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Channel 7 WSPA Zip Trip 2023 for the White Squirrel Festival.
Pisgah Penny, Brevard’s newest White Squirrel Ambassador rings in the White Squirrel Weekend Festival with Jamarcus Gaston with Channel 7 News, Brevard’s Mayor, Maureen Copelof, Sheri Blythe (White Squirrel Rehabber) and Katy Rosenberg, Director of the White Squirrel Institute.
The White Squirrels of Brevard
There is an adorably peculiar creature scurrying about one of Western North Carolina’s most beloved cities. Brevard is home to a rare species of white squirrels—they are not albinos but are mostly snow white with tufts of dark gray fur on their heads and sometimes streaking down their backs. If you’ve never seen one in person, you may think them a myth or perhaps a marketing tactic by the town. No doubt the animal is real. Their origin story, however, perhaps that is up for you to decide.
Theplateaumag.com
Move Over, Phil: Pisgah Pete Predicts Perfectly
Before the mayor opens the ceremony, before the news crews arrive, and before the crowds react to his forecasts, Pisgah Pete will eat his usual breakfast of one blueberry, one pecan, and one tiny heap of lettuce. Pisgah Pete is a squirrel and Saturday is a big day for him. Gardenandgun.com
Just south of Asheville, the town of Brevard is home to rare white squirrels. (Rumor has it that the population derives from an escaped carnival squirrel.)…
Rei.com
Who’s right? Some NC animals disagree with Punxsutawney Phil’s Sunday morning call…Brevard celebrated its sixth annual White Squirrel Day and to commemorate the event, the town’s own white squirrel ambassador, Pisgah Pete, …
WLOS.com
White Squirrel Day: Pisgah Pete says we’ll have six more weeks of winter at Brevard event
BREVARD — Pisgah Pete, the town’s adopted rescue squirrel and goodwill ambassador, predicted with confidence that Western North Carolina will …
BlueRidgeNow.com
Pisgah Pete predicts early spring at White Squirrel Day
Gastongazette
No groundhog needed to mark spring here. N.C. town uses a squirrel. A white one. News & Record
No groundhog needed to mark spring here. NC town uses this ‘darned cute’ rodent. Charlotte Observer
Pisgah Pete Set To Predict, Squirrel Count Returning Transylvania Times
City of Brevard prepares for the 5th annual White Squirrel Day News 13 WLOS
Brevard celebrates White Squirrel Day on Feb. 2. Mountain Xpress
Chimney Rock plans Groundhog Day event; White Squirrel Day to be held in Brevard Blue Ridge Now
5 things to do groundhog day, super bowl, puppy bowl Blue Ridge Now
Celebrate groundhogs galore — and a squirrel — this weekend Asheville Citizen Times
Move Over, Phil: Pisgah Pete Predicts Perfectly Gun & Garden
Brevard White Squirrels Atlas Obsura
White Squirrel Festival, Brevard Romantic Asheville
White Squirrel Wars Roadside America
White Squirrels: Truth or Tale? NC Field Family
Brevard’s famous squirrels branch out into Henderson County
Blue Ridge Now
Squirrels of White NY Times
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wildlife in Brevard
The White Squirrel Institute operates under the Community Focus Foundation of Transylvania County.
The Community Focus Foundation of Transylvania County, NC, is a collection of funds established by civic-minded people to meet a wide range of community development needs now and in the future. By being locally managed, the Foundation reflects the priorities of the community itself.
- It allows maximum tax deductions for charitable gifts.
- It serves as a bridge between the donor and the community.
- It provides monies that assist others in addressing needs and improving our quality of life.
Note: Make checks out to Community Focus Foundation and in the memo line write: For the White Squirrel Institute
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828-548-0491
whitesquirrelinstitute@gmail.com
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S-S: 8am – 7pm
Address
175 E. Main St
Brevard, NC 28712
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