Thank you to our Celebrate the Seven Play Laugh sponsors thus far. This video is for you, Deborah and Bruce Wagman and anonymous! Read about how you can become a sponsor on August 4th’s blog post.
Day of the Troll
Thank you to everyone who made today so special for Foxie. It’s difficult to believe that this is her second birthday in sanctuary. We hope she has many more days like today in her future. We couldn’t do it without the support of so many. Check out her celebration last year. And take a look at part of today’s celebration below
Happy Birthday Foxie
Thank you, sponsors!
Thank you individual sponsors Barbara Lauterbach, who is a Play Face Sponsor (her sponsorship certainly made me produce a play face!) and an anonymous Play Laugh sponsor! Please consider joining the ranks and sponsoring the Oct 2nd Celebrate the Seven auction so all money raised will go to the sanctuary. I’d love to have a Food Squeak Sponsor – I will post a new video of Burrito food squeaking if someone sponsors at that level. See August 4th’s blog post for more info on the sponsorship levels.
We have three business sponsors so far as well: our wonderful printers who do so much for us – Abbott’s Printing, and two other awesome businesses who are helping to make the auction great: POM Wonderful and Theo Chocolate. Keep checking our events page for the latest.
Thank you to all!
Sponsor the auction – get some cool stuff
We’re looking for sponsors for the Oct. 2nd Celebrate the Seven auction so that all expenses are paid and all money raised will go directly to the sanctuary, and we want to give you some pretty great stuff for your sponsorship dollars. We already have some amazing auction items (more on that later), and it is going to be one heck of a gala event! Expenses are starting to accrue, though, and we need more sponsors! We are looking for both business and individual sponsors, each come with thier own set of benefits. I’ve pasted the benefit information below and included a link to download the pdf versions of the benefit documents. You can also download the pdfs from our event page.
Please email if you are personally interested or know of any businesses that may be interested in getting some good karma, some recognition and some unique benefits in exchange for their sponsorship.
Thanks!
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Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest
2009 Auction Celebrate the Seven
Individual Sponsor Benefits
$5,000 – Pant Hoot Sponsors
• Verbal recognition/thanks at beginning of auction
• Full page recognition in auction catalogue
• Recognition on CSNW Facebook page
• Recognition on event signage (including screen projection)
• Recognition in Aug. 09, Sept. 09 and Oct. ’09 enewsletter
• Recognition as “pant hoot sponsor” on all blog posts related to the event (minimum of 10 posts)
• Recognition as “pant hoot sponsor” on Twitter tweets about event (minimum of 20 tweets with 3 Friday Favorites)
• Framed chimpanzee portrait with personal acknowledgment
• Opportunity to hold private tour of the sanctuary for 2 people
• Complimentary CSNW merchandise: 5 t-shirts, 5 tote bags, 5 packs of note cards
$1,000 – Food Squeak Sponsors
• Verbal recognition/thanks at beginning of auction
• Recognition in auction catalogue
• Recognition on CSNW Facebook page
• Recognition on event signage (including screen projection)
• Recognition in CSNW Sept. 09 and Oct. ’09 enewsletter
• Recognition on at least 5 blog posts related to the event
• Recognition on at least 7 Twitter tweets about event (including one Friday Favorite)
• Complimentary invitation to the next CSNW event
• Complimentary CSNW merchandise: 4 t-shirts, 3 tote bags, 2 packs of note cards
$500 – Play Laugh Sponsors
• Verbal recognition/thanks at beginning of auction
• Recognition in auction catalogue
• Recognition on CSNW Facebook page
• Recognition on event signage (including screen projection)
• Recognition in CSNW Sept. 09 and Oct. ’09 enewsletter
• Recognition on minimum of 3 blog posts related to the event
• Recognition on minimum of 5 Twitter tweets about event
• Complimentary CSNW merchandise: 2 t-shirts, 2 tote-bags
$250 – Play Face Sponsors
• Recognition in auction catalogue
• Recognition on CSNW Facebook page
• Recognition on event signage (including screen projection)
• Recognition in CSNW Sept. 09 and Oct. ’09 enewsletter
• Complimentary CSNW merchandise: 1 t-shirt, 1 tote bag
$100 – Head Nod Sponsors
• Recognition in auction catalogue
• Complimentary CSNW merchandise: 1 pack of note cards
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Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest
2009 Auction Celebrate the Seven
Business Underwriter Benefits
Presenting / Major Underwriters
$10,000 –Sanctuary Presenting Sponsor
• Event title recognition with logo (“CSNW Auction presented by XXX”) on all materials including electronic invitations, website, and promotions
• Verbal recognition/thanks at beginning of auction
• Recognition in auction catalogue
• Recognition on CSNW Facebook page
• Recognition on event signage (including screen projection)
• Recognition in CSNW enewsletter for 12 months
• Logo and link on CSNW website for 12 months
• Logo and link on all blog posts related to the event (minimum of 10 posts)
• Recognition on Twitter tweets about event (minimum of 20 tweets)
• Complimentary double-truck ad in auction catalogue
• Framed chimpanzee portrait with personal acknowledgment
• Opportunity to hold private tour of the sanctuary for 6 people
• Complimentary invitations to future CSNW events
• Complimentary CSNW merchandise: 10 t-shirts, 10 tote bags, 10 packs of note cards
$5,000 – Chimpanzee Advocate
• Verbal recognition/thanks at beginning of auction
• Recognition in auction catalogue
• Recognition on CSNW Facebook page
• Recognition on event signage (including screen projection)
• Recognition in CSNW enewsletter for 12 months
• Complimentary full-page ad in auction catalogue
• Logo and link on CSNW website for 12 months
• Logo and link on most blog posts related to the event (minimum of 7 posts)
• Recognition on Twitter tweets about event (minimum of 15 tweets)
• Logo recognition on all promotional materials (ads, flyers, posters)
• Framed chimpanzee portrait with personal acknowledgment
• Opportunity to hold private tour of the sanctuary for 2 people
• Complimentary invitations to future CSNW events
• Complimentary CSNW merchandise: 5 t-shirts, 5 tote bags, 5 packs of note cards
Event Sponsor Benefits
$1,000 – Chimpanzee Champion
• Verbal recognition/thanks at beginning of auction
• Recognition in auction catalogue
• Recognition on CSNW Facebook page
• Recognition on event signage (including screen projection)
• Recognition in CSNW enewsletter for 6 months
• Complimentary 1/2 page ad in auction catalogue
• Logo and link on CSNW website for 6 months
• Logo and link on some blog posts related to the event (minimum of 3 posts)
• Recognition on Twitter tweets about event (minimum of 5 tweets)
• Recognition on all promotional materials (ads, flyers, posters)
• Complimentary CSNW merchandise: 4 t-shirts, 3 tote bags, 2 packs of note cards
$500 – Chimpanzee Fan
• Verbal recognition/thanks at beginning of auction
• Recognition in auction catalogue
• Recognition on CSNW Facebook page
• Recognition on event signage (including screen projection)
• Recognition in CSNW Sept. 09 and Oct. ’09 enewsletter
• Complimentary 1/4 page ad in auction catalogue
• Complimentary CSNW merchandise: 2 t-shirts, 2 tote bags
Photo Contest Results!
Thanks to Clocktower Media, we are getting a new look to our website! We asked you to participate in the redesign by choosing your favorite photos of the chimps to be featured on their profile pages. We’re also going to make prints of these photos available for purchase through our online store. Check out the winning photos below:
Annie
Burrito
Foxie
Jamie
Jody
Missy
Negra
Conflict
Here are a few photos that I took at the end of Saturday’s conflict (I first made sure that no one was upset that I was there with a camera – on the other side of the caging, of course!). Fighting is a normal part of chimpanzee life. They are capable of inflicting a lot of damage on each other, but most fights are a lot of vocalizing and a lot of posturing. This is really the end of the fight with screaming, fear grimaces, and seeking reassurance. Sometimes those only peripherally involved in the conflict display towards the end. Missing from this photo is Negra (not surprisingly, she was inside away from the action), Burrito (not a main participant, so he let the girls finish it off) and Jamie (who was nearby). Things happen really quickly, so the descriptions below are my interpretation of what was happening, but I might not have fully understood each person’s role and interactions. After everything had pretty much ended, Jamie did get the last word in – a pant hoot and display that ended in swinging from the boat bumper and hitting the plexiglass covering the window.
Missy sitting down, Jody displaying (bipedal), Annie screaming while looking at Foxie. Annie is the lowest ranking and therefore seeks reassurance more than the other chimps. I think she is seeking reassurance from Foxie. Jody is showing her higher rank by displaying (this is probably a side of Jody you haven’t seen before!)
Both Annie and Foxie looking at Jody, seeking reassurance from her. Seeking reassurance can mean “I’m sorry” or just “I get that you’re higher ranking and I will submit to you.” It can be a way of de-escalating a conflict or a way of trying to get someone on your side in the middle of a conflict.
Foxie fear grimacing while looking at Jody
Annie (fear face) seeking reassurance from Missy after Foxie left
