Emcee Brian “The Sexy Vegan” Patton and DJs Harry Skelter and MelisserAGoGo will set the scene for the Silent Auction, which includes items such as hotel and restaurant gift certificates, art, handbags, and food items, from donors including Susan Nichole and Bob’s Red Mill. This casual evening features a cash bar featuring BridgePort craft brews, creative plant-based snacks, and the So Delicious Dairy Free Sundae Bar Spectacular. This open-to-the-public night of music, food, and fun will support Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest. Vida Vegan Con weekend would not be complete without its fundraiser for an animal sanctuary, the Galarama. For more information on the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Fund, visit + Silent Auction: Benefit for Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest The Chimpanzee Sanctuary Fund provides financial support in order to help these chimps live out their lives with the peace and dignity they deserve. The cost of caring for a chimpanzee in sanctuary averages about $15,000 a year. In late 2015, the National Institutes of Health announced it would release all remaining chimpanzees in labs and research faculties to sanctuaries. This important positive change of moving surviving chimps from labs to sanctuary is desperately needed and we’re thrilled to be a part of making this happen,” said Linda Milbourn, grants and fiscal sponsorship director for New Mexico Community Foundation. “Chimpanzees, like all creatures, deserve peace and security. An expert group of advisors review grants submitted by sanctuaries up to three times a year to determine how funds will be spent. The Chimpanzee Sanctuary Fund has to date raised more than $500,000 from donors, including seed money from Arcus Foundation, and is seeking to raise more funds to help the hundreds of chimps still held in labs. The Chimpanzee Sanctuary Fund provides chimps with a life more aligned with their natural setting, including freedom to play, choice, and social interaction. At Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, Jody wanders through the field, snacking on wild flowers. “We are thrilled to receive this challenge grant as we work to expand our sanctuary and provide hope, love, and home to more chimpanzees in need,” said Diana Goodrich, Co-Director of Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, located in Washington. Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest will grow their facility to take in more chimps in 2017. The Chimpanzee Sanctuary Fund has issued a $50,000 challenge grant to Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest for the expansion of their sanctuary. At Chimp Haven, many of them will have the opportunity to enjoy spacious, multi-acre habitats and other large enclosures, climb trees and live in large and complex social groups,” said Cathy Spraetz, president and CEO of Chimp Haven. “Chimp Haven has doubled in size in recent years and we are committed to continuing to grow to make a place for chimps retired from research. In collaboration with Texas Biomedical Research Institute, 19 government-owned chimps will move to Chimp Haven in spring of 2016. The Chimpanzee Sanctuary Fund has granted $85,500 to Chimp Haven for the care of government owned chimpanzees who are the next in line to be retired to sanctuary. It’s the least we owe them,” said Kathleen Conlee, vice president of animal research issues for The HSUS. We are excited to be part of this effort that will help chimpanzees in labs reach sanctuary. “For decades, people bred and held hundreds of chimpanzees in laboratory settings for use in invasive research that is recognized as unethical and unnecessary for human health. In addition to awarding these grants, APNM is also hosting a Chimpanzee Freedom Party on March 26, 2016, to celebrate the positive changes for chimpanzees and raise additional funds to help with the costs of transporting and caring for the chimps in sanctuary. Our first grants from the Chimp Fund will help New Mexico chimps currently held in Texas get out of labs and into sanctuary,” said Laura Bonar, chief program and policy officer for APNM. “New Mexicans have helped protect chimps here and all across the country from cruel, ineffective invasive testing. Photo Credit: Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest. Because of the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Fund, more chimps can live an enriched life without the stress and anxiety of lab confinement. Negra with a blanket at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest. Chimp Haven, located in Keithville, L.A., and Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, in Cle Elum, Wash., will be the first of many grants awarded by the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Fund in 2016 and beyond. – New Mexico Community Foundation’s Chimpanzee Sanctuary Fund, a fundraising effort by Animal Protection of New Mexico (APNM) and The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), announces its first grants to help more chimpanzees from labs reach sanctuary. MaThe Chimpanzee Sanctuary Fund announces first round of grants to sanctuaries, starting with the care of chimps from New Mexico
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