Missy’s Birthday

After Jackie’s great video post yesterday of Missy and her socks, I wanted to be sure to let everyone know that we’ll be celebrating Missy’s birthday on August 23rd – less than a week from today! Cle Elum Seven friend Robbi will be delivering some special gift packages, and of course we’ll be giving Missy…

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Send blankets & toys to Save the Chimps

Tamela just posted this on our the Chimp Sanctuary Supporters social network. Save the Chimps needs blankets and toys for the chimpanzees in New Mexico. We’re fortunate at CSNW to have an abundance of these things right now, so please do send what you have to the deserving chimpanzees who are being cared for by…

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Twitter anyone?

If you’re on Twitter, follow us @ChimpSanctuary. With the help of twitterer volunteer @Brunetteinc, we’re building our following and even having weekly Thursday contests where you can win stuff. Don’t miss out!

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Day of the Troll

Thank you to everyone who made today so special for Foxie. It’s difficult to believe that this is her second birthday in sanctuary. We hope she has many more days like today in her future. We couldn’t do it without the support of so many. Check out her celebration last year. And take a look…

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Thank you, sponsors!

Thank you individual sponsors Barbara Lauterbach, who is a Play Face Sponsor (her sponsorship certainly made me produce a play face!) and an anonymous Play Laugh sponsor! Please consider joining the ranks and sponsoring the Oct 2nd Celebrate the Seven auction so all money raised will go to the sanctuary. I’d love to have a…

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Sponsor the auction – get some cool stuff

We’re looking for sponsors for the Oct. 2nd Celebrate the Seven auction so that all expenses are paid and all money raised will go directly to the sanctuary, and we want to give you some pretty great stuff for your sponsorship dollars. We already have some amazing auction items (more on that later), and it…

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Photo Contest Results!

Thanks to Clocktower Media, we are getting a new look to our website! We asked you to participate in the redesign by choosing your favorite photos of the chimps to be featured on their profile pages. We’re also going to make prints of these photos available for purchase through our online store. Check out the…

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Conflict

Here are a few photos that I took at the end of Saturday’s conflict (I first made sure that no one was upset that I was there with a camera – on the other side of the caging, of course!). Fighting is a normal part of chimpanzee life. They are capable of inflicting a lot…

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Photos from Saturday

OK – here are some photos to go along with my lengthy post about Saturday. I’ll post the conflict photos separately. Jamie with enrichment in playroom Dave mowing Wildflower patch from seeds planted at the last volunteer work party Pie cherry tree. We also have bing cherries that need pitting! Andrea at sink, Connie offering…

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Saturday at CSNW

Our blog generally has snippets of the chimpanzees’ day – a few minutes of time caught on video or in photographs. I know a lot of folks are curious about what a day in the life of the sanctuary is like, so here is all about yesterday, in somewhat abbreviated form (believe it or not).…

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