Fun Friday, Good Friday, EARTH DAY!!!

Happy Friday, blog followers :) Also, happy Good Friday to those of you who celebrate it! And we can't forget, HAPPY EARTH DAY! :) So today, I think we'll get started with some Fun Fridays. By the way, we changed them up a little... have fun!


:LIGHTEN UP :)


Lots of good news right now. We're over half way to migrating our new chimp (we don't know who yet). It's Earth Day! So lots of people will be planting trees (lets end deforestation ;)) and doing other good things for our planet, this is the only one we have! (and the only planet with chimps :))


REMEMBER WHAT YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR!

You are fighting for a chimp like him, you are fighting to migrate a chimp just like him to a sanctuary so he can be happy, and not have to think about his past. It really is an AMAZING cause.

The Ape Assignment(which isn't so Ape-associated this week...)

Since its EARTH WEEK...try to do all of these things to help our planet!

1. RECYCLE! there is no need for plastic and paper to be filling up the landfills!
2. PLANT A TREE! this may sound like a big deal, but planting a tree is a great thing for the environment and may accent that back corner in you lawn quite well... (;
3. SAVE WATER! saving water is a very simple task! You can take shorter showers, use less water when you are doing the dishes, and much much MORE.
4. SAVE ELECTRICITY! make sure to turn off all of the lights when leaving the room!
5. GO VEGETARIAN! meat is really  not beneficial to the planet! already vegetarian?? then try vegan! already vegan?? keep up the good work, the animals thank you!!

The BIG QUESTION:

Do you only focus on helping chimps, or do you try to help all the abused animals? And don't feel bad if you only help chimps, a lot of people don't do anything for the abused animals out in the world, therefore, you are doing more than most!


Our new segment.... the LINK OF THE WEEK!!!

The link of the week this week is....

http://bestfunfacts.com/chimpanzees.html

This website has fun facts about lots of animals, but definitely read the ones about chimps! Some you might already know, but others you may find interesting!!

So you've read the whole post and you are probably wondering WHY IS THE FONT GREEN THIS WEEK???? Well, the font is green because it's earth day and not very many people celebrate, so we are doing our part in spreading awareness! After all, its not every Friday when you get to celebrate Good Friday, Earth Day AND Fun Fridays!!

Happy Easter to those who celebrate!
EVERYONE have an amazing weekend!

Your animal loving friends,
Aubrey + Olivia (:())

Well... We have... some news

Well, we have fantastic news. Really, really amazing news. Hunter, well, he's been migrated to Florida.
Hunter is in Florida, in the Save the Chimps Sanctuary!!!
Hunter, is finally happy!! He's with so many other chimps, and he's happy!! Hunter, is in the Save the Chimps Sanctuary!! I'm sorry, I'm being repetitive, but I'm very happy for Hunter!
But, this also means, Olivia and I have to choose another chimp to migrate, FOR THE 3RD TIME. And, the Arcus Foundation will not match our funds raised so far, so we are changing the goal back, and we will keep fundraising for the chimp we are going to migrate. We aren't sure what chimp we are going migrate, and we will let you know as soon as possible
which chimp we choose. This chimp will probably be around the same age as Hunter.

When I first recieved this email, all I could see was that now, we couldn't migrate Hunter. But the more I thought about it, I realized, Hunter is now happy, in a sanctuary, with many other chimps. Which was the over all goal. So our goal was reached, Hunter is now in Florida, and all the money we raised for him will get to go towards migrating another chimp, which is still an amazing cause.

I am determined to take the good out of this, even though I'm kind of sad. This is really is amazing that Hunter is now in a sanctuary.
Thank you,
~Aubrey (:())

Pictures from the Fundraiser!

Here's some kids having a great time in the chimp impression contest!!

Even adults participated in the fun!!

These are the judges... who will win?

Pin the banana on the chimp!!

What a great chimp impression!

Looks like she's having so much fun!

Before the fundraiser started, with out decorations, and Olivia on the floor cutting out a banana for "pin the banana on the chimp"

Thank you,

Your Chimp Friend,

Aubrey

Thank you!

Here is a complete list of people and businesses who donated to the silent auction and raffle:

The Homestead Shoppe- a lamp and a lampshade
South Bend Chocolate Company- Chocolate Basket
Tom's Restaurant- $10 gift certificate
Bruno's Pizza-2 $5 gift certificates Griffon's Bookstore- $20 gift certificate
Le Peep- 2 $10 gift certificates
Tippecanoe Place- Sunday Brunch for 2
Pottawattami Zoo- 4 family passes
Emblazon Salon- $100 gift card
Chickory Cafe- 2 coffee club cards, 2 beignets orders, 2 $5 gift certificates
College Football Hall of Fame- 4 tickets
Center For History- 4 tickets
Sunburst- $80 admission
Behr Custom Plumbing- Bathroom Sink
Culvers- 2 meals and 2 Turltle Sundaes
Pizza Hut-2 free large 1 topping pizzas
Forever Young Publishers- Winters First Snowflake, Curious Polka Dot Present, and One Wish for Winifred Witch
Chippawa Bowling- 2 $25 gift certificates
Starbucks- bag of coffee
Five Guys- $5 gift card
Jamba Juice- cup, and free smoothie card
Exploration Toys- $10 gift card
Charlie Curl- Value Checks
Amy and Dave Helmen- a handheld mixer
Stanz Food Service- 80 hot dogs for the food table

Here is a list of all the volunteers who helped at the fundraiser:

Christy Cheng
Stephanie McCann
Haley Johnson
Crystal Hallwood
Ashleigh Behr
Rachael Behr
Ali Laun
Miriam Lidinsky-Smith
Laura Deren
Amy Helmen
Cheri Hallwood
Sarah Dillon
Hannah Curl
Drew
Tom

Also, thank you to everyone who baked sweets for the cake walk!

Over all, this fundraiser was a huge success, thank you everyone who came and donated to help us reach our goal to migrate Hunter!

I'll post pictures of the fundraiser up tomorrow!

Your chimp friend,

Aubrey

Wow. It doesn't feel real.

Hi guys! I can't believe it, but I have some amazing news to tell you. We raised $550 from the fundraiser. That puts us at $1250. And thanks to the Arcus Foundation's matching grant, that means that Hunter is getting migrated. He's going to Florida!!!!! :') I'm so happy! It doesn't feel real! I'm not sure what I'm going to do now. I'm actually going to miss it all. Maybe another chimp will come in the near future. I'll check out who else needs help in Hunter's group. I'm not making promises or anything about the chimps, but I'm definitely not going to stop helping animals. I want ALL animal abuse to end, and I'm going to help that happen. I'm not really sure what this all means for our blog, but I want to continue it and I'm guessing Aubrey does, too. Not to mention I'm gonna be really really sad if I never get to do another cage sit. Anyway, I want to thank all of our loyal followers! And everyone who donated and who came out to support us today! And to all of the wonderful new people I've met on this mission, you're great. There are some amazing  people in the world and I'm lucky enough to know a lot of them. I'll keep you guys posted. Don't stop helping the animals! Do good things people!

You're amazing!

Your faithful blogger (and ex-fundraiser for Hunter),

~Olivia (:())

Fun Friday #5, April Fools Day!

Hey guys!
Its Friday, April 1, which means APRIL FOOLS DAY!  So what did you guys do for April Fools?

Lighten up!

The fundraiser is tomorrow, and I'm hoping it will be a huge success! (Wish us luck!) Tomorrow, I will post a complete list of donations for the raffle/silent auction/ food tables. We have all sorts of stuff!! We are hoping to raise a good portion of the money to migrate Hunter!

The Ape Assignment:

Part of your assignment is to go to http://www.southbendtribune.com/community/sbt-20110331sbtmiche-04-02-20110331,0,4346924.story and read the article!! Its all about Olivia and I! We were in the news paper!! Pretty impressive, i think.  The other part is to list your favorite part of helping animals in the comment area below!!

The big question:

When you go to an event that you know is raising money for a charity, do you look into the charity, or do you just take part in the event by playing games and such? Now, please, be honest!

We know we haven't been keeping the blog very up to date, and we apologize! but fun fridays will be back, and staying, next week!!


DON'T FORGET HOW IMPORTANT COMMENTS ARE TO US! PLEASE COMMENT BELOW!

Have a great weekend and a great month of April, Thank you for everyones support!

Your Chimp Loving Friend,

Aubrey