It’s here!! Our annual gala and auction, HOOT! 2019 The biggest, most exciting party of the year for the humans, who of course are gathering for their love of the chimpanzees and bovines who call Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest their home. The number of people who come together whether as staff, volunteers, guests, or online supporters is truly incredible and we could not be more grateful. The lives that the chimpanzees and cattle are living here, not to mention the humans who care for them, would not be possible without the amazing community that has come together to ensure hope, love, home, and sanctuary for them and for all those who may be calling this their home in the future.
While so many wonderful humans are partying in the city, the chimpanzees, mistresses and master of partying, will of course not be outdone. So while City HOOT! 2019 is happening in Seattle, Country HOOT! 2019 is happening right here in Cle Elum.
On the menu for Country HOOT!: Field Roast celebration roast, rose petal and chive smashed potatoes, green beans, and cherry tomatoes served a bed of lettuce. (Those of you attending the gala may recognize some similarities on your menu, though try not to be jealous that you probably aren’t being served Gatorade in Dixie cups and having whole coconuts smashed on your table. Though if you decided to try something like the latter, you’re at least in the right crowd. And those of you at home, we support you smashing a coconut on your table if you’re so inclined. I mean, it’s your home, right?!):
Apologies for the low lighting and blurry-Jody-in-full-on-the-move-forage-mode, nevertheless…
Jody’s tactic, as is classic Jo, was to gather all she possibly could and eventually find a comfortable spot to lie down and enjoy it:
I’m not sure you’ll have peanut butter pinecones in the Dessert Dash, but one can always hope:
Jamie enjoying chives and a peanut butter Kong:
Annie:
Missy enjoying a firehose knot (we stick nuts inside) after dinner:
Belly full, Burrito is partied out. Again, for everyone at the gala if you, too, are partied out at night’s end, you’re probably still with the right crowd that you could pull this off. At least Burrito won’t judge:
And rest assured, Foxie and Negra had a great time, they were just ladies of the loft and I couldn’t capture a photo. 🙂
Whether you’re attending the gala or following from home, thank you again to every one of you for your support in all it’s varied and amazing ways, every day of these last eleven years, tonight, and for all the chimps’ days forward. HOOT! from these chimpanzees! MOO! from the bovines! Goodnight, all!
Debi says
The “upsy down” photos of Master Burrito are beyond priceless…Such a sweet & endearing look on his very handsome face…
Hope everyone is having great fun tonight at the 2019 Hoot Gala Party…I’d so love to be there showing my deep love for the Chimps & the people who care for them (& the gorgeous “bovines”) with such dedication…
Arlene and Michael says
Katelyn thank you for the news about what is happening at the sanctuary while people gather at the HOOT! gala. Wish we could be there too! Looks like the Chimps are having a great time and enjoying quite a feast. Sounds yummy. Such amazing people who are supporting the Chimps at the gala and those of you who are caring for them at the Sanctuary too. Goodnight:)
Heidi says
Thank you for all the wonderful work your sanctuary does.
Kathleen says
There aren’t words to express how much I want to be at CSNW’s City HOOT. I say this every year, but now, after seeing this years Country HOOT photos, I am beginning to think that THIS just might be THE event of the year and I’m favoring this celebration. That top photo makes for another Eating Well cover shot. Looks scrumptious. Jody is so funny stockpiling her feast. Thank you Katelyn for allowing us a fly-on-the-wall perspective of the chimps celebration through these fabulous photos. I hope the Bovines had a special hay filled Country Hoot too. Love and hoots to you all.
Tobin says
I say “HOOT!” and “MOO!” and — in Burrito’s case as pictured above — a heartfelt “URP!” of thanksgiving to the caregivers at the sanctuary for providing a feast for the chimpanzees and cattle on the same night as the fete in Seattle. I hope that I can attend the Hoot someday.
Jeani Goodrich says
Thank you for the Country Hoot photos. It was so good to keep in touch with the chimps while the humans partied for them and the cows. HOOT HOOT MOOO!!!!