The Wildlife Center of Virginia is one-of-a-kind, a privately funded medical facility for injured animals from across the Commonwealth. To make ends meet, the Waynesboro Center will host a fundraiser and auction featuring some surprising items. Buyers will have about 150 items and opportunities to choose from during Saturday’s gala and auction at Staunton’s Stonewall Jackson Hotel. There’s a South African photo safari, a behind-the-scenes day at the Wildlife Center of Virginia or a work of art from the Daily Show. In December, the stars of Anchorman II joined John Stewart on the set. Proving their penchant for a good joke, Will Ferrell, Steve Carell and Paul Rudd raided the Green Room for gifts, which they presented to the show’s host. The Wildlife Center’s director of communications was watching the show and one of those gifts caught his eye – an original painting of a snake. “It’s a beautiful snake – it actually has little Austrian crystals embedded in it, and it was carried out onto
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