Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest
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Vern and Jean Bengston have sponsored today in honor of Julie and Rob Sweet. The chimpanzees are currently enjoying breakfast and excitedly waiting for us to finish cleaning the playroom so today’s party can begin! We’re so grateful to everyone who donates so we can continue to provide the chimps with everything they deserve.
Here’s Negra enjoying last year’s festivities:
Today is Pam Lehnert’s birthday and her friend Jill honored Pam with a Sponsor-a-Day as a birthday gift. Since Pam bought this chair for Jamie (and the other chimps, of course), I’m bring back the first photo we got of Jamie sitting in her hand chair.
I really don’t know what I would do without Pam’s help with our event fundraisers, so I try to celebrate Pam Lehnert everyday, particularly leading up to the auction.
Happy day to you Pam! And thank you Jill for sponsoring this day!
Mary Ann Baltich has sponsored this day of sanctuary in honor of Anne Roberson’s birthday. It’s a fitting gift for someone who generously supports the chimps monthly through our Chimpanzee Pal program (Anne sponsors Annie). Mary Ann, Annie, and all of us at CSNW wish you the happiest of birthdays, Anne!
Here’s Annie celebrating her own birthday a few weeks ago:
Marcia has sponsored today in celebration of Annie’s 37th birthday (we’re gearing up for the party right now!). Marcia is a regular blog reader, and a sweet and devoted supporter of the Cle Elum Seven. She even sponsors Annie and her best friend Missy through our Chimpanzee Pal program. Thanks, Marcia, for helping us give Annie and her friends the celebration they deserve!
Here’s the gorgeous birthday girl:
Supporter Dawn Killen-Courtney has sponsored today in joint celebration of two very special birthdays: Foxie’s, which we celebrated in grand style a few days ago (see video of the party here), and Dawn’s husband Richard’s, which is today. Dawn and Foxie happen to have a lot in common: they’re both troll doll aficionados! Dawn’s even written books about trolls. While many of our supporters learn a lot about trolls after learning of Foxie’s love for them, it happened the other way around for Dawn. It was discovering that a chimpanzee shared her passion that led Dawn to CSNW. We (and Foxie) are so glad you found us, Dawn.
Here’s Foxie loving on one of her new trolls at her party:
A very happy birthday to Foxie and Richard from Dawn!
Supporter Tamela sponsored today in honor of the caregivers of CSNW! The following is what she wrote:
Here’s a big pant hoot salute to all the wonderful caregivers and volunteers who wash, scrub, and clean for the chimpanzees. Thank you for all the mundane, exhausting, never ending, backbreaking work you do.
To honor us hard-working, dirty caregivers, she named today “Mop Head Day”. So, 18 mop heads arrived at the sanctuary the other day with tons of little toys tied to them. And in case the mop heads weren’t exciting enough on their own (though I imagine they would have been), mixed nuts were hidden inside various toys. It’s been an interesting, and very comfortable day around here at CSNW.
Thanks so much, Tamela! Pant Hoots to YOU!
Today’s sponsor-a-day is from Alexis Takasumi in celebration of Jessica Martinson’s Birthday! Jessica does a ton for CSNW! She is not only a chimp house volunteer and serves on the auction committee, but she is also our Board President. She is a very inspirational person with a ton of experience working with animals, including chimpanzees, in a variety of different settings. In her professional life, she is the manager of the Continuing Medical Education department of Swedish, a non-profit health care organization in Seattle. Alexis is one of Jessica’s former employees at Swedish. This is what she had to say:
“I am transitioning into a new position at Swedish and will no longer be working for Jessica in the CME Department. Before I left, I wanted to do something to thank her for being the best boss that I have ever worked for. She has been like a mentor to me and I am really going to miss being a part of her team.”
So not only is she inspirational in the chimp world, but she’s an inspirational boss, too! Happy Birthday, Jessica! Thank you so much for all you do for the Cle Elum Seven!
