Archives for July 2012

Relaxing Foxie

July 12, 2012 by Debbie

Foxie just looks so content in this photo.

As I mentioned the other day, Ben Parks and Boy Scout Troop 336 from Federal Way worked with J.B. last weekend building new climbing structures on Young’s Hill. I also mentioned that we got some GoPro footage, however, unfortunately there were some technical difficulties with the file and the videos were lost. We did get some footage with our camera though. Thanks again Ben and Boy Scout Troop 336!

Thanks, Cathy! We’re over $18,000 towards our goal!

July 11, 2012 by Sarah

Cathy Parker’s recent donation helped get us past the $18,000 mark, so we can raise the bar on the peanut another notch! Thank you Cathy and to all of you who have supported our fundraising campaign! I was sitting outside the greenhouse this afternoon as Negra was sitting patiently in the corner looking outside towards Young’s Hill at the other new structures as if to say “When are you going to start building my cabin?” I reassured her that we are well on our way and soon we’ll get to work on her cabin. Thanks to you.

The next level on the peanut is $21,000 which is only a hop, skip, and a jump away. If you haven’t already, you can help us reach our goal to build a cabin for Negra on the hill by visiting our 4th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign.

Thanks for your super support.

New structures on Young’s Hill

July 9, 2012 by Jackie

Ben Parks and Boy Scout Troop 336 from Federal Way have been withstanding the 100+ degree heat we’ve had the last couple of days and working hard on Young’s Hill with J.B. They built a couple of new smaller structures and put in the posts for a fire hose bridge that the troop is building for us. The bridge will connect two of the climbing structures so the chimps can go between them without touching the ground. It already looks so different out there! We got some pretty cool footage from the GoPro camera today. We’ll post that tomorrow, but in the meantime here’s a little teaser screenshot from the video of Annie climbing one of the new posts. Thanks so much for all your hard work guys!

Chimps’ Choice: uEnrich

July 8, 2012 by Jackie

We’ve discovered that the chimps really like watching us play with iPads and iPhones, especially with the app “Photobooth”, where they can see themselves. So we had a thought that it would be fun to have a used one specifically for the chimps. This is not a new idea- there is a program called Apps for Apes, but the focus is specifically on orangutans. But we are sure Jamie would be super pleased to have her own! So, if you have an iPad and/or an iPhone and you are planning to upgrade to a new one, please send us your old one! J.B. is planning to make a secure, chimp-proof box for it so we can safely let the chimpanzees touch the screen through the caging. In addition, we could also use the iPad at tabling events so people could check out our website and the blog. We are fairly certain we could find a lot of uses for an iPad, but the chimps would get top priority, of course!

If you don’t have an iPad, you can help us out by donating protein powder for the chimps’ morning smoothie. Here’s a link to buy it directly from our Amazon Wishlist.