A Village to Feed a Fawn

Acorn bucket I recently came across this bucket at one of our local coffee shops — a common drop and collection point for free goods, from books and magazines to excess zucchinis and figs. The bucket and its sign reminded me how much I like this dusty little town and its inhabitants, human and wild. So I called Jeff and asked him if I could write a blog post about the acorn collection program. He obliged with an enthusiastic rundown, emphasizing that I should really call the folks at the zoo and rescue. We chatted long enough to discover that, like everyone around here, he knows my dad. A few weeks later, Jeff posted on our community listserv, passing along an email from Kelly Garner, the fawn program manager at Sierra Wildlife Rescue. She shared photos of fawns feasting on the donated bounty, thanked the community, and reminded us to use only grocery-sized bags or 3-gallon buckets, as “anything larger can be tough for our volunteers to lift.” Kelly recently took over as fawn program…