Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest

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Sponsor-a-day

Happy Birthday, Jim Spencer!

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Today is sponsored by Audrey Spencer in honor of her husband Jim’s birthday. Jim and Audrey are longtime and devoted supporters of the Cle Elum Seven. It’s hard to think of a major construction project on the sanctuary grounds that Jim hasn’t been involved in, from the enrichment shed to the greenhouse to Young’s Hill to Diana’s new storage shed for fundraising event supplies.  Quite literally, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest would not be what it is without Jim.

Happy Birthday, Jim, from Burrito and from all of us!

Happy (Belated) Birthday, Bruce!

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Tracy Headley sponsored yesterday in honor of Bruce Clifton’s birthday. Unfortunately, we didn’t get the sponsorship blog post up in time. So in addition to saying sorry, we’d like to wish Bruce an extra special belated Happy Birthday. We hope you got to enjoy some of your favorite foods, like Missy and Negra:

Thanks so much to you both for your support of the Cle Elum Seven!

For Lori Clemente

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Barbara Ludt has sponsored today in honor of Lori Clemente’s birthday.  Lori is no stranger to animal causes; she is president of ARRF Animal Rescue here in Cle Elum and does a lot of good work on behalf of homeless cats and dogs in our community.  Happy Birthday, Lori, and thanks so much for being a tireless animal advocate! And thank you, Barbara, for your thoughtful gift.

Jody loves (stuffed) dogs, too:

 

 

 

Happy Birthday, Annie!

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Today is Annie’s honorary 38th birthday and we celebrated in style. Since we don’t have actual birth dates for Annie and some of the other chimpanzees, we asked some supporters to select meaningful days to celebrate the chimps. September 10th was selected by Margaret and Karen (two of the Cle Elum Seven’s most devoted and lovely friends) in honor of their anniversary. Additionally, Marcia Douthwaite, a longtime friend of Annie’s, sponsored today in honor of Annie’s birthday.  We’re so touched that Annie has the love and support of so many special people on her big day.

We set up Annie’s party in the greenhouse this morning with gift bags full of new toys from Robbi and Dick and amazing homemade papier mache balls from supporters Kim and Lee, which we filled with shredded paper, peanuts, and crabapples from Executive Director Sarah’s backyard tree. The chimps also foraged for tangerines, kiwis, and chow (Burrito’s favorite).

The birthday girl enjoyed handfuls of chow:

Negra liked the crabapples:

Missy checked out a gift bag:

Burrito and Jody:

Jamie loved the papier mache balls:

Jody likes to inspect new toys intimately:

This red cloth block seemed to interest several folks.

Jody:

Negra:

Jamie (also with a new boot):

We also “planted” some veggies on Young’s Hill for the chimps to harvest. The carrots are courtesy of Keith, Felicity, and friends and the onions are straight from the chimps’ garden. We’re having some strong, cool winds in Cle Elum today, so the chimps all ran out to gather the veggies as soon as the door to Young’s Hill was opened, and then quickly returned with their haul to the warmth of the greenhouse.

Annie:

Jamie:

Jody:

Negra:

Sincere thanks to everyone who made today special for Annie and the rest of the gang!

We’re so grateful!

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We want to thank a few more generous people who sponsored days for the chimpanzees in the wake of the Taylor Bridge fire: Dianne Todd, Kimber Leblicq (CSNW’s Board Secretary), Alison Chapot, Annie Norris, and Jackie Downey.  We can’t thank you all enough for helping to keep us afloat during the last few crazy weeks.  Your thoughtfulness did not go unnoticed (even if we’re a little late to acknowledge it!).

Among other things, your support has kept Annie supplied with carrots: