Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest

Hope. Love. Home. Sanctuary

Sponsor-a-day

Thank you, Merle!

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Today’s day of sanctuary was sponsored by Merle Rosenzweig! Merle, thank you so much not only for your generosity and compassion, but for making a difference in the lives of the chimpanzees!

We are so thrilled by all the new Sponsor-a-Day donations that we have received and thank Merle, and everyone else who was able to help us not only reach, but surpass, our goal of 50 new Sponsor-a-Days for 2015! We can’t wait to see what this year holds for Annie, Missy, Jamie, Jody, Burrito, Foxie and Negra and we are so grateful to all of our supporters for giving them another year filled with hope, love, home and sanctuary.

I suspect Jamie might envision a year filled with even more boots made for even more walking:

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Happy Birthday to Don Young!

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Don Young, of the famed Young’s Hill that the chimpanzees enjoy everyday, has a birthday today! His wife Karen wanted the chimps to have a party in his honor, so she sponsored today and sent a little bit extra for party supplies and food. So be sure to check back later for party photos!

Karen had this to share about sponsoring today:

“In honor of the love of my life, my incredible, generous, supportive husband who will be 76 years old. Without him, his work ethic and decades of dedication to his profession, as well as love and attention to his family, we would not be able to donate to CSNW. What is important to me or to the rest of the family, is important to him. He is an amazing person, and we are all blessed to have him by our sides.”

We couldn’t agree more. The Young’s have done so much for Foxie, Negra, Annie, Missy, Jody, Burrito, and Jamie. Truly, the sanctuary would not be what it is today without their support. So, we too want to extend our heartfelt wishes for a very happy day to Don, with many more birthdays to come.

Karen sponsored this day last year as well, and here’s a photo from the party of Negra enjoying some Brussels sprouts. It’s hard to believe it’s been a whole year!

Negra eating brussels

New Year’s Day Sponsored by Diane and Sherri

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Today is certainly a very special day. You, supporters of Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, helped us to really ring in 2015 in style by getting us beyond our goal of $65,000 in individual donations in the month of December. Wow!

Two people contributed to this success by making a sponsor-a-day donation and choosing this special day to sponsor. Thank you, Sherri Mudri and Diane Mattis!

Sherri’s gift message for today is “Happy New Year to the Magnificent 7!”

and volunteer Diane shared this lovely thought, “New Year’s Day is the beginning of another year for us all to celebrate what we have and think of what we can do in 2015 to make the world a better place. 2015 will be another year for the Chimps to be loved, kept safe and well and grow because of the dedication, kindness and love each person at the Sanctuary provides freely every day. Happy 2015 to the Chimps and the Humans.”

What more needs to be said?

Here are two photos to celebrate today:

Burrito and fancy drinks

bunch of chimps on a structure

This second photo is featured on the back of our 2015 calendar – hopefully many of you are hanging up your calendars today!

 

Happy Birthday, Margaret Parkinson!

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This day of sanctuary for the chimpanzees was also sponsored by Karen Creason in honor of her wife, Margaret Parkinson, on her birthday! Karen shared this lovely message:

“For our beloved friends, The Cle Elum Seven, in recognition of my sweet wife’s birthday. May our friends have another year of peace, love, joy, food and giggles.”

Karen and Margaret have been supporters of the sanctuary from the very beginning and we couldn’t possibly love them more. They are both very special souls who advocate tirelessly for animals everywhere. Margaret is also an amazing artist who donates her beautiful work to benefit animal organizations everywhere. You may recognize Margaret’s recent painting of Burrito, which she donated to our Hoot! gala and auction last spring:

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Karen, thank you so much for giving the chimpanzees a special day in honor of your (and our!) beloved Margaret. And Margaret, we hope your day is filled with food squeaks and lots of birthday cake, pant hoots with loved ones and nesting in comfort after all the celebrating! We love you both so much! Thank you for all the beauty, light and love you bring to life for so many beings. Happy Birthday!!

Negra:

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Happy Anniversary, Sharon and Larry Clinton!

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Today’s day of sanctuary was sponsored by Sharon and Larry Clinton in honor of their anniversary! They shared the following message:

“This day is special to us because it’s our anniversary. We have been a family for 41 years and want to share with the Cle Elum Seven, our chimp family, in celebration.”

Sharon and Larry do so much to help the chimpanzees (and humans!) in a variety of ways and we are so touched that they thought to include the chimps in their celebration. Happy Anniversary, from all of the primates at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, you two!

Sharon and Larry’s pal, Jody:

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Thank you, Patricia Schubert!

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Today’s day of sanctuary was sponsored by Patricia Schubert! Patricia, thank you so much for your kindness and generosity toward the chimpanzees and for honoring them with a special day! We have the most amazing supporters and it’s truly a joy and a gift to be surrounded by such compassion every day.

Part of sanctuary for Negra is mini-pumpkins:

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Thanks to everyone who has sponsored days in the last couple of months, getting us to our goal of 50 new sponsored days by the end of 2014! There’s still two more days to surpass our goal!

Happy Birthday, Tracy Headley!

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Tracy Headley sponsored today with this message, “I celebrate my friends at CSNW on my 50th birthday.”

Tracy is an impressive supporter of the sanctuary. You may recognize her name because she has sponsored several days, has had days sponsored in her honor, is a Chimpanzee Pal to more than one of the chimpanzees, and donates literally whenever we have any kind of donation opportunity, including sponsoring the HOOT! gala.

Tracy is clearly an incredibly giving person and a friend to all of the primates at the sanctuary. I was so excited when she and her husband Bruce signed up for a Summer Visitor day this past summer and got to see Foxie’s birthday party – – because there’s not much that tops seeing a party thrown for the chimpanzees.

Here’s a photo of Foxie from that day as she scrapes every bit of watermelon out of its skin:

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and here’s a bonus photo of Burrito, who’s always up for a party:

Burrito eating apples

Thank you for all of your generous support, Tracy, including sponsoring today.

Foxie, Burrito, and crew wish you the best of all birthdays today and we hope you are throwing yourself a big party!

I know Tracy would want everyone to know that we need only five more sponsored days to reach our goal of 50 new sponsored days before the end of the year. Help us get there by picking a day to sponsor for yourself or a loved one.