The Comfort & Joy online auction is well underway! It started last week and will go until November 18th. I’ve been adding items as we go, and will continue to add more fun stuff before it ends!
Enrichment Coordinator Chad gave me a list of items that he had his eye on. Some are included in the auction as individual items, and yesterday I decided to create an enrichment fund under Help Fund Big Items so we can get all of those small items on Chad’s list.
One of the things we’d like to get is an Amazon Fire TV Stick, which, as I’m typing this, I’m realizing is not exactly an enrichment puzzle. It is, however, enrichment! We should be able to use the Fire TV Stick with our existing TV so that we can stream movies and television shows on Amazon Prime for Cy and friends (right now, we have a large collection of DVDs, but we don’t have the ability to stream).
There are several chimpanzees in Cy’s group who are very into their screen time.
This afternoon, I had YouTube playing for Willy B on my tiny phone screen:
I left my phone there for a while because Rayne had also taken an interest with Dora, Mave, and Lucky sidling up once in a while to watch a little.
So, there’s the start of my pitch for the Big Items funds. You’ll see two appliances on there too. HUGE thanks to those who have already donated towards a frost-free freezer and new dryer!
In addition to donating towards those three funds, there are SO MANY fun comfort & joy items for you to bid on – some for the chimpanzees and some for you to win for yourself! Check them all out now, and keep checking back for new fun stuff!
Here are a couple of bonus close-up photos from today.
Lucky:
and Terry:
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I wonder if they would be couch potatos like their human cousins if you put in a big screen TV and taught them how to use a remote? LOL
Vicky, I love the thought of the couch potatoes, remotes in hand, channel surfing.
And the scratching! Don’t forget the scratching. :face_with_hand_over_mouth:
I keep checking in on the Comfort & Joy auction. Then all of a sudden, just recently, my phone texts start blowing up! Now that I see the blog was discussing all the great items in need, it’s no wonder the auction is getting a lot of serious action. Your supporters are the best! Even as I am typing this (and I have to keep stopping to check my texts to get the latest on what’s been bid upon) I can see you just met your goal for the new frost free freezer and Chad’s enrichment fund! Why not go for doubling that enrichment fund?! 🙂
Having fun following and bidding on the auction. I always look forward to these events. Your artists are always amazing!! Incredible, and that includes Chad’s sweet poem about Terry. I am sending a big hug to the artist/book binder—simply brilliant!
Now let’s see if you get that new dryer by midnight tonight. 😉
Oh, and I LOVE that photo of the three watching their teeny tiny screen.
Kathleen, you are right. Your idea of doubling the amount for the enrichment items is a terrific idea.
That Terry photo! What a ham! He just has the most ridiculous facial expressions.
Of course, Lucky exudes beauty and grace.
Things have been crazy lately… i need to go check out the auction! im sad to say I have not fone so yet!!! I would love to see the chimps watch a big screen, have a movie night compkete with popcorn!!!