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READ OUR MAY 2025 NEWSLETTER HERE!  SCWC MAY 2025 NEWSLETTER
SECOND CHANCE ACHIEVES HIGHEST POSSIBLE RATINGS BY TOP CHARITY EVALUATORS!
We’re excited to share some news! Charity Navigator, the nation’s largest charity evaluator, recently evaluated Second Chance Wildlife Center on a wide range of criteria and awarded us with Four-Stars – the highest possible rating! Charity Navigator’s impartial, third-party evaluation validates our organization’s effectiveness, reliability, and financial accountability. Similarly, another highly respected and impartial charity evaluator, Candid/Guidestar, recently reviewed SCWC on multiple criteria and awarded us with its highest rating, Platinum. Thank you for being an integral part of our mission as Second Chance Wildlife Center supporters, staff, and volunteers. Your trust and support help us make an important difference for the people and wildlife we serve.

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Interested in the latest happenings at SCWC and what it takes to rehabilitate wildlife? Click below to read PDF’s of recent SCWC newsletters:

SCWC Holiday 2024 Newsletter

SCWC Sept 2024 Newsletter

SCWC May 2024 Newsletter

SCWC Holiday 2023 Newsletter

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Thanks to a wonderful anonymous donor, each unrestricted donation made to Second Chance Wildlife Center (www.SCWC.org) from today through December 31, 2024, will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to ONE MILLION DOLLARS!

With our new, custom-designed facility in Clarksburg, Maryland on track for completion later this year, this matching gift campaign is a fantastic opportunity to have your monetary donations doubled (at no extra cost to you!) to help Second Chance increase its animal care capacity, upgrade existing medical equipment, and to build its operational fund and reserves for future needs.

Donations to this matching campaign at any level are deeply appreciated. Individuals or groups making unrestricted donations of $10,000 or more are eligible to have a room or outdoor enclosure at the new facility named in honor of a person, group, family, or business until all spaces have been designated (first-come, first-served). This is a wonderful way to leave a lasting legacy for precious wildlife in need. For more information, contact Maureen Smith via email: MSmith@scwc.org.

Included below are recent photos of the facility in progress and the architect’s rendering of what the completed clinic building will look like. Please follow us on Facebook (www.Facebook.com/SCWC.org), Instagram (@SecondChanceWildlifeCenter), and on our website (www.SCWC.org/News) for more updates and images along the way.

Donations by check are preferred due to third-party processing fees charged for online/credit card payments.

At this time, checks should be sent to our current location:

Second Chance Wildlife Center

7101 Barcellona Drive

Gaithersburg, MD 20879

Should you choose to make your gift online via credit card (subject to a processing fee by a third-party vendor) click on the “donate” tab on www.SCWC.org.

To keep our phone lines open for animal rescue emergencies, general questions about this campaign should be e-mailed to: info@scwc.org. Baby Season, our busiest time of year, has begun but we will do our best to respond within 2 business days.

To the generous donor who is making this campaign possible, and to all our wonderful supporters, we send our heartfelt appreciation on behalf of the thousands of injured, ill, and orphaned animals entrusted to our care each year.

A WONDERFUL VIDEO! Releases are the BEST part of our jobs and are made possible by the skilled work of our Clinic Team and by the generous donations from supporters. Please watch this video and we guarantee it will warm your heart!  SCWC Releases Compiled 12-2023

Read the SCWC 2023 Holiday newsletter here! Featuring wonderful stories of wildlife returning home for the holidays thanks to SCWC and our supporters!

 

10/13/23 – SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER’S NEW, CUSTOM-DESIGNED FACILITY IS UNDERWAY! Click Here: SCWC New Facility Ground breaking WEB Press Release 10-13-23

Artist’s rendering of new facility’s main medical building

Board Members and Staff Leaders break ground for SCWC’s new facility

READ OUR SPRING/SUMMER NEWSLETTER HERE: SCWC May-June 2023 Newsletter

 

Hannah Wilson named Clinic Director
Hannah Wilson named Clinic Director
Hannah Wilson, a certified Master Wildlife Rehabilitator, was promoted to Clinic Director of Second Chance Wildlife Center in early 2022 following years of experience as a rehabber and Clinic Manager at Second Chance and, previously, as a wildlife rehabber at the Kevin P. Clinton Wildlife Center in Ohio. She is responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day animal care operations of the clinic and serves as supervisor to all clinic staff, interns, and volunteers.

SCWC Recognized with County Proclamation
SCWC Recognized with County Proclamation
In a meeting of the Montgomery County Maryland County Council, SCWC was presented with a Council proclamation recognizing SCWC’s 25 years of service to the community. We are honored to be recognized for our service and we could not have done this without tremendous support from our donors, staff, Board members, volunteers and interns. Thank you!
Full Proclamation