<div>My name is Jyl Gaskin. I have been a licensed wildlife rehabilitator for over 30 years. When people ask what I do, I tell them “I rehabilitate wildlife…but only if they are really ready to change.” I get a lot of blank stares. Not everyone appreciates my sense of humor. Some wonder if I have one.
</div>
<div>Anyway, I have actually done this most of my life, starting when I was 10 years old and raised a handful of baby cottontails that our DNR friend brought me. My father was not amused, but his friend said “Oh don’t worry Bob, they’ll die” He didn’t know me well enough and from then on, my life was filled with baby and injured animals, reptiles and birds. My mother NEVER opened the top drawer of my dresser if there was a heating pad cord coming out of it. She just didn’t want to know.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>I’m 72 now. (you do the math, I’m too tired and old) and for the last 30 of those years, I have been here in the Traverse City Michigan area, raising, treating, and releasing anywhere between 60 to 100+ animals and reptiles each year. Spring and summer are the busiest and there can be fawns, squirrels, raccoons, possums or a bobcat kit running around. Oh, we mustn’t forget the 100-pound tortoise that I somehow got stuck with. He lives in my studio in the winter and farts a lot. I don’t do as much art as I did before he came.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>As a wildlife rehabber, we don’t get paid. I have often asked for at least, a free T shirt, but to no avail. What kind of place expects you to work for free and doesn’t even give you a free t shirt? Consequently, all expenses come from our pockets to feed, house and treat the animals. It gets expensive, especially specialized formulas and foods.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Fortunately, people are often generous, slipping a $20 bill in my pocket as they hand over a squirming fawn or a box of squirrels. (Laundry day is always exciting.) Other donations arrive in the mail or from the go fund me page I used to have. I hope this one works just as well, I like it when I can afford cat food, cage litter AND coffee. I’m so much nicer if I have coffee. I can even forgo that free T shirt.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Thank you for looking at this page. Thank you even more if you donate. I may not save the world, but I can maybe save one animal at a time.
</div>

Paul Kirhagis

Nancy Temkin

gail maison

Anonymous

Suzanne Nixon

Susan Flynn

Carol Barnas

Janice Alexis Mekula

Philip Garno

Kimberly White

Donate to Jyl's Animal Rehab Efforts

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

currencyCode

Money Box Donation List Prompt Experiment Audience

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

NPO upsell education category

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

NPO recommendations prod

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

Native 11.3.0 and above

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

categoryGroup

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

NPO upsell animals category

NPO upsell disaster relief category

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

NPO upsell essential needs category

NPO upsell medical category

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

NPO upsell cancer category

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

Just $710$ to go! Make an impact.

Donate to Jyl's Animal Rehab Efforts

Just $710 to go!
Make an impact.