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Mary Rottschafer
- Dec 5, 2019
- 1 min
Holiday fun across West Michigan- West Michigan Tourist Association
Enjoy the decorated barns & facility, as well as unique photo displays, and visit with cows, donkeys, goats, sheep, rabbits, and more
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Mary Rottschafer
- Dec 3, 2019
- 2 min
The History of The Live Nativity
For many years, the Critter Barn animals appeared in downtown areas, church yards, and even inside churches as people attempted to recreate
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Mary Rottschafer
- Nov 8, 2019
- 2 min
On The Border & Critter Barn Fundraiser- November 18, 2019
On November 18, join us from 11:00am at opening time to 9:00pm in the evening, when 20% of all sales... that's beverage and food.
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Mary Rottschafer
- May 17, 2019
- 2 min
Ground-Breaking Day
As we teach about farming with our classes, field trips, traveling farm events and public hour visiting… one thing remains constant:
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Mary Rottschafer
- May 9, 2019
- 1 min
'We're moving': Critter Barn to expand programming at new location- WZZM 13
After nearly 30 years and thousands of field trips, Ottawa County's longstanding educational farm is leaving its cozy, three-acre plot
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Mary Rottschafer
- May 1, 2019
- 1 min
Celebrate Egg month at the Critter Barn- Fox17
If you didn't know, May is actually National Egg month and Michigan ranks sixth in the nation for egg production. Here in West Michigan.
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Mary Rottschafer
- Apr 12, 2019
- 1 min
Help Us Reach 10,000 Followers!
Guys, we are so close to reaching our 10,000th follower on facebook. We want to ask you to do four simple things that will help us reach...
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Mary Rottschafer
- Apr 3, 2019
- 1 min
Critter Barn proposes move, larger site to allow more animals- MLIVE
ZEELAND TOWNSHIP - After 25 years of teaching children about animals and agriculture at its current location, the Critter Barn in Zeeland
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Mary Rottschafer
- Apr 1, 2019
- 1 min
Critter Barn draws hundreds of families for annual spring fling- Holland Sentinel
The spring fling event has been a tradition for years at Critter Barn, a nonprofit that works to educate and expose families to barn animals
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Mary Rottschafer
- Mar 26, 2019
- 2 min
NEW Volunteer Management Software - Easy Login, Shift Management, Profile Updates, and More!
Volunteer sign-up and registration SIMPLIFIED: Log-in now and follow the steps below: We hope you like it as much as we do! There are so...
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Mary Rottschafer
- Dec 25, 2018
- 1 min
GIVING BACK WITH CRITTER BARN-Urban St.
What impact does the Critter Barn have on the Community?
Critter Barn reconnects people with the natural world through a working farm.
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Mary Rottschafer
- Jul 2, 2018
- 1 min
Wilson & Wilson
Question: How long do Sheep live? Answer: There is a wide range of life span for sheep, and many outside factors that effect life span....
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Mary Rottschafer
- Jun 1, 2018
- 2 min
The Incredible Edible Egg
Do you shop for eggs at the store? Are they white or brown? How about green or blue? No? Yuck? Well before you pass judgement, read...
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Mary Rottschafer
- May 1, 2018
- 1 min
Cooper & Blue
An unlikely friendship. A friend called about a lame lamb that was too weak to stay in the barn with its mother. We adopted our guard...
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Mary Rottschafer
- Jun 27, 2017