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Winter Volunteers in Action

March 19, 2026 by Anna

Spring is definitely in the air in Cle Elum, so much so that I can even hear the frogs making a ruckus in the pond by the cattle pasture! Let’s bid adieu to winter with a look back at some of the volunteers and interns who helped make the colder months more comfortable for the chimpanzees and our grateful staff. We included these photos in our weekly “Thank You” email updates to our volunteers throughout the winter and I thought it would be nice to share them as a collection.

Parker, Jay, Jordan and Nancy giving Honey B something to intensely stare at during her lunches.

Brandon keeping on top of the laundry folding:

Cristina scrubbing smoothie splatter off the walls in the kitchen:

Debbie sorting Foxie’s dolls:

Parker squeegeeing Playroom 3:

Lori showing off her sweeping skills:

Burrito playing tug-o-war with one of his best caregiver friends Elizabeth.

To learn more about our volunteer program or fill out a volunteer application, check out our website!

 

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: Sanctuary, Thanks, Volunteers, Volunteers-Interns Tagged With: behind the scenes, caregivers, interns, winter volunteers

All about interns!

April 10, 2025 by Anna

This spring we enthusiastically welcomed 6 new interns to the sanctuary as part of our relationship with the Primate Behavior program at Central Washington University. CWU students start as Level 1 interns where they work 3 hours a week in our kitchen and foyer spaces, helping us do laundry, make enrichment, prepare the chimpanzee’s meals, etc.  If they are seeking to earn a Captive Care Certificate, interns move on to do Level 2 training at the sanctuary their next quarter. As Level 2 interns, they spend 6 hours a week learning to clean enclosures alongside staff (in addition to the tasks they learned as a Level 1). There’s also a bit of down time here and there allowing for some special moments of chimp observation. Here are just a few of our interns in action this past year.

Sienna organizing:

Cy staring intensely into Quaid’s eyes:

Katie scattering a forage:

KC mopping the kitchen:

Bonus! Gordo and Negra:

 

Filed Under: Caregivers, Sanctuary, Volunteers-Interns Tagged With: captive care certificate, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, interns

It’s Volunteer Appreciation Week!

April 20, 2023 by Anna

It’s Volunteer Appreciation Week! Please join us in sending some love to our hard working volunteers at CSNW! Here’s a peek at some of our amazing volunteers in action!

 

Filed Under: Caregivers, Latest Videos, Sanctuary, Thanks, Volunteers, Volunteers-Interns Tagged With: all the volunteers, caregivers, clips of them in action, interns, volunteer appreciation week

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