Posts by Katelyn
Joe is so cool!
Thank you so much to Meg Casey for sponsoring this day of sanctuary for the chimpanzees in honor of Joe Casey! “Happy Birthday Joe! Enjoy the chimps antics today and time with your feline friends! Thank you for always being dedicated to our family and supporting me throughout the years. I have so many memories…
Read MoreIn honor of Margaret and Karen, from Tobin
Thanks so much to Tobin for also sponsoring this day of celebration with a special honoring! Tobin shared this message about today: “Earlier this year, Diana wrote a post about her friends Margaret Parkinson and Karen Creason. It was heartening to read of their contributions to the sanctuary and the people who have received a…
Read MoreHappy Birthday, Terry, and friends!
Today is a big day here as we celebrate the 16th anniversary of the sanctuary AND birthdays for Terry and Negra! We have two donors who are generously sponsoring today! Starting the day off, we send so many thanks to Holly Hayward for sponsoring this special day of celebration for the sanctuary residents and especially…
Read MoreIn memory of Kathy
We’re so fortunate to have a second day of sanctuary sponsored for the chimpanzees today. Our heartfelt thanks to Nancy Suttles, one of our amazing volunteers, for sharing her heart, and her sister, Kathy, with the chimpanzees and us all today: “In memory of Kathy, along with gratitude to the chimps and humans at CSNW.…
Read MoreHappy Birthday, Donna!
Many thanks to Donna Dinsmore for choosing to celebrate her special day by sponsoring a day of sanctuary for the chimpanzees! “This is my birthday and I would love to have the chimps celebrate it with me.” We hope this is your best birthday yet, Donna! We truly appreciate you thinking of the chimpanzees in…
Read MoreHappy Birthday, Jeffrey!
Thanks so much to Jeffrey Abramczyk for sponsoring this day of sanctuary for the chimpanzees as a way to celebrate his own special day! “It’s my birthday and what better way to spend it than celebrating it with the CSNW chimps.” We so appreciate this and your thinking of the chimpanzees, Jeffrey! Have a fantastic…
Read MoreThe abundance of June
May is a tough one to see leave. The neon spring grass of Young’s Hill and the Bray, chimpanzees and humans enjoying the ease of still respectful temperatures, fields and canyons covered in purple and yellow flowers, forests dense with layers upon layers of green, blooming with birdsong. But June blooms with an abundance all…
Read MoreIn honor of Jody and her family
Our many thanks to Nan Somasundaram for sponsoring this day of sanctuary in loving memory of Jody and her family. “Please give the chimpanzees a lovely party with lots of fresh fruit and their favorite roasted vegetables and sweet potatoes. I want especially the remaining six chimpanzees of the original Cle Elum Seven to be…
Read MoreHappy Birthday, Jessie, from Grant!
Today we celebrate an annual day of sanctuary sponsorship for Jessie Crosier from Grant Crosier! Thank you both so much for sharing your special day and adding to the chimpanzees’ and bovines’ lives each year in this way! Happy Birthday, Jessie! We hope you have a beautiful day! Rayne and Willy B: Lucky Lou: Foxie!…
Read MoreIn honor of Jen Wallace on behalf of Hector Burrito
So many thanks to Shannon Hutchins who sponsored this second day of sanctuary for the chimpanzees and bovines in honor of Dr. Jen Wallace. Jen is a wonderful friend of the sanctuary and a valued member of our medical team who we’re so grateful for. “I was blessed to spend 6,566 days with my baby,…
Read MoreHonoring Jody’s birthday
Thank you so much, Tobin, for remembering and celebrating our beloved Jody with this special day of sanctuary in her honor. “The tradition was to celebrate Jody’s birthday each Mother’s Day. Given that she was the self-appointed den-mother of her troop, I want to honor her birthday once again. During this first year of her…
Read MoreHappy Birthday, Kathy, from Rachel!
Our heartfelt thanks to wonderful friend of the sanctuary, Rachel Ruggeri, who has so graciously sponsored our second day of sanctuary in honor of her mom, Kathy Ruggeri! “I would like to honor my mother, Kathy Ruggeri, on this day ahead of Mother’s Day. My mom is the kindest person I have ever known. Kind,…
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