Reward for Hokie Bird statue being offered by Blacksburg Partnership

BLACKSBURG (WSLS 10) - The Blacksburg Partnership is offering a reward for information on a missing Hokie Bird

statue. 

Hokie Bird stolen from Blacksburg childcare center

Petunia was stolen from her perch at Rainbow Riders Childcare in Blacksburg.

The children at the facility decorated the 5-foot, fiberglass statue. 

In a release from the Partnership, CEcD President Diane Akers said "Each bird is hand painted, but this one has special meaning as it was the children at Rainbow Riders who painted and decorated the bird, whom they've fondly named Petunia."

Hokie Bird statue stolen from Virginia Tech campus

It was sold for more than $6,000 at auction.

The Partnership is offering a $1,000 reward. 

Please contact (540) 443-2008 or email info@gobbledeart.org with any information.