by Mary Ann Andrukiewicz February, 2013 I was thinking about how to open this piece when I heard the song “Home” by Phillip Phillips, American Idol winner. I dedicate this song to the Oasis. “Home” is what the Oasis staff…
By Ozzy Rosales August, 2011 During the month of August 2011, I drove out to The Oasis Sanctuary from San Diego, California. I was there not to volunteer or to visit the beautiful compound out in the Arizonan high desert…
Major Projects Completed…A Special Thanks to Some Skilled Volunteers Michael, Jeanne & Dylan Shafer Jan and Joel Schreibman Clarke & Kristen Davis By Julie Dyson, Associate Director July, 2015 So what do you visualize when you think of coming to…
By Susan Platt, Volunteer March, 2015 Another day begins at The Oasis; it takes a team. The work day starts early: 8:00 AM in winter, 7:00 AM in summer. Everyone gathers in the office to clock, or rather, “screech” in,…
We just want to share with you, our friends, that the new Pole Barn is being erected and we are all excited that the birds will have a new, secure, stable structure to house them. We worked hard to raise…
Phillipe The Early Years By Sybil Erden, Founder Phillipe was one of the first Macaws to come to my home in 1997, in the days before The Oasis became a non-profit. We had already applied for incorporation and non-profit status,…
At "Discover the Oasis 2012" 0n May 12, 2012, Julie Dyson, our Associate Director of Administration, told the following story. It was so well received that we wanted to share it with all. This is the story of Haley, a…
“I did dishes today and couldn’t believe that three hours into cleaning 500 bowls I still had hot, hot water! It never ran out. It was wonderful”. A quote from Janet Trumbule, the Executive Director of Administration at The Oasis…
By Sybil Erden, with Jean Gauthier and Janet Trumbule - December 16, 2010 The hardest part of running or working at an animal sanctuary is not the tedium of cleaning and feeding…it is not fund-raising or business stresses….it is when one…
By Sybil Erden, Founder - August 2, 2008 As most of you are aware of by now, since April 6, 2008, The Oasis been working almost daily to get an abandoned American Macaw named Gulliver back to the US. He…