Lead shot venison / elk
- Pork (as it is not fed to patients)
Items for the Hospital:
- Anything rusted or cracked (kennels with breakages or rusted parts)
- Aquariums
- Certain toys and linens (information can be round in the lists above)
- Rodent cages
- Used bike or car tires
- Wire dog crates (this may change in the future, we are currently unable to store them)
If you have something that you think might benefit wildlife care, call 250-337-2021 and leave a message. We will be happy to get back to you.
Items for the Visitor Centre:
We generally cannot accept items for resale such as framed art, used furniture, coffee table books, single copies of books, etc. We don’t have the volunteers or the space required to store, advertise, and sell unique items.
We can sometimes sell donated goods that are wildlife-themed but these are accepted at the manager’s discretion.
If you have something that might suit our gift shop, please email the gift shop manager at giftshop@marswildliferescue.com.
Donated native trees and plants will be considered by the habitat restoration team; some plants don’t suit our site.
If you have something that might suit our exhibits hall, please use our contact form .
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See current and everyday needs and learn what items we can and cannot accept.
