Events
Visitor Season 2025 - May to September
Starting May 2, 2025 we will be open Friday, Saturday & Sunday; ending September 7, 2025
Join us here at the Refuge for our 2025 Visitor Season! Starting Friday, May 2 – Sept 7, 2025 we will be open every Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 10:30am to 3:30pm last entry 3:00pm. All the Donkeys & Mules are looking forward to the summer visiting season!
Join Us for Hay Day! Admission by Donation
Sunday, August 17, 2025; 11am - 3pm
Get ready for Hay Day at the Refuge and join us for our biggest, hay-filled celebration of the year!
This fun, family-friendly event is admission by donation, with every dollar going straight to our Buy-a-Bale Hay Fund – helping us cover the cost of the 4,300+ bales of hay needed to feed our beloved donkeys and mules each year.
The Armstrong Lions Club will be on-site with their food truck, grilling up delicious burgers and more. The best part is that every penny from food sales will also be donated to the Donkeys’ Hay Fund!
We are also running a Raffle – 🎫Raffle tickets are $2/each or $5 for 3 tickets. (check the Raffle listing below for more details/prizes!)
We’ve got tons of activities for all ages – from crafting your own donkey ear headbands, blowing bubbles, hula hooping, playing games and puzzles, and so much more.
We’re also thrilled to welcome Trouw Nutrition/Hi-Pro Feeds, who generously provide Canadian-made Step Right Premium Equine Feed to support our senior and special needs donkeys and mules. Their team will be there with great information about their feed and to help us raise even more for our Buy-a-Bale Fund.
Come join the fun, make memories, and help fill our hay barn for the donkeys – we can’t wait to see you!
Bringing Home the Hay - Hay Fund Raffle Fundraiser
August 9th - August 17th (Draw on Hay Day - Sunday, Aug 17 @3pm)
🎉Announcing our ‘Bringing Home the Hay – Hay Fund Raffle Fundraiser’! Starting today, August 9th until 3pm on Hay Day (August 17th), Raffle Tickets will be available for purchase. Proceeds of the Raffle will support the Hay Fund!
🎁Prizes:
1st – Hand Quilted Donkey Wall Hanging ($200 Value)
2nd – Gift Basket – Indigenous Wolf Art by Mecqaela Jones – Te-Moak ($160 Value)
3rd – Handmade Birdhouse ($45 Value)
🎫Raffle tickets are $2/each or $5 for 3 tickets.
🚙To Purchase Tickets – Visit Us in person ~ Open Hours: Friday, Saturday & Sunday 10:30am – 3:30pm or 📱Call – 250-679-2778
(Must be age 19+, a resident of BC or residing in BC at the time of purchase.)
Raffle tickets will also be available to purchase all day during Hay Day, with the prize draw at 3:00pm.
Annual General Meeting
September 28, 2025 - 11am at the Refuge
Annual General Meeting
Please RSVP by phone to 250-679-2778 by September 15, 2025 to register to attend.
September 28, 2025 – 11:00 am
Join us for the AGM!
on Sunday, September 28, 2025 – 11:00 am at the Refuge
7877 Skimikin Rd., Chase BC
Everyone is welcome to join us for the AGM, but only Voting Members will be able to vote.
Please RSVP by phone to 250-679-2778 by September 15, 2025 to register to attend.
Please check your membership card and make sure your membership start date is within 1 calendar year to ensure your membership is current. If you need to renew your membership – in person during our open hours until Sept 7, 2025, online or by phone – 250-679-2778