T.A.R.A.S. is a provincially registered, non-profit organization, which was formed in 1984 to help provide a network of information for anyone interested in reptiles and amphibians.

The Alberta Reptile and Amphibian Society

So with our spring expo finished up being a great success, we as the board would like thank everyone involved! Starting with our great volunteers, vendors and attendees. We had many younger volunteers this year which is awesome hopefully they continue to grow in experience and help TARAS grow. It is always amazing to see a younger generation who want to be a part of a non profit organization. There were many younger people who I can't tag in this post. I apologize we won't be posting names for privacy's sake but you all know who you are!!! From Friday night set up to Sunday afternoon/evening clean up the volunteers worked like crazy to make sure everything was going smoothly as possible.

A huge thank you to Cass and Samirah for running admissions nearly all weekend(hopefully they got a good laugh while on break at my(Cody) bumbling around on till). The two young gentlemen from Biopod staying to help finish clean up tables and chairs after the show.

Another huge shout out to the kids corner volunteers to showing what the animals they see at the shows are awesome pets and require lots of research.
Thank you and hope to see you again!

Our vendors have done another amazing job bringing their animals in tip top shape for our expo! Sharing knowledge and widening people's view on the variety of morphs and species they can own in the province. From common to once in a lifetime animals, the animals are what most people come to see and you all have done for all of us a great deal of work. Supplying healthy, great looking animals and supplies for the animals we care for! Also going the extra mile on Sunday when we had a line up to the parking lot. Giving us time to get those people through the door and keeping you there in overtime.
Thank you. We will see you in the fall!

For our attendees we hopefully have given you a great show to spend some time at and enjoy with family and friends. We did have some struggles with line ups out the door. With the ATM was a unpleasant surprise for everyone involved. Lanes being crowded with little space to get around, walking or standing shoulder to shoulder. We thank you for not getting too frustrated with us. We are always looking for a perfect venue, have not found it yet but we are doing what we can to make the shows work.

I want to thank our board members new and old, for all the boring and hard work they do to make these shows as successful as possible. For the countless hours put into phone calls and emails. Online advertising, street advertising, taking questions on our Facebook page. The paperwork and sorting things to streamline our set up/tear down. Getting volunteers organized with keeping in contact with them. Thank you guys and gals!!

Lastly but not least! Our venue Cedarbrae community association, for putting up with our craziness and working with us. They put up with a lot and helped make sure the venue was in to notch shape for us.
Thanks for all the help!

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