Posts by Diana
happy anniversary and thank you
We really can’t thank you enough for following the lives of the Cle Elum Seven chimpanzees and helping to fill their new lives with love and happiness. The last two years have been remarkable. This video is for you:
Read MoreFoxie’s eyes
I am going through some photos and just found this close-up that Jackie took the other day of Foxie’s eyes. I love it!
Read More$51,671
You’ve helped us raise a total of $51,671 for our 2nd Anniversary Fundraising. With less than three days to go until the anniversary of the chimpanzees arrival to sanctuary, we’ve well surpassed our original ultimate goal of $45,000. This means we will replace a total of seven caged windows with chimp-proof glass picture windows, four…
Read MoreToday in memory of Paula Wade
Paula Wade was a good friend to chimpanzees, including the Cle Elum Seven. She followed this blog from the chimps’ arrival two years ago until her death one year ago on this day. Paula was part of a network of chimpanzee fans and advocates, and this tribute is from fellow “chimp sister” Catherine Mollyneaux. Paula left…
Read MoreSeattle Weekly web awards
Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest is a finalist for a Seattle Weekly Best of the Web Award! We’re in the category of “Best Use of a Blog to Make Bank.” We’ll find out at an invite-only party on June 17th if we won. Our friends at PAWS won the award for Best Online Presence – Nonprofit. Congrats…
Read MoreJamie then and now
Sanctuary supporter Tamela just sent me an email with the photos below – Jamie the day she arrived at the sanctuary, and the photo of Jamie that Jackie took yesterday. These photos side by side brought tears to my eyes – tears of joy for the last two years that we’ve known Jamie at the…
Read MoreAnnie & Missy photo on Discover blog
Yesterday, Candy alerted me to Sheril Kirshenbaum’s Discover blog asking for photos of kisses. Sheril has a new book coming out soon called The Science of Kissing, which features chimpanzees in a few chapters. I submitted J.B.’s photo of Annie kissing Missy that we have available in our online store. Sheril liked it so much,…
Read MoreBreakfast forage!
Summer has been slow to come to Cle Elum, but today was beautiful, so we set up a breakfast forage first thing. Included were frozen strawberries, grapes, chow biscuits, nuts, smoothie in cups and fresh blades of grass. Everyone went for their favorites among the choices – Foxie for the grapes, Burrito for the chow…
Read MoreAnonymous Sponsor-a-Day
An anonymous generous donor has sponsored this day, June 4th 2010. Their donation helped us exceed our ultimate goal with our 2nd Anniversary Fundraising and inspired us to go for a fourth window! Thank you to this anonymous donor, to everyone who has helped with this fundraising effort and to everyone who has sponsored days…
Read MoreNever enough Negra
Negra with her favorite things – blankets and night bags
Read MoreUltimate goal reached! $1,800 to reach $50,000
We’ve reached the $45,000 goal!!! We will replace one more window if we reach $50,000 – only $1,800 more to get there. That will allow us to replace a grand total of seven windows – one for each chimpanzee! Two windows from LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics, One from Anna Kircher’s generous match and you blog…
Read MoreFelicity Day Part Deux
An anonymous donor chose this day, May 23rd, to honor Felicity Wood. This year, Felicity Wood asked her friends and family to skip the birthday gifts and donate to the sanctuary instead. So, we have a lot of Felicity Days for 2010! Thanks so much, Felicity, for this act of giving, and for all of…
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