Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest

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Brandon Wood’s Fundraising for Chimps

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You may recognize the name Brandon Wood or Make a Chimp Smile from previous posts or from other organizations. He’s truly an inspiration to me and to anyone who knows about him.

Brandon is always busy helping chimpanzees. Recently he’s been busy sending out letters to representatives and the president, encouraging them to support the Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act. And now he’s doing a fundraiser for the Cle Elum Seven through his Etsy shop. He has really cool “chimp tags” and earth-friendly tote bags for sale, with proceeds going to Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest.

Show your support of Brandon and his work to help chimpanzees by shopping in the Make a Chimp Smile Etsy store and following his blog at makeachimpsmile.blogspot.com.

Here’s a photo of Brandon that I borrowed from his blog. He’s wearing and holding the chimp tags that he made to support great apes:

Brandon

Thank you for all you do, Brandon!

 

Who’s Burrito’s biggest fan?

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Tamela is looking for Burrito’s biggest fan to buy a one-of -a-kind handmade Burrito belt buckle (see photo below).

She also has very cool paperweights for sale in her online Etsy shop with interchangeable photos of the Cle Elum Seven, so you can spend each day with a different chimpanzee image!

For other fun stuff to support the chimps:

Cindy still has some of her adorable beaded bracelets available in her Etsy shop – get your Burrito, Negra, Missy, Foxie, Annie, Jody or Jamie bracelet today!

and don’t forget about Jeani’s Firstgiving page with the woodburned pins as a thank you for your donation

and Margaret Parkinson’s Firstgiving page with a card with a print of one of her amazing paintings as a thank you for a donation

And Pam Lehnert’s Firstgiving page and offer to transform your space for a donation to the sanctuary.

After Pam worked her magic

So many fun ways to support the chimps for our 2nd Anniversary Fundraising drive! Thank you, everyone, for your hard work and great ideas and for those who have supported these supporters!

Fundraising Update – OMG! $10,000 in 1 week

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This week was really incredible in terms of donations towards our 2nd Anniversary Fundraising. We received a $5,000 grant from the Tony Stewart Foundation (share this page with all of your race-loving friends) and over $5,000 in individual donations!! This means  we have only $17,332 to raise by June 13th to reach our ultimate goal of $45,000 and three more chimp-proof windows. We are getting so close! Don’t slow down now!

There are two new supporter fundraising pages:

Jeani Goodrich (no relation to me) has a Firstgiving page set up. With every $25 donation, she’ll send you something special, starting with wood-burned pins made by Diane Frederick of Fredericks Firegraphics (see the Foxie pin to the left.)

Donate now to get your pick of chimpanzee for the pin.

Cindy Marks has set up an Etsy store to sell handmade  bracelets with the chimps’ names on them. All net proceeds will go to the sanctuary. Each bracelet includes a picture card of the chimpanzee you select. Most bracelets include African wedding beads to honor their heritage.

She has created a very sweet BFF Missy and Annie bracelet (see photo at left) with intertwined strands representing Annie and Missy’s devotion to each other.

Shop now and check back often for new designs!

And don’t forget these other ways that you can donate to the sanctuary while supporting those who are raising funds:

You can also make a direct donation to the sanctuary. 45 days to go…. we can reach our goal with your help! Thank you, everyone!