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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.

Photo contest – vote today!

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I’m closing the photo contest on Sunday night/Monday morning at 12:00am, so get your votes in for your favorite photo of each of the chimpanzees! And let us know what you think of the sneak-peak of the new website being designed by Clocktower Media! Get your sneak peak and vote here: https://chimpsnw.org/vote.php

Celebrate Foxie and her string o’ trolls!

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Foxie’s birthday is coming up soon! On August 8th Foxie will be turning 33, and we are going to celebrate Foxie-style. We are planning to put out more trolls than she has ever had at once. So, dig out those trolls you collected in the eighties and send Foxie a couple to PO Box 952, Cle Elum, WA 98922.

For inspiration, here’s a video of Foxie with her string o’ trolls:

Families

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Super supporter Candace C. has been doing some amazing work tracing the family trees of captive chimpanzees in the United States, including those of the Cle Elum Seven. We’re all very excited today because Candace just found one of Negra’s daughters, Angel, who is safe and sound at Save The Chimps. The mother-daughter resemblance is striking:

Negra:

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Angel:

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Thanks, Candace!

Nesting and Resting Outside

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I decided to add some text within the video below. Foxie is really coming along with her nesting! And, seriously, who can resist Negra? Don’t forget about her birthday, which we’re celebrating on June 13th, and our $7,000 fundraising goal for June. We’re almost half-way there – $4,000 more to go!

Grass forages and family photos

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We recently discovered that the chimps are crazy about grass.  Today we picked some fresh grass from the pasture on the grounds and spread it in the chimpanzees’ outdoor enclosure.  Here are some pictures of Annie and Jody enjoying the forage.  Unfortunately, the pictures were not able to capture Annie’s delighted food squeaks.

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And here are a couple of pictures of JB serving lunch outside yesterday.  The second one is a complete family photo!

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