Posts Tagged ‘supporters’

Jamie looking at you and More New Stuff

Saturday, February 5th, 2011

First, Jamie:

Jamie looking at you

Now: more new stuff.

There’s no doubt that the Cle Elum Seven have the best supporters out there. Remember all of the new stuff that I posted about back in December? Well, the gifts have kept coming.

In addition to the heater that is keeping J.B. warm as he welds (thanks to Barb in Ohio), we received that metal shelving unit from local supporters Shelley and Patty that we asked for before the holidays. Take a look at the before photo on our Holiday Wishes blog post (4th photo down after the Burrito photo) and the after photo below!

wire shelving

We also received two door mats from Tamela. I probably couldn’t even explain how happy the door mats have made me, because I might sound ridiculous. Let me just say that before we received the new foot bath mat and the door mat from Tamela, our set-up was a tall pan with a towel in front of it. And the door mat we had by one of the human doors to the outside was a ripped piece of astro turf. Below is a photo of the doormat to the outside. The mirror on the door is for the benefit of the chimps (not so I can take photos of my legs) and was a gift that Tamela sent us a while back.

We also recently received a hose cart from Anthony L. which we unveiled today. We can hook it up to the spigot outside:
hose cart

and uncoil the hose all the way into the greenhouse for our daily cleaning of that area:
hose to greenhouse, J.B.
(hey, you can see two of the new climbing structures on Young’s Hill in this photo!)

Thanks to everyone who has given us so much over the last 2.5 years. Like I said, the Cle Elum Seven have the best supporters out there!

And the winner is….

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Our grand total raised for our 2nd Anniversary Fundraising was

$52,561 !!

This surpassed our ultimate goal by $7561 and that means we will be installing FOUR more picture windows – the three originally planned between the playroom and the outdoor area and one more from the playroom overlooking the garden.

Big, big thank yous go to every single person who donated to the sanctuary between March 17th and June 13th. We had about 500 donations during the fundraising drive and every donation helped us surpass our goal!

Special thanks to Karen and Don Young for the $7,500 in matching donations and the Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation and Tony Stewart Foundation for their $5,000 grants.

And (drumroll, please…)

Congrats and thanks to:

1) Tamela, who raised $2,391 (and counting!) through her T-Arts Etsy store full of one-of-a-kind jewelry and other wonderful hand-crafted ape pieces.

2) Felicity Wood, who raised $1,465 through her friends and family (and herself) by asking them to give to the sanctuary for her birthday

3) Leslie Sodaro, who donated $1,200 during the three months of the fundraising, giving generously on top of her regular monthly donations

Who’s Burrito’s biggest fan?

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Tamela is looking for Burrito’s biggest fan to buy a one-of -a-kind handmade Burrito belt buckle (see photo below).

She also has very cool paperweights for sale in her online Etsy shop with interchangeable photos of the Cle Elum Seven, so you can spend each day with a different chimpanzee image!

For other fun stuff to support the chimps:

Cindy still has some of her adorable beaded bracelets available in her Etsy shop – get your Burrito, Negra, Missy, Foxie, Annie, Jody or Jamie bracelet today!

and don’t forget about Jeani’s Firstgiving page with the woodburned pins as a thank you for your donation

and Margaret Parkinson’s Firstgiving page with a card with a print of one of her amazing paintings as a thank you for a donation

And Pam Lehnert’s Firstgiving page and offer to transform your space for a donation to the sanctuary.

After Pam worked her magic

So many fun ways to support the chimps for our 2nd Anniversary Fundraising drive! Thank you, everyone, for your hard work and great ideas and for those who have supported these supporters!