OUR TEAM
And A Host Of Volunteers.OUR TEAM
And A Host Of Volunteers.VOLUNTEERS: a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task.
VOLUNTEERS: a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task.
John Owens entrepreneurial activities were a great inspiration to Robert. Flipping houses, building and maintaining rental properties, running a laundromat and building a woodworking business, all these things were part of “Bradford Enterprises.” One other point of explanation, today if something is nonfunctional, we call for assistance, Bob, not so much. His commitment to DIY in his many activities was such that his son was cleaning and painting rental properties, servicing washers and driers and other such activities from earliest youth. Let’s see, #3’s water heater is on the fritz again, #2’s swamp cooler isn’t cool enough and there’s water on the floor at the Laundry. Oy.
You see, I don’t have a single college credit to my name. Well, I did take a CCW course at Glendale CC, but that’s about it. The credits I DO have are decades of woodworking, building new things and repairing older stuff that didn’t always meet a very high design standard to begin with. When I saw habitat conditions where I live in Northern Arizona, I knew I could help. From the first load of water I picked up in Tusayan for the Thirsty Beasts in GMU 9, to the events that led to the formation of Wildlife Waterworks, to the present day, my only interest has been to improve the lot of the beasts we all love. (to be honest a few Tarantula hawks benefit as well, but that can’t be helped)
Come join the party wont you?
If you were to attempt to document her life experiences it would take a couple of library shelves A brief review; she left home in her teens, and bumped around California Oregon Nevada and Utah accumulating three children (and now) a host of grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Her journeys eventually landed her in Phoenix where she got together with Dan in 1986. Together they have two daughters and a granddaughter. We moved to the unincorporated community of Parks AZ in 2000. When a door latch snapped a few months ago she remarked “ this is the first place I’ve ever lived long enough for things to wear out!” I think that’s cool.
Tish is a great assistant. Her contributions are less direct, but tremendously valuable. she is a tremendous asset to our organization.
Amberly has spent the majority of her elementary school years finding neighbors to help and other work that needs doing, including finding her first pet-sitting job at 8 years old, and walking the 2-mile loop behind her house fundraising for her small school. Most recently, she spent many years putting on annual auctions with Northern Arizona Junior Livestock Association (NAJLA) for hard-working 4-H and FFA kids who got to see their years of hard work pay off. Amberly has spent the majority of her career working in the service and hospitality industry, developing skills she plans to put to excellent use here at Wildlife Water Works.