Today is Animal Sanctuary Appreciation Day – a day to highlight the dedication and hard work from staff and volunteers at animal sanctuaries all across the world. What we do every day is not easy, but it is worth it. Thanks for being here and supporting us!
I’d like to highlight all of the special humans at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest. There are familiar faces and some new ones that you haven’t met yet! I personally think what is so great about our staff is that we have all come from different walks of life, have different backgrounds, are from various parts of the country, have different areas of expertise, have unique former experiences, but we all have come together in a small town in central Washington all because of our shared love of chimpanzees.
Our staff:
J.B.
Diana
Dr. Erin Zamzow (DVM)
Katelyn
Anna
Kelsi
Chad
Grace
Jenna
Sabrina
Amanda (who will be introducing herself on the blog soon!)
Ellen (who will be introducing herself on the blog soon!)
We also are so fortunate to have an amazing group of dedicated volunteers. We have volunteers who help us in the kitchen and with laundry, volunteers who help us clean, and volunteers who help serve meals and interact with the chimps. We are so thankful for each and every one of them. We recognize we wouldn’t be able to do what we do without them.
Just a few of our awesome volunteers and interns! Unfortunately, I don’t have pictures of everyone!
We do it for our residents!
Jamie
Negra
Burrito
Annie
Missy
Foxie
Cy
Dora
Willy B
Rayne
Gordo
Terry
Mave
Lucky
Honey B
You are all very much appreciated! Thank you for all you do for your amazing residents!
Thanks for all you do and the wonderful blogs.
Thank you all for your dedication, patience, kindness and strength.
On behalf of our friends who reside at the sanctuary, and who were provided with love, home, and hope when they lived there, I thank all of the past and present caregivers for giving of your intelligence and compassion to those given a refuge.
And, in appreciation for your good work,it looks like Burrito would like to invite you to tea.
Burrito said you can bring the Field Roast… preferably the Italian sausage:grin:
Team #1 ….we all appreciate you so much. Thank you for the great photos…..I hope the day will come when the masks can go, and we can see faces again. In the meantime, we have some ‘distinguishing features’ to go by!
Happt Sanctuary Day!
Many thanks to all!
THANK YOU !:revolving_hearts:
For ALL YOU DO this HEART’S FOR YOU:heartpulse:
We send our gratitude, admiration and love to the staff and all volunteers at CSNW for everything you do each and every day. You are all amazing!!!
Sending a big “Thank You!” to NAPSA, BCSA, and the Global Foundation of Animal Sanctuaries for creating this day!
CSNW radiates compassion through each and every selfless individual. Here’s to you, the makers of Hope. Love. Home. Sanctuary. Thank you!
Thank you :two_hearts:
Thanks to all of for your dedication to all the animals,creatures etc.
Thank you all so much for all of your hard work and dedication caring for all of the wonderful and unique residents of CSNW!
Thank you for this delightful blog -and to the sanctuaries eveywhere. It sure reinforces all your dedication, commitment, hard work and love in keeping the residents in your care safe and warm in theirforever home. You are all champions.
Thank you. Everyone.
Thank you to the hard working staff and volunteers at the sanctuary. The love you have for the residents is demonstrated daily.
Fantastic work, all of you!
…and thanks for these wonderful blogs that start my day off with a smile even tho i probably would be crabby.
someone did a wonderful job on the photos the chimps looks like they are sitting for a shoot. They are all beautifully awesome all of you thank God for you work and your caring. Sometimes I wish we knew what they were thinking maybe remembering the awful and taking in the wonderful that has replaced it.I am so glad I live when wonderful caring people are around.
You all are absolutely amazing. I cannot say enough great things about you all. Thank you so much for all you do from the bottom of my heart.
At first I wanted to say Thank you to everyone as we are all caretakers in a way. But yeah that thought left my mind immediately. (as in like 100th of a second!) As “Caretaker” I get to just read a blog every day and dole out a little money every now and then. Not doing the hard work! Though you all try to describe what it’s like there at the sanctuary, I’m quite sure you could never convey the true reality of the hard hard hard work you do. Physically and mentally and emotionally! It’s so hard to find the words to thank you, but thankfully many of the commenters up above have done so beautifully. So, ditto! and I am so very proud of you and proud to be your “supporter.”
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! All of you show the love of the chimp friends and your caring ways shine through in everything you do and say. There aren’t enough words to describe the gratitude I feel when I read the blogs and look at the wonderful photos. Y’all rock!!!:two_hearts: