Succession Plan for the Future: An Update

Thank You for the Wonderful Response

Our first supporter gathering filled within just a few hours!

Dear Friends and Supporters,

Thank you so much for the incredible response to our invitation to join us for our first supporter gathering and learn more about our Succession Plan for the Future. The event filled within just a few hours!

We’re so excited to welcome everyone who will be joining us on November 12, and even more excited about the possibility of making these gatherings a regular part of how we connect with our community.

We’re hoping to host four more gatherings seasonally in 2027, giving more of our supporters an opportunity to spend time on our campus, see our work firsthand, meet our team, and get to know Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue in a more personal way.

Interested in Future Gatherings?

If you were interested in joining us but weren’t able to RSVP before this first event filled, we would love to keep you in the loop about future gatherings.

We’ll use this list to let you know when invitations for upcoming gatherings become available.

Thank you, as always, for supporting Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue and for being part of the community that makes this work possible. We’re so grateful for your support and excited to share more of what’s ahead.

With gratitude,

Doris Duncan

Executive Director

Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue

The Invitation That Started It All

For anyone who would like to learn more about these gatherings and the vision behind them, we’ve included our original invitation below.

Dear Friends and Supporters,

Choosing where to bank and where to give your philanthropic dollars is a deeply personal decision, especially here in Sonoma County, where community relationships matter.

For decades, your generosity has helped make the work of Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue possible. Now, we would like to express our gratitude in a very special way: by inviting you to meet the people and plans that will carry this work into the future.

We are excited to offer you our first invitation to become part of our Succession Plan for the Future.

Philanthropy can begin at any point in our lives, and it can also be something we pass from one generation to the next. The relationships we build and the causes we choose to support can become part of our family and community legacy.

We invite you to watch this wonderful short video created and shared with us by Exchange Bank, a longtime partner in our community. Exchange Bank has helped safeguard the generosity of our supporters since 1981, right from the beginning of Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue.

At the end of the video, we would like to introduce you to a few of the people who represent the next generation of leadership at Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue. Their stories demonstrate what generational philanthropy and generational stewardship can look like in our community.

We would love for you to meet the people who are helping shape the future of Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue:

These are the people who will help carry forward the mission, knowledge, relationships, and values that have made Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue what it is today.

We would like to personally welcome you to our facility for a VIP behind-the-scenes tour, followed by a relaxed sit-down lunch.



This will be an opportunity to:

• See our work firsthand
• Meet the people who are helping shape our future
• Learn more about our succession planning
• Hear about exciting opportunities ahead
• Share a meal and conversation with others who care deeply about wildlife and our community
• Get to know one another a little better

And while you are always welcome to support Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue with a donation, this invitation is not a fundraising event.

This is our opportunity to say thank you, share what we have been building for the future, and invite you to be part of the next chapter.

Because we want to keep these gatherings intimate and conversational, space for this first event is limited. If this gathering fills, we hope you will consider joining us for a future one. If all goes well, we plan to offer these special gatherings seasonally, giving more of our supporters an opportunity to visit, connect, and learn more about the future of Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue.

Thursday, November 12, 2026

11:00 AM–1:00 PM

Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue

403 Mecham Road, Petaluma, CA 94952

We are very excited to open our doors and share our future with the people who have helped make our past possible.

We hope you will join us.

With gratitude,

Doris Duncan

Executive Director

Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue