Hailey Vey, animal care manager at Keystone Safari, shows Winnie, an 8-month-old kangaroo, to the residents of Lowrie Place on Wednesday afternoon. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Residents of Lowrie Place, 100 Stirling Village Drive, received a visitor Wednesday in the form of a baby kangaroo.

The kangaroo came from Keystone Park, an animal park near Grove City, and its visit was a “thank you” to the Lowrie Place residents for their work in creating puzzle boxes for the park’s animals.

Carolyn Warner, life enrichment coordinator at Lowrie Place, said, in three weeks residents painted 73 boxes, which will be given to Keystone Park during its visit.

Warner said the park personnel put food in the boxes and hide them in the animals’ habitat. Finding and getting at the food inside is believed to sharpen the animals’ brains.

“We use them for enrichment. And what we mean by enrichment is, we will place a different toy or a different treat in the box. We make them use their brains to get the treat,” said Hailey Vey, animal care manager at Keystone Safari, said of the boxes the Lowrie Place residents prepared.

The residents of Lowrie Place made over 70 painted boxes for “brain” boxes for the animals at Keystone Safari Wednesday afternoon. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Hailey Vey from Keystone Safari shows Winnie, an 8-month-old kangaroo, to the residents of Lowrie Place on Wednesday afternoon. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Lorraine Worsley, a resident of Lowrie Place, pets Winnie the 8-month-old kangaroo from Keystone Safari on Wednesday afternoon. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Lowrie Place resident Linda Gilpatrick pets Whinny, the 8-month-old kangaroo, as Hailey Vey from Keystone Safari shows it to the residents of Lowrie Place on Wednesday afternoon. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Tom Hughes, a resident of Lowrie Place, pets Winnie, the 8-month-old kangaroo from Keystone Safari, on Wednesday afternoon. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle