Donnie’s Day
April 9, 2009 by Sarah -
Today we’re remembering and celebrating a special person on what would have been his 62nd birthday: Donnie Pfeiffer. Donnie was the brother of one of Foxie’s most dedicated supporters, Karen Young. Since Donnie was an archaeologist, we created a special “dig site” for the chimps to celebrate his birthday. We put fresh straw in the outdoor enclosure and scattered treats so that the chimps would have to hunt for them. For more fine-tuned digging, we also put out raisin boards and big blocks of ice with cranberries, raisins, and apples frozen inside. Jamie and Missy have been working on excavating the cranberries all day. Donnie also founded the Vermont Wooden Game Company, so we gave the chimps lots of wooden toys today too. Among other things Donnie was a world adventurer, a free spirit, an animal lover, a decorated veteran, and a very dedicated brother, son, and father (to his three pups!). Happy Birthday Donnie!
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Honoring special people keeps their memory alive, how wonderful for the chimps to share and all of us too. Sounds like a fun forage, I love the shoveler!
Happy Passover too!!
Karen your brother sounded like a wonderful human being. The CSNW tribute to Donnie was a great idea and very creative. The chimps may not be able to say “thank you”, but Jamie’s “hoot” face, does.
The 1st picture is priceless! What a great way to celebrate someone’s life.
Oh we should all be so honored! Donnie must’ve been a very special man. What a fabulous tribute!