{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"S2E5: Healing Is for the Birds","description":"There\u2019s something you need to know up front about this particular episode: It\u2019s for the birds! All of them! Raptors, Songbirds, Scavenger Birds, Owls, I could go on and on. \ud83d\udc26\ud83e\udd85\ud83e\udd83\ud83e\udd89 Mainly because I love trying to identify different types of birds. In fact, one of my family\u2019s favorite movies is called \u201cThe Big Year\u201d with Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson. We watch it frequently and enjoy identifying the various birds who land on our fence or in the trees next to it. But this is nothing compared to today\u2019s guest. Her whole life is birdified! Wendy Perrone is the Founder and Executive Director of the Three Rivers Avian Center (TRAC) in Brooks, West Virginia. TRAC is located right next to the New River Gorge National Park in the southern portion of the New River Gorge National River down by Sandstone Falls Overlook. Wendy and her husband Ron founded TRAC back in 1990, and they still run it to this day. That\u2019s 31 years of bird rescue, rehabilitation, and reintroduction from the property on which they live. 31 years is a long time so you can count on my asking Wendy about succession planning and the future of the organization. Wendy was a delight to interview. I always find someone\u2019s path into the sector interesting, and you\u2019ll be amazed at what Wendy and her husband did prior to starting TRAC! The thing is, now that they\u2019ve had the organization for so many years, it\u2019s hard to imagine them doing anything else! With a rather remote location, you might be surprised to know TRAC receives injured birds from all over the state\u2014I think you\u2019ll be impressed with how the birds are transported. Can you say \u201cvolunteer coordination\u201d?! By the time you\u2019re done listening to this podcast, you\u2019ll be observing birds from a whole new perspective. I\u2019m so happy you\u2019re here to learn about the important work Wendy Perrone is doing at Three Rivers Avian Center and what her plans are to keep it going long after she\u2019s gone--not that she\u2019s leaving anytime soon! ","author_name":"Your Nonprofit Life","author_url":"https:\/\/yournonprofitlife.com","html":"