11/10/2026
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Hello Facebook friends and porcupine enthusiasts! Our recent posts of a porcupine spa day and freshly brewed porcupine tea have gained a surprising amount of traction that this page has never seen before! Because of this, we have tons of new followers who have joined along for the ride. We feel that this is a perfect opportunity to reintroduce ourselves to our new extended wildlife family, and give an overview of who we are and what we do (besides porcupine bathing of course).
Lucky Rehabilitation Center is a wildlife rehabilitation center located in the Hudson Valley region of New York. We take approximately 1,000 (and growing quickly) sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife into our care each season, with the ultimate goal of releasing them back into the wild. The species we service include both large and small mammals (squirrels, buns, deer etc.) as well as songbirds, birds of prey, and waterfowl.
LRC was founded and is run by a mother-daughter team, Sue and Maria Geel, as well as our local veterinarian and board member, Holly Stuerwald, DVM. We also are fortunate enough to have a team of 10 wildlife rehabilitators who are licensed through the NYS Department of Wildlife Conservation, as well as many volunteers who are currently working towards their licenses.
We are a 501c3 non for profit organization that relies on donations and support from our incredible followers to provide the care that our local wildlife so desperately deserve! Your support also extends further past the individuals placed in our care! Wildlife rehabbers in NYS act as one of the first lines of defense for the reporting of diseases, wildlife/human conflicts, population statistics, and many other aspects of conservation. We are here to assist the wildlife of today, but also to ensure that there will be an extensive future of healthy wildlife populations in NYS! For those of you concerned about the environmental impacts from the use of generative AI, we also as an organization do not use any AI for our marketing, communications or daily operations!
🎁🎁🎁With that, we also have a very exciting announcement as we head into the holiday season🎁🎁🎁
LRC will be opening an online, fundraising holiday gift auction! Our volunteer elves have been working tirelessly over the past few months to collect donations, most of which have all been graciously provided by small, local businesses. The auction will be opening on November 15th at midnight, and will run until December 12th at 6pm. 100% of all proceeds will go directly towards the care of our wildlife. The link to our auction page will be shared soon, so stay tuned and get excited for some holiday shopping fun!
We know that the holidays are an exciting time, but can also place extra stress on our environment with the increased production and shipping of commercial items. This is a chance to not only buy for your loved ones, but help the local environment while snagging deals well below retail prices!
