Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest
Hope. Love. Home. Sanctuary
Today is in memory of Monica Best’s cat Ozzie. Monica has named today Love a Chimpanzee Day and she sent a care package to the Cle Elum Seven full of their favorite things. Thank you, Monica for sponsoring today and caring so much about the chimpanzees!
View all of the Sponsor-a-Days and sign up for one of your own!
I just updated the banana and we’ve raised $17,500 since the fundraising began on March 17th. This is great! Thank you so much to everyone who has already given in so many creative ways.
We have $27,500 to go to reach our ultimate goal by June 13th. I really think we can do it, but it is going to take a lot more people sending out the word to their friends and family and digging into their own pockets.
Do it for Negra! Three new windows for sunbathing would be an amazing gift for her birthday and a great way to celebrate two years in sanctuary.
At first I wasn’t going to post this photo, because it’s not very flattering. But it does capture Jamie’s personality somehow…
I think it’s possible Foxie could get anyone in the mood to play.
Warm weather has finally arrived. Yesterday J.B. removed one wall of the greenhouse panels.
Negra was ready
Negra spent yesterday and today in her spot enjoying the view
While we enjoyed the view of Negra with the direct sunlight on her face
She also spent some time in her favorite pose, taking a nap
Doesn’t this close up of Negra just compel you to contribute (and tell all of your friends to donate) to the 2nd Anniversary Fundraising to celebrate Negra’s birthday and 2 years in sanctuary?
Thank you to everyone who is working hard to give Negra and all of the Cle Elum Seven this second chance on life at the sanctuary.
We are 1/3 of the way to reaching our ultimate fundraising goal of $45,000 by June 13. We can do this! I wanted to share a few ways that supporters are helping to raise funds.
Margaret Parkison: You may know Margaret from her painting of “Negra in the Sun” which was featured in the Celebrate the Seven auction last year.
Margaret has set up a donation page through Firstgiving and is giving away cards with a print of one of the paintings she has done of the Cle Elum Seven for every $30 donation. You can find all of her work on her website. Margaret also donates 10% of the profits of the sale of any of her paintings of the Cle Elum Seven to the sanctuary, so consider that too when you’re browsing her site!
Catherine Mollyneaux just yesterday set up an Etsy shop with proceeds of her unique wildlife cards to go to the sanctuary.
Here’s the description of her work: hand embroidered with the best quality Sulky & DMC threads. The animal decals are Single Decoupage, 2D Iris Decoupage and some 3D Decoupage. Each card is articulately finished with tissue/vellum paper inside and comes with a matching envelope
Visit her shop to learn more about these beautiful cards and to purchase.
Tamela. You may also remember Tamela’s work from her necklace “Let Freedom Swing,” featured in the Celebrate the Seven auction last year.
Tamela has set up her own Etsy shop and is featuring an array of her handmade jewelry and other items. All net proceeds on her chimpanzee items until the end of June will be donated to the sanctuary. She’s already raised over $400!
Tamela is adding new items regularly and people are snatching them up, so be sure to visit her shop frequently!
Since Jamie loves projects and seems to find great enjoyment in manipulating objects (she has even tried her hand at sewing), we thought she might enjoy watching us knit.
