Happy Valentine’s Day! Today the chimp house was full of celebratory festivities, and the cattle were frolicking in their pasture on this unusually spring-like February day.
Spring weather always puts me into planning mode. As we’ve mentioned before, we have a very busy summer ahead as we complete new outdoor habitats for the chimpanzees. We’ll also be introducing the cattle to a new area of the property, so there are adventures ahead for everyone!
In the past, we’ve had fundraising drives on Valentine’s Day. This year, instead, I wanted you to join me in planning mode. You can give with your heart today while also planning for the future by including CSNW in your estate plan.
With our well-into-maturity chimpanzees, you may wonder what our plans our for the long-term future of the sanctuary.
If you signed up to receive the link to the recording of the conversation I had with Jen Feuerstein about merging groups of chimpanzees (and you made it all the way to the end of that recording!), you know that we are thinking hard and carefully about the next steps for Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest. Whether than means rescuing more chimpanzees or rescuing smaller species of primates, there is a lot ahead for this sanctuary, well beyond my life, I hope.
Creating an estate plan is definitely an action that comes from the heart, for your loved ones and their future. And it can make a generational impact on the organizations important to you. When you create your will, you’re ensuring the future of Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest and helping to provide future residents the promise of a sanctuary home.
This free online tool helps you create your will in just 20 minutes so you can secure the future for the human people and the chimpanzee people you love. If you have any non-probate assets not included in your will, you can use this secure tool to designate beneficiaries for those assets and make your plans.
Thank you for making this Valentine’s Day so special.
If you’ve already included us in your plans, please fill out this form to let us know; I want to thank you for your kindness!
Other financially clever and more immediate ways to provide hope, love, and home include giving from your IRA or donating your appreciated assets.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all the ways that you give your hearts to the chimpanzees and the bovines too.
The boxes are presented beautifully! Nice job! So glad they had an enjoyable celebration.
Banana oat pancakes! Yum! What a treat!
Hope everyone had a lovely Valentine’s!
Oh my goodness, it is so sweet and fun to see everyone enjoying the day and the special treats! And I appreciate the conversation regarding both the future of the sanctuary in general terms and things for all of us to think about when preparing estate plans. Most people don’t like to think about their own mortality but ALL biological beings will pass from this life sooner or later. And to me it does seem nice to think we could leave a little of ourselves behind in the form of support for the causes we care about, long after we’re gone.
What a beautiful plate you gave them to enjoy. They look so happy!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
The food looks delicious. Cy must be stocking up for a nice long reading session.
As a retired kindergarten teacher, I really appreciate the variety of stimulating objects, textures, foods, and all that goes into making life so enriched for these treasured Chimpanzees.
This is so heartwarming. I love their sweet faces in these pictures. Thank you for giving them such a happy Valentine’s day. Love and hugs to all.
The Valentine boxes full of goodies and sparkling cider with raspberries look so festive and scrumptious. What a treat! Looks as if everyone enjoyed the celebration. Sending my love to all of you at CSNW.
Cy! OMG I just cracked up! His stance, his expression, like he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar LOL. I swear I’m still laughing! That photo just struck me I guess.
That plate of goodies looks soooo good! thank you so much for giving them so much. Your love shines through.
Love and hearts to one and all.
Paulette, I was struck by Cy’s photo, too! He’s always so photogenic anyways, but this pic is one of my faves!!… as if I don’t think all the pics are awesome!
They love a good party, and this one looks fabulous with their goody bags filled with such yummy treats. You look after them so very well, and it shows in their health and personalities. That first photo of the bovines at the hay feeder always makes me laugh…..Nutmeg is so enormous next to the girls!