My Nonprofit Reviews

One of our friends recommended visiting the EWC, so we followed their advice, which resulted in one of the best weekends we'd had since moving to St.Louis!
We absolutely loved touring the facility, and enjoyed hearing about the center's recent progress in their mission in person from the staff, who happily satisfied our curiosity previously fueled only by our friend's memories. My son's favorite part of the trip was seeing the African painted dogs, who at first, just snuggled with each other, but eventually came up to greet us. He was a little confused when the tour guide, in response to his question, explained that no, they don't paint them with their colors when they're born and yes, each one is different. My daughter enjoyed making a game out of looking for the Mexican wolves, which, to their credit, did a great job blending into their surroundings. I'm very happy that we took our friend's advice, and visited. But most of all, I'm glad that my kids (and I) got to enjoy a unique outdoor experience, and simultaneously learn a few new things that altered our perspective. Later that week, when my daughter was watching Frozen, she pointed at the screen, where Kristoff and Anna were being attacked by wolves. "They don't do that," she said to me. I reassured her that yes, she was right. Wolves are way more afraid of us than we are of them. A week ago, that wouldn't have happened, because she wouldn't have known better. A week ago, wolves were still vicious creatures to us that deserved to be extinct. Now we know better.
As a bonus, I signed both of my children up for two weeks of Wolf Camp, a week-long camp at the EWC, which starts at 9 and goes until 3, which fits perfectly in my schedule most of the week, but on a few days I signed them up for extended care. They start next week, and can't wait!