This day of sanctuary for the chimpanzees was sponsored by Krissy Brasfield, one of our amazing chimp house volunteers, in honor of her parents, Nancy and Darrell Brasfield! Krissy shared this lovely note about her gift:
“I’m sponsoring this day in honor of my folks’ 75th birthdays! Mom’s is today, the 27th, dad’s was on the 25th. My folks are both very compassionate animal lovers, and passed that love on to me. Now, they are living vicariously through my volunteer experience at CSNW – reading the blog, watching the videos, and listening to me yammer on incessantly about every little detail about my new chimpanzee friends! I hope that they get the opportunity to visit the sanctuary some day! I love you, mom and dad! Happy Birthday!”
Krissy, you so clearly hold the chimpanzees in your heart and consistently think of ways to contribute to their lives. From our hearts, thank you for all you do.
Nancy and Darrell, happiest of birthdays to you both from all of the primates here at CSNW! We’re so glad to be able to celebrate your special days with you!
The boss of Krissy (and us all), beautiful Jamie:
On one occasion this winter when we were running low on snow at the sanctuary, Krissy made a special snow delivery for Burrito from the next town over!
Annie, Missy and Foxie:
I love these guys! How nice of Kristie to make a snow-run for Burrito. Gotta love the pictures of those 3 girls. Foxies got a SE’g grin on her face, as we’d say here in the Deep South…
Happy birthday to you both!
Krissy, I’m sure it’s not so hard for your parents to hear you “yammer on” about the fact that their daughter is doing something selfless and loving it that much! On the other hand, if I yammer on about these chimp people that I’ve never met, I just sound weird….:P
I also think that bottom pic is pretty cool…some kind of party going on there!
Hope you both have wonderful birthdays!
Linda, your comment here totally cracked me up because it is so true. Yes Krissy, yammer away because I can only imagine how your parents love to hear every single little tidbit about your day, just like I would! My friends…. not always so much. You inherited a tender heart and Boss Jamie and dear snow-eating-Burrito are so lucky to have you in their lives. I send Happy Birthday wishes to the parents who raised such a compassionate, kind person! The world needs more people just like you (and I bet the chimps would agree).
Lol, we seem to think alike pretty often, Kathleen! 😀
On another note, maybe there could be one day each summer for volunteer and staff’s family members to visit, the way the donors do on those two special days? See them from afar, and get a glimpse of their life there?
I totally love that picture of Foxy and the girls. They look as if they’ve been snapped in the middle of enjoying a great girly night out! Adorable.
That’s what I thought, too! Oh, that play face on Foxie…
All of these photographs, but — wow! — that picture of Jamie: Bella, bella! Please make sure that she sees it. It looks as if it could be the author’s photo on the back cover of a mystery novel (“The Chimp who kept a Secret”).
“How to Succeed at Running a Troop Without Really Trying”
Nice “gift” in honor of Nancy and Darrell. My favorite picture ever
of the 3 girls. So sweet – they look so happy. Thank you.