Lemur Center Workday: Saturday, Oct 6

The Duke Lemur Center is the world's largest research facility for critically endangered lemurs from Madagascar. It's not every day that you have the opportunity to contribute to the conservation of these fascinating primates (yes, primates).

Upcoming Lemur Center Workday

Saturday, October 6

Morning: 10am - 12pm

Afternoon: 12:30 - 2:30pm

Contact us at nc.roots.shoots@gmail.com to sign up!

A Brown Lemur from within its enclosure.

Better yet, the Center is a mere 5 minute's drive from campus. 

The enclosures and part of the surrounding Duke Forest.

As a Workday volunteer, you will: 

1. Help to maintain the enclosures, prepare lemur food and even think of creative ways to keep these highly intelligent creatures occupied. 
2. Be entitled to a FREE TOUR in exchange for getting your hands dirty. 
3. Get to see many wonderful lemurs like the sifaka, the aye-aye and the bush baby (or two) in the flesh.

Nocturnal Lemur Housing : Fat-tailed dwarf lemurs chilling in a bucket.

Charles the satisfied volunteer, after helping to weed the enclosures. 

Featuring 3 photobombing Sifakas.

We've scheduled a Workday this Saturday, Oct 6, so contact us at nc.roots.shoots@gmail.com before limited spaces run out. There are 2 timeslots: 10am - 12pm and 1230 - 230pm. You may sign up for one or both timeslots.

If you have a car and are willing to help us out with the 5 minute drive to the Lemur Center, let us know. Please note that spaces are limited and drivers have priority. 

We can't wait to see you at the Duke Lemur Center.