Archive for the ‘Jamie’ Category

Missy’s Birthday

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Today we celebrated Missy’s 35th Birthday. What a great day! We set the party up first thing this morning and scattered tons of gift bags of goodies from Dick and Robbi, and set up a forage of oranges, peaches, carrots, frozen cantaloupe, and “night bags” (or “breakfast bags”, if you will) of sunflower seeds, which were hidden inside the gift bags. The chimps loved the party and were in excellent moods for the duration of the day!

If you are friends with Missy or any of the Cle Elum Seven chimps on Facebook, you might have seen posts this morning about another birthday fundraiser. It’s not too late to participate- send us a $35 donation and I’ll email a special gift to you and a friend (be sure to put your friend’s email in the gift note section of the donation form). She’s celebrating with her friends, why don’t you celebrate with a friend as well?!

Missy:

Negra enjoying her “breakfast bag”:

Burrito and Foxie enjoying some frozen cantaloupe:

Jamie, in true spirit of a party:

Missy eating a carrot:

Here’s a peek at the party:

Young’s Hill and Out of the Box

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

We just sent out an e-news announcement with a link to the video below.

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Keeping busy

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

This is what greeted me when I arrived at the chimp house this morning:

For at least ten minutes, her concentration was so acute that she couldn’t be distracted. Jamie is so busy these days that it’s almost impossible to imagine how she occupied her time during her decades in laboratories with nothing to play with or explore. What a different world this must be for her!

Argh!

Monday, August 16th, 2010

In case you haven’t heard through all of the chimps’ Facebook status updates (yes, each chimp has their own FB page, which can be found through this link), thanks to volunteer Stephanie Perciful, the chimps had a pirate-themed party yesterday. What an awesome idea! Stephanie did an awesome job (as usual) collecting pirate-themed enrichment for the chimps, so the playroom was covered in buried treasures (e.g. gold beaded necklaces) and skulls and crossbones. Thanks, Steph!

Auction items

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

Tickets are selling fast for Out of the Box, the 2010 Auction Gala Event!

Below are a just a few of the incredible art items that will be up for auction, these pieces are of the Cle Elum Seven chimpanzees. There are a lot of other art items, as well as wine and just for fun certificates and getaways. Check out the Auction Items page for a list (and check back often for updates!)

Lucy Birkitt’s oil painting of Negra:

Margaret Parkinson‘s oil painting entitled “Jamie Undercover”:

Diane Frederick‘s wood burned portrait of Annie:

Sally-Anne Ryan‘s painting, also of Annie

Join us for an Out of the Box evening. Get your tickets now!

Lunch

Saturday, August 14th, 2010

Missy managed to get three of the seven onions that were just harvested from the garden:

Missy eating onions from garden

When Missy was done with them, Jamie finished them off:

Jamie eating onions from the garden

Annie enjoyed the carrots from Cloudview Ecofarm:

Burrito munched on lettuce:

Burrito eating lettuce

Jody, as usual, laid down to eat:

Jody lying down to eat lunch

Foxie’s party post #3

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

The promised video from today’s festivities:

Don’t forget to donate $34 for Foxie’s 34th birthday to get a fun surprise in your inbox!

More benefits of the new windows

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

Thanks to Karen and Don Young, LUSH Cosmetics, Anna Kircher and the blog readers, and everyone who donated during our 2nd Anniversary fundraising drive, we’ve been able to replace seven caged windows in the play room with clear, chimp-proof glass. In addition to flooding the playroom with light, there are some other benefits to these new windows: