[TRENDING: What to know about Biden’s COVID-19 strategy | 2021 Bike Week will happen| Florida no longer releasing overdue vaccine numbers]“This happens a lot,” she laughs, before picking up one of the many calls she received while we were there.
Westerveld is a full time volunteer for Back To Nature Wildlife Refuge. Calls to the organization’s hotline get transferred to her.The Orlando nonprofit’s mission is to rescue, raise, rehabilitate and release injured and orphaned Florida native species.
The 20-acre property also features a wildlife walk dedicated to education.Westerveld was a volunteer at Back To Nature Wildlife Refuge until illness made it difficult for her to work on site.“A lot of people with chronic illness feel useless,”.