Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest

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Sponsor-a-day

Happy Birthday, Lynn Williamson

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A very big happy birthday to chimp house volunteer Lynn Williamson. This is super sponsor-a-day! Donations came in Lynn’s name from good friend Diane Thompson AND from Eric & Sheila, Pam & Steve, Mel & Dawn and Cathy & Brad. Are you feeling the love?

Maybe a couple of photos will add to that feeling.

This photo goes way back. It always makes me smile because it contains three things I love: chimpanzees enthusiastically playing, Foxie with a giant playface, and Missy bipedal. Seems good for a birthday wish:

Foxie and Missy play

and here’s Burrito, who just celebrated his birthday a few days ago:

B with bread

Happy Birthday, Kathy Cochran

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Jeannine, Mike and Daniela sponsored today in honor of Kathy Cochran’s birthday. Kathy has done quite a bit for the sanctuary, including the design of both our Year One and Year Two books, the creation of our DVD/CD, display signs for both of our auctions, the donation of original artwork and a very generous financial donation of $5,000 towards Young’s Hill during our 2010 Out of the Box auction.

So, Kathy, today is a big happy birthday from all of us as well as Jeannine, Mike and Daniela!

Hope you have a pant-hoot-worthy day!

Negra hoot face

In memory of Sadie

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Today is a sponsor-a-day in memory of Sadie from Cindy, Fred and Barney. Cindy is a volunteer at the sanctuary and here is what she shared:

Sadie, a sweet and beautiful Great Pyrenees cross, was born with the new millennium. We were told she lived most of her first year in a crate. We adopted her from PAWS when she was about a year old  and she spent her next 10 years with her best friend Barney barking and romping on 2 acres. He watched over  her when she collapsed under a favorite tree a few weeks ago. Sadie didn’t suffer and was with her family at the end. This day is in loving memory of Sadie and her 2 acres – and looking forward to this coming year and the chimps on their 2 acres.

And here’s a photo of that two acres for the chimps. This was taken by volunteer Denice the day that her husband Ken came out with his tractor to help J.B. plant bamboo and run irrigation up to the plants:

ken planting bamboo



Today in honor of Pam Lehnert

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Happy day, Pam! Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest celebrates you today, thanks to your friend Jill. The humans and chimpanzees appreciate everything you do for them every day!

Blog readers and event-goers should remember Pam for her ability to transform a space into something spectacular – she’s done it for our auction 2 years in a row now. In addition to her beyond-creative event set-up, she helped with procurement, organizing all of the donor files, writing and editing parts of the catalog, and just about every aspect of the auction. That $100,000 would not have been a reality without her help. So, thank you, Pam and a big, big Happy Birthday to you.

I know Pam admires Jody’s ability to relax, so here’s a photo of Jody in one of her “yoga poses:”

Jody doing "yoga"

Anyone can honor a loved one! Visit the Sponsor-a-Day section of our donation info page.

Felicity Day 6

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This month’s Felicity Day (the 6th in a series) is from Lue Clifford, Felicity grandmother.

As you know if you’ve been following the blog for a while, for her birthday this year, Felicity Wood asked her loved ones to donate to the sanctuary in honor of her birthday. And they did -we’ve been happily celebrating Felicity day’s since May and donations raised went to our Anniversary Fundraising. Thank you Lue and thank you Felicity for helping to support the care of the Cle Elum Seven!

Happy Felicity Day Six from Jamie, Negra, Jody, Missy, Annie, Foxie and Burrito.

Here’s handsome Burrito to say thanks:

People you love would love to give to your chimpanzee friends in your honor. Just send people this link to the donation form: http://sponsoradayforchimps.kintera.org/ and this link to take a peak at the Sponsor-a-Day calendar: https://chimpsnw.org/you_can_help/donate/#SponsorADay