The Veterinary Technician Club at Lehigh Carbon Community College is hosting a Bat Exhibit and Education Program in partnership with Pennsylvania Bat Rescue from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

The program will be held at the Schnecksville campus in the Outdoor Classrooms located adjacent to Parking Lot G (Inclement weather location will be the Student Union; park in Lot A.). A formal presentation is scheduled for noon.

The Pennsylvania Bat Rescue is an organization founded with the belief that bat species throughout the world should be valued for their ecological and environmental importance and services. They believe wildlife rehabilitation is a vital service, and education is essential to dispelling common misconceptions and for the conservation and protection of bat species.

Steph Stronsick, executive director of Pennsylvania Bat Rescue, will be on-site with some of the bats in the rescue program. Stronsick started the Pennsylvania Bat Rescue in 2012. The organization is located in Mertztown.

Stronsick will share information about the important role bats play in our ecosystems and their designation as a keystone species, as well as information about the fungal disease that causes white nose syndrome, and its devastating effects on the bat population and implications for other species and ecosystems. She will also discuss the misinformation of the connection of bats and rabies.

The program is free and open to the public; however, donations will be accepted to support the ongoing work and rehabilitative and educational efforts of the Pennsylvania Bat Rescue.