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A belief that wild animals who have been orphaned or injured deserve a second chance is what motivates the nonprofit Fox Valley Wildlife Center. “We have an open house coming up from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, (with) games, refreshments, presentations and tours,” says Kaitlin Zordan, education coordinator.

Caring for and tending to wild animals who have been orphaned or injured is a shared passion for volunteers with the nonprofit Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellyn. The center hopes the passion will spread to even more possible volunteers. “We have a very active program of volunteers,” says Chris Linnell, volunteer services coordinator. In the last fiscal year, 206 people volunteered more than 18,000 hours to the center, Linnell says. “They share an affinity with wildlife. They definitely want to help.”