Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest

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Philanthropy Day at Urban Weeds

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One of our favorite Seattle businesses is having a philanthropy day! Shop Urban Weeds all day today – Saturday, September 19th and choose to donate 20% of your purchase to Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest or three other worthy charities – including the Fremont Abbey Arts Center where Celebrate the Seven is going to be held. The Fremont Abbey is a not just a venue for rent – they have a bunch of great community programs focusing on music, visual dance and literary arts (we’d understand if you have a hard time choosing which organization to give your 20%).

In addition to supporting four terrific causes, Urban Weeds will be offering some great deals on plants and accessories for your urban gardening desires.

Hours are 10am to 6pm and their address is 4302 Fremont Ave N. Find a map here.

Jamie sleeping outside

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J.B. and I were just outside and we spied a chimpanzee -form on top of the climbing structure in the outdoor area after all of the caregivers left for the evening. Normally the chimps tend to bed down right after dinner and are pretty well settled by the time the caregivers leave at night, and we’ve rarely seen anyone settling  outside. I figured that the indoors might just feel safer, but I’ve been hoping that, after time, the outdoor area might also feel like a safe place to sleep.

When we got closer, we could tell that it was Jamie. She was lying down on her stomach and had a sheet completely covering everything but her head. She looked at us casually, but with no interest in getting up. Next to her on the platform was the boat bumper that she had apparently pulled up there earlier today. Maybe Jamie decided it was a good night for a camp out in her own personal tree house.

Bubblicious

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Occasionally we fill some containers with water and a tiny bit of soap (plant-based and non-toxic, of course) and put them out for the chimps to enjoy. Jamie sometimes likes to dip a brush in the soap and scrub the floor, caging, enrichment, etc. Jody, on the other hand, likes to put large quantities of bubbles in her mouth. Today, she even convinced Annie to try it out.

Lettuce bonanza

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Jackie threw whole heads of lettuce on top of the enclosure tonight as part of dinner. If you know Negra, you probably know two things: first, she is not exactly the ‘athletic’ type. Second, she LOVES lettuce. So, we were very impressed when we saw her climb up and dangle from the tippy-top of the enclosure to get her head of lettuce! In the second part of this video you’ll see Missy doing the same thing, but with a bigger payoff. At the end it looks like she doesn’t quite know how to drop down to the platform without dropping her haul!

“Let Freedom Swing”

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Let Freedom Swing can be yours! Artist Tamela Burgess created a beautiful hand-crafted necklace celebrating the Cle Elum Seven’s release to sanctuary.  We want to make this one-of-a-kind, truly amazing auction donation available to all chimpanzee supporters, not just those who can attend the Celebrate the Seven auction. So, it will be given to the first person who lets me know that they will pay the guaranteed bid price of $1270.

Tamela spent a great deal of time working on this piece and used the finest materials. Here is her description, “The pendant is made of fine silver and is 3″x2.”   The painted clay inclusion depicts a young  juvenile chimpanzee swinging in the trees of his or her African homeland.  I also used Kazuri ceramic beads and Krobo recycled glass beads from Africa.  CSNW means so much to me and I’ve been working really hard to create something special for the auction.”  The necklace is approximately 18in long.

Tamela even included a display box and – get this! – a book of photographs illustrating and describing the process of making the necklace. We were all blown away. It is a beautiful piece by a beautiful person. See the photos below and fall in love like we did. Email me right away when you decide you can’t live without it: [email protected]

It will be available up until the auction date, Oct. 2nd or until it goes to the lucky person who makes the guaranteed bid.

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Art for chimp’s sake

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I am SO excited about the donations that we have for our Celebrate the Seven auction (Buy tickets)

In addition to some incredible getaway packages, wine excursions and bottles of wine, restaurant gift certificates, and tons of fun, fun stuff, we have art that was donated specifically for this auction. Many pieces are illustrations and paintings of chimpanzees, including the Cle Elum Seven. Below are just a few.

In a few days, I will post a one-of-a-kind necklace made by CSNW supporter Tamela – it will absolutely blow you away.

Be sure to get your tickets today and tell others about the auction! You can also spread the event through Facebook.

Margaret Parkinson’s 12x12in painting, “Negra in the Sun”
I have seen this in person and attendees are going to have to outbid me for this piece
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Colin Redmon’s illustration of Jamie
Colin has been working for the past several months on ink illustrations of all seven of the chimpanzees for the auction – all of which are breathtaking.
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Sally-Anne Ryan’s 24x20in painting, “Foxie and the Troll”
UK based artist Sally-Anne Ryan has an incredible talent for creating chimpanzee paintings:

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Linda Griffin’s “Beautiful Hero” painting of Negra
Linda contacted us months ago about donating something for the auction. I had no idea the outcome would be so wonderful!
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