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Summary of My Volunteer Work

ARC of Dallas

Taught computer corses for young adults with mental disabilities. Helped with activities and outings. Selected as "Volunteer of the Year."

Rogers Wildlife, Hutchins, TX

Cleaned bird cages and provided food and water. Transported birds and other wildlife for rehab. My best friend at Rogers Wildlife was Twister, a Rock Dove and permanent resident. Kathy Rogers provided lifetime homes to injured birds who could not be released. Lifetime residents would have care, the noise and company of other birds and humans, for the duration of their life! This was the promise and allure to me of Rogers Wildlife. Rogers Wildlife is 67 miles R/T from my home. Rogers Wildlife

City of Carrollton Wildlife and Environmental Advisory Committee (WEAC)

Member and Chair. WEAC was formed after the City of Carrollton plowed down trees of an egret rookery in a city park which injured and killed many protected migratory birds. Kathy Rogers and Rogers Wildlife worked to rescue and rehab many birds. My work on WEAC introduced me to Kathy Rogers and Rogers Wildlife where I subsequently served as a volunteer.

Denton County Environmental Task Force

Member. Meetings were held in the Historic Denton Court House on the Denton City Square which is 46 miles R/T from home.

DFW Ambassador

5 years of helping passangers at DFW Airport navigate the six terminals. Most notable were effors to guide pasengers to other terminals for connections after initial arrival and time constraints. DFW Airport Ambassador Program

Love Field Helper

Helped passangers find the appropriate ground transportation, baggage claim, and parking garages.

Care and Advocacy For Selected Carrollton Trees

Work involved watering, hand-trimming grass around the trunk base, and advocasy. Extensive care was provided to the Division Street Palm at the Carrollton Rosemeade Rainforest pool, the adjacent Pond Cypress, and my Legacy Burr Oak in Timbercreek Park. Other city trees were cared for on an as needed basis. This work covered more than 20 years and intensified after the Division Street Palm was moved from Arlington to the Carrollton Rainforest Pool area in December 2009. I am working on a website devoted to the Division Street Palm entitled divisionstreetpalm.org which will be released soon!

Hutchins, Texas 6/24/2005

Kathy Rogers with Young Vulture and Egret at Rogers Wildlife Shelter Building

Hutchins, Texas 6/24/2005

Hawk Rehabilition at Rogers Wildlife.

Hutchins, Texas 6/24/2005

Owl Rehabilation at Rogers Wildlife.

Hutchins, Texas 6/24/2005

Kathy Rogers with 2 juvenile Gret Blue Herons.

Hutchins, Texas 6/24/2005

Kathy Rogers and Volunteer Treated a Duck's Unextended Webbed Foot

Hutchins, Texas 6/24/2005

An Owl Being Rehabbed Watches Me Closely as I Take a Picture

Hutchins, Texas 5/24/2005

Kathy Rogers loved all animals and appears here with a special friend at Rogers Wildlife.

Hutchins, Texas 7/4/2005

Care was given to throngs of small birds in numerous cages at Rogers Wildlife.

Hutchins, Texas 7/29/2005

Here is an injured hawk I transported to Rogers Wildlife from a veterinarian offce near my home.

Hutchins, Texas 7/29/2005

Kathy Rogers and staff member immediately go to work patching up the hawk. Most vet offices are not equipped or experienced in the rehab of wild birds.

Hutchins, Texas 8/3/2005

Busy Kathy one the phone with work in hand.

Hutchins, Texas 8/3/2005

Kathy, always at work, hand feeding an owl. As busy as she was, she always had time for volunteers and to answer questions.

Hutchins, Texas 8/12/2005

Spaceous owl enclosure with staring residents.

Hutchins, Texas 8/12/2005

Barn owl in saparate Barn Owl enclosure.

Hutchins, Texas 10/5/2005

A large number of ducks were in enclosures but also free to roam at Rogers Wildlife.

Hutchins, Texas 5/27/2006

A juvenile owl being hand fed at Rogers Wildlife. Many orphaned birds were cared for and rehabbed at Rogers Wildlife.

Hutchins, Texas 2/10/2006

There were and are many exotic birds at Rogers Wildlife. My favorite bird was Twister; a Rock Dove (Common pigeon). When I worked at Rogers Wildlife I always cleaned Twister's cage and provided him with fresh food and water. Kathy told me he was probably hit by a car and had a neurological injury. Because of this he could never be released.

Hutchins, Texas 11/3/2006

Twister received his name because he would often do a rotation dance within his cage. To me Twister was special and reflected the magic of Rogers Wildlife. Twister, an injured bird with no hope of release, had a caring home for life in the cacaphonous company of many other birds and nuturing humans. Without Rogers Wildlife, he would have no future! This was one of the main reasons I volunteered at Rogers Wildlife and cared for my dear friend Twister.

Arlington, Texas 5/10/2009

I discovered the Division Street Palm on a trip home from the University of Texas at Arlington. Periodically, I surrupticiously would travel 26 miles from my home to the tree very eary Sunday mornings with 5 gallen buckets to water The Division Street Palm. The bridge shoulder was narrow and I recall struggling to lift the buckets out of my car and over the guardrail to access the base of the tree on a steep slope and tight spacing. I was awed by the size of this unusual tree that without care grew to envelop an adjacent light pole and approach overhead wires.

Arlington, Texas 9/19/2009

In my travels back and forth from UT Arlington I would always admire and check the condition of the tree. I became concerned when I noticed a large construction project developing all around the Division Street Palm. After some research I discovered that the Division Street overpass to TX360 was to be replaced. I began contacting government and private organizations to save the tree but no help developed. Finally, I wrote an email to Jacquielynn Floyd, columnist for the Dallas Morning News, and she asked for a meeting at the tree in Arlington.

Arlington, Texas 12/11/2009

Jacquielynn Floyd wrote a column about the plight of the tree which resulted in action the very next day after publication. Lorri Dennis, City of Carrollton Arborest, and Brian Hafkesbring, head of Carrollton Tree contractor The Tree Place, hatched a plan to move the tree to the Carrollton Rainforest Pool.

Arlington, Texas 12/11/2009

The tree move was tumultuous with many ups and downs. TXDOT worked to clear heavy concrete slabs from around the base of the tree and also provided traffic control. In this image Brian Hafkesbring, in a rented large forklift, carries the removed Division Street Palm to the Tree Place trailer for the trip to Carrollton.

Carrollton, Texas 12/11/2009

The Division Street Palm arrives in Carrollton leaving many years of life in Arlington behind. Huge supporters Lorri Dennis and Jacquielynn Floyd stand on the LHS of this image. Half the job seemed to be done but there were more challenges to be addressed!

Carrollton, Texas 12/11/2009

Robert Halfkesbring tried to rotate the tree into the pre-dug planting hole with a Bobcat but the massive tree was too much for the small Bobcat and the tree slipped from the equipment's grasp and crashed to the ground a number of times. Chad Hyde, Carrollton Parks Manager, ordered a loader to help with the emplacement. The tree fell into place with the extra help.

Carrollton, Texas 12/25/2009

The first Christmas for the Division Street Palm was white. This image reflects the complete job the Tree Place finished to establish the tree in the new home with solid bacing terminated with concrete footings.

Carrollton, Texas 9/2/2011

I developed a routine to water the Division Street Palm weekly during the hot, dry season (approximately 6 months) and provide reports to the Parks Manager on my work and the condition of the Division Street Palm.

Carrollton, Texas 6/25/2013

I also hand trimmed grass around the base of the tree to protect the trunk from weed eaters. Initially I watered the tree by hand with the coiled hose the city provided. Another task I added to my routine was filling buckets with water, using the coiled hose, and carrying them in my car to Timbercreek Park to irrigate my Legacy Tree.

Carrollton, Texas 12/21/2014

My work itinerary increased as I noticed under watered cypress trees adjacent to the Division Street Palm. I would fill buckets using the coiled hose and then carry the water to the cypress trees. I monitored conditions and watered outside of the normal dry season on occasion.

Carrollton, Texas 9/17/2015

When the irrigation system was down I would fill buckets with water from my home to irrigate the tree.

Carrollton, Texas 8/11/2016

Hand watering in the Texas summer heat was difficult so eventually I used one of my soaker hoses attached to the coiled hose to irrigate the Division Street Palm.

Carrollton, Texas 10/4/2018

I kept a close watch on the Division Street Palm during a major construction project where the old pool building was demolished and a new one constructed. The irrigation system was down during construction but the city applied Gator bags and periodically filled them with water from a city tanker truck.

Carrollton, Texas 7/31/2019

Construction barriers are now removed but bucket irrigation was necessary during the maximum heat of the summer with the irrigation system near the tree down. The city subsequently installed a new valve, hose, and box near the old location prior to construction.

Carrollton, Texas 8/6/2019

The new hose was much longer than the previous hose and reached into the cypress grove adjacent to the Division Street Palm. My soaker hose deployed around the base of the Division Street Palm is reflected in this image.

Arlington, Texas 8/13/2019

With the construction project completed and new water source installed i could return to my usual watering routine.

Arlington, Texas 9/12/2019

The Division Street casts a shadow to the northwest with my car, loaded with buckets for my Legacy Tree in Timbercreek Park, in the background. During times when my car was down, I would place grass trimmers and my camera in a bucket, throw a soaker hose over my shoulder, and walk to the Division Street Palm using an alley shortcut from my home.

Carrollton, Texas 10/6/2020

The Division Street Palm always looked best in the Fall and often had a bumper crop of fruit evident in this image.