Success and fun

Total raised through the Seattle Out of the Box auction = $125,991, including the $5,000 that Kathy Cochran donated from a distance that kicked off the fund-a-need for the medical clinic and the $20,000 from the Youngs that was matched by the audience last night. What other word can I use but WOW?! And the…

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Nightline did not air chimps

Footage of the chimpanzees going out onto Young’s Hill was scheduled to air on Nightline. The death of Steve Jobs, however, caused a change in their programming and they dedicated the whole show to covering this news and his life. We don’t know if the story will air on Good Morning America in the morning…

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Burrito’s journey with you

burrito's cage coming off of truck

A lot of you began following the story of the Cle Elum Seven even before their arrival to the sanctuary in June, 2008.  I was thinking today about how far we’ve come together. I started to think about Burrito. This is for friends old and new. Burrito was the first one to be moved from…

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A Few of the Out of the Box Art Pieces

Cosca I

Only a few days left to get tickets to Out of the Box 2011! We have some really tremendous art in the auction this year! Big thanks to Jessie Johnson who headed up the art procurement. She and all procurement volunteers really outdid themselves this year. These are just a few pieces: Cosca I is…

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The Scale of Things

Missy on climbing structure

If you watched the raw video on the KOMO News site, you heard both J.B. and I remark on how small everyone looked on Young’s Hill when they went out. I thought I’d show a few photos that capture that.     The chimps weren’t on the hill today. A couple of bugs in the…

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KOMO 4 News Broadcast

Watch the broadcast footage that was aired on Seattle’s KOMO News last night and will air again tonight at 6pm: http://www.komonews.com/news/local/130546448.html Thanks to Eric Johnson for reporting and Eric Jensen and Sara Givens for filming!   P.S. J.B. Mulcahy hasn’t changed his last name – it was just a little mistake. We are married, but…

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Out of the Box Auction Preview

el san juan

Tickets are still available for the 2011 Out of the Box auction. We won’t be selling tickets at the door, so you really need to get yours now! This event is going to be so amazing! Preview the live auction items, download a list of all the silent auction items, and register for the online…

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Raw Footage

KOMO News posted some of the raw footage of the chimps going onto the hill!! We can’t wait to see the edited story tonight at 11pm and tomorrow at 6pm. In the meantime – watch this: http://www.komonews.com/home/video/130471343.html

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Go Annie!

annie top of climbing structure

Annie followed Missy right out this morning and made it to a couple of the climbing structures. and Missy showed Annie the greatness of the hammock Annie didn’t quite make it over to the gate to get breakfast served outside before she decided to go back in, but we had breakfast for her there too.…

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Watch Seattle’s KOMO 4 Sunday

jamie and missy climbing structure on young's hill

The national broadcast of the chimps’ going onto the hill is still up in the air, but I did receive confirmation from Eric Johnson of KOMO 4 that they will air the story Sunday night at 11:00pm and it will re-air Monday at 6pm. So, for those in the Seattle area, set your DVRs and…

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Jamie on the Rock

jamie on the rock

No word yet on an air date for the national news piece. It could be a little while. We will definitely let everyone know when we hear! I was just looking through some photos from yesterday. After lunch Jamie spent some time on the Treat Rock and I snapped a couple of photos of her…

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Out and About

Negra on the hill eating lettuce

I know you all are waiting and want an update with video. We had media crews out today and we are going to wait until they air their story before sharing videos, so we’re not scooping them. I’ll let you know as soon as I do when that might be. It won’t be before late…

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