Ohio Nature Education
4782 Riley Road
Johnstown, OH 43031
740.967.8320
How to Help
Ohio Nature Education receives no tax dollars, no state funding, or no federal funding! We exist solely on program fees, donations, and grants. The amount of money that we generate directly correlates with how many animals that we can provide a permanent home for or rehabilitate and release.
There are many ways that you can help; many you can do right now, such as donating through PayPal -- a safe way to shop online!
You can help support Ohio Nature Education's mission to educate about the wonders of our natural world by adopting one of our education animals through our Adopt-an-Animal program. Your adoption fees help us feed and care for these animals. See below for more details on our revamped benefits for this vital, and fun, program.
We created this program in an effort to provide people with a special opportunity to sponsor and "develop a relationship," with ONE's education animals. And, coincidentally, our Adopt-an-Animal program helps greatly with the costs of feeding our resident ambassadors. The expenses involved in maintaining healthy, well-adjusted education animals are not insignificant.
Choose an animal or animals that you would like to sponsor. There are various levels for you to choose from. This is also a great gift for that hard to shop for person in your life and a unique gift!
Adoption Plans
Reward yourself and help ONE by adopting one of our education ambassadors. You will gain a special wild friend while lending support for your adopted animal's care and feeding. Adoptions make an excellent gift and are good for one full year. What better way to say, "I care about Ohio Nature Education's important work!" We offer five different adoption levels for anyone to help support Ohio Nature Education and its animals.
How to Adopt
Click here to download our adoption form. Print and fill out the form and send it to us along with your adoption fees. If you have difficulties, you may also contact us at (740) 967-8320 or e-mail for adoption assistance.
Ohio Nature Education needs committed board members and volunteers to help us fulfill our mission and reach our goals. We want your time and your special talents as we have a lot of work ahead of us! We're providing the community with an ever-increasing number of programs, and we've added education animals to our "family." Currently, we need fundraisers, PR people, financial wizards, attorneys, cage builders, animal care, and education program volunteers. In short, we need all of you. If you have time, volunteer! If you have special talents, share them with us! If you can help us raise the funds and supplies to house and feed our animals, we welcome you with open wings and outstretched paws! Please download our volunteer interest form to become an Ohio Nature Education board member and/or volunteer. E-mail or call her at (740) 967-8320 for more information.
Too busy to volunteer but still want to help? Become a member of Ohio Nature Education and support our work of providing a home for permanently injured wild animals and environmental education! Another great gift idea for Mother's Day, Father's Day, anniversaries, and birthdays! As with our Adopt-an-Animal program, your membership makes you a vital and supporting part of ONE. Your membership will help us house and care for our education animals, and we welcome your support with the following levels:
It's tax deductible and an awesome way to support our wildlife ambassadors! We now offer online donations via PayPal, or you may also download our donation form and mail your donation to us as well. If you would like to make an online donation, look for the "Make a Donation" button in the top right-hand corner of every page!
You can help Ohio Nature Education out and not have to spend any extra money! How? Ohio Nature Education has partnered with the Kroger company and is able to sell you pre-paid shopping cards. These cards work exactly like cash at the register, don't cost any extra money, and ONE gets 5% of the proceeds from the sale of these cards! Please e-mail or call (740) 967-8320 to learn more about this program and to order your pre-paid shopping card. It's a win-win proposition; our animals benefit from every purchase!
This list changes periodically, so check back often to see what our current needs are. For your convenience, you may also download and print this list.
- Produce of all kinds, but especially fruit -- fresh or frozen
- High quality canned or dry cat food and dog food
- Soup bones (the foxes will thank you!)
- Unsalted, shelled peanuts
- Other shelled hard nuts (almonds, walnuts, brazil nuts, etc.) for the squirrels
- Night crawlers (all months except winter) for the turtles
- Mealworms for the bats and flying squirrels -- we go through tens of thousands annually
- Paper towels
- Garbage bags - both trash bags & tall kitchen bags
- Disinfecting wipes
- Hand sanitizer
- Dish soap (Dawn preferred)
- Chore boys and other dish scrubbers
- Live crickets from area pet stores for tarantulas and other critters
- Bales of straw
- Top soil
- Building materials
- Sunflower seed - striped or black oilers
In addition, the following stores have a wish list of items that you can purchase from them on behalf of Ohio Nature Education throughout the holiday season:
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