Today has been all about love! We threw a big party in the greenhouse for Valentine’s Day with the help of decorations and enrichment donated by Lisa S., Carol M., and volunteer Patti—plus delicious food donated by Anne R. and Patti, including some tasty buckwheat waffles with walnuts and carrots. They smelled delicious! Patti excluded the sugar and salt from the recipe, but the chimpanzees didn’t mind one bit. They wolfed them down!
Here’s some photos from the set-up:
During the party, Foxie started to whimper a little bit. Jamie swooped in and comforted her and even shared a waffle piece with her. Now that is love! Jamie is the boss of the group, and in the chimp world, that means she doesn’t have to share anything if she doesn’t want to. In fact, she can take anything from anyone to assert her dominance. So for her to share something with Foxie is a true gesture of friendship.
Negra especially loved the waffles:
Jamie loved the drinks—we had red gatorade watered down plus smoothie in little shot glasses!
We all appreciate your gestures of friendship and love for the chimpanzees and are blown away with how we surpassed our Share the Chimp Love goal! It warms our hearts to know that these chimpanzees mean so much to all of you that you would share your generosity with them.
note: Patty Clark’s name should have also been included in the heart above!
You all have played a part in a second chance at life for these chimpanzees.
As supporter Kathleen C. put it in her sponsor-a-day message for today, “Sanctuary is love.” Just watch the video below to see how much love they had for sanctuary today!
And here’s the final Share the Chimp Love image of what love is for Negra
Jackie says
Life’s greatest gift-Love!
Dalyce Kowalski says
So glad everyone had a great Valentines Day.
Kathleen says
Keep the chocolates and roses — this post with photos and video is all I need for Valentine’s Day! The Chimps parities always look like such yummy fun. LOVE the photos of Neggie!! So proud of Jamie coming to Foxie’s rescue too. Love has a “ripple effect”! ; )
Why was Foxie whimpering?
Debbie says
Kathleen,
We’re not sure why Foxie was whimpering, but she stopped when she got the waffle from Jamie. Maybe that’s all she wanted! 😉
Kathleen says
Smart girl that Annie! ; )
Lorraine says
how nice…..
Martha says
PARTY, PARTY, PARTY!