Posts Tagged ‘Fremont Abbey’

Philanthropy Day at Urban Weeds

Friday, September 18th, 2009

One of our favorite Seattle businesses is having a philanthropy day! Shop Urban Weeds all day today – Saturday, September 19th and choose to donate 20% of your purchase to Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest or three other worthy charities – including the Fremont Abbey Arts Center where Celebrate the Seven is going to be held. The Fremont Abbey is a not just a venue for rent – they have a bunch of great community programs focusing on music, visual dance and literary arts (we’d understand if you have a hard time choosing which organization to give your 20%).

In addition to supporting four terrific causes, Urban Weeds will be offering some great deals on plants and accessories for your urban gardening desires.

Hours are 10am to 6pm and their address is 4302 Fremont Ave N. Find a map here.

Auction highlights

Friday, September 11th, 2009

http://chimpsanctuarynw.org/Newsletters/e-news_Sept_auction1.php – Click to check out the auction highlights sent out to local supporters earlier this week. This auction is going to be fantastic! Get your tickets today!

Art for chimp’s sake

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

I am SO excited about the donations that we have for our Celebrate the Seven auction (Buy tickets)

In addition to some incredible getaway packages, wine excursions and bottles of wine, restaurant gift certificates, and tons of fun, fun stuff, we have art that was donated specifically for this auction. Many pieces are illustrations and paintings of chimpanzees, including the Cle Elum Seven. Below are just a few.

In a few days, I will post a one-of-a-kind necklace made by CSNW supporter Tamela – it will absolutely blow you away.

Be sure to get your tickets today and tell others about the auction! You can also spread the event through Facebook.

Margaret Parkinson’s 12x12in painting, “Negra in the Sun”
I have seen this in person and attendees are going to have to outbid me for this piece
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Colin Redmon’s illustration of Jamie
Colin has been working for the past several months on ink illustrations of all seven of the chimpanzees for the auction – all of which are breathtaking.
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Sally-Anne Ryan’s 24x20in painting, “Foxie and the Troll”
UK based artist Sally-Anne Ryan has an incredible talent for creating chimpanzee paintings:

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Linda Griffin’s “Beautiful Hero” painting of Negra
Linda contacted us months ago about donating something for the auction. I had no idea the outcome would be so wonderful!
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Play Laughter for our Play Laugh Sponsors

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Thank you to our Celebrate the Seven Play Laugh sponsors thus far. This video is for you, Deborah and Bruce Wagman and anonymous! Read about how you can become a sponsor on August 4th’s blog post.