Summer Planning

Some dates for you to keep in mind!  We are having some Volunteer Help Days - our regular volunteers plus others of you out there who would like to help the monkeys - are invited to work at the Farm.
The first date is Sunday May 27 - we are going to be cleaning up the hill, which has acquired all sorts of debris over the winter and needs to be thoroughly sorted and tidied.
Next - Saturday June 23 - fix-up day - painting, building, repairing of various fixtures at the Farm.
There are 3 Lumberjack Days planned - Sunday Sept. 16, Sunday October 28 and Sunday Nov. 18 - these are days of wood cutting, splitting and stacking so we will have plenty of wood ready for the furnace to keep the monkeys warm over the winter.
And finally we are looking forward to having 2 Open Houses this year - Sunday July 15 and Sunday August 26 - when we will open up the Farm to visitors (for a donation to be announced) to visit our Sanctuary and learn more about the work we do there!
Keep returning to this site or to our Facebook page for more details as the time goes on!
Thanks for all your support - past, present and future!

Dr. Jane Goodall's birthday gift - A Pockets Warhol Original!

Izzy Hirji and Charmaine Quinn making a presentation to Dr. Jane Goodall

Dr. Jane Goodall receives a photo of Pockets, then sees the Pockets Warhol portrait and asks "What is this business of him in the yellow?", to which we responded "Why Jane, that's Pockets as Andy Warhol of course!"

Jane received Pockets' original artwork entitled "David Greybeard" and is overjoyed! She said she loved it, it was beautiful, and also that she loves capuchins and that they are so smart! Hopefully Pockets doesn't get too much of an ego!

Izzy Hirji, Charmaine Quinn, and Jane Goodall with the painting by Pockets entitled "David Greybeard"

Photos courtesy of Jo-Anne McArthur and JGI Canada


Our famous capuchin, Pockets Warhol, got his painting delivered (by his muse) to the lovely Dr. Jane Goodall, as a gift for her untiring work towards bettering our planet. The painting is entitled "David Greybeard" for the first chimpanzee that ever befriended Jane and allowed her to begin her life-changing studies. What an honour!

Thank you to the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada for allowing us to present this (Pockets really appreciates it, he worked hard!), and to Jo-Anne McArthur for her incredible photographs. We are so proud to have these phenomenal partners to help us make the world a better place!


To get your own Pockets Warhol original, 
please visit pocketswarhol.blogspot.com!

Jane Goodall Institute of Canada
www.janegoodall.ca

Jo-Anne McArthur - We Animals 
www.weanimals.org

Miss Sweet Pea, out in the sunshine, with her new friend.  She loves her soft, plush toys, and is really fond of bright colours!  Such a lovely baboon!

A very busy weekend at the Farm!  There are two very happy lemurs!  Buddy and Remi lemur now each   have their very own nest box - up high in their areas where they can happily snooze, groom and look out at the world from a very safe place.  This will make both of them more secure and more comfortable.  There is a new nest box for Cheeko as well.
And now that Julien has moved in permanently with Lexy, his old area is being renovated.  Pierre's new nest box will soon be finished, and he will be able to move into Julien's vacated space.  Then we can work on moving Miss Sweet Pea over to her new area.
So many things are happening at the Farm right now!  With spring sort of here, there are many days when all the windows can be open and everyone can enjoy the warm sunshine.  Soon there will be dandelions and other flowers and tree branches and leaves for everyone.
And we are working out a calendar for fundraisers and volunteer work days - so keep checking back to see what is on the schedule...we are hoping to reach a lot of old friends this year as well as make many new ones.
And - by the way - Julien and Lexy are doing very well together.  It is great to see two macaques where there used to be one!  And both have calmed down considerably.  Julien will now even come and sit close to some of the volunteers, and allow himself to be scratched - with a long-handled something or a stick - but such a different attitude!!!!!

There is a new couple in the Story Book barn! After months of planning, organising, reorganising - the door was opened between Lexy and Julian yesterday - and at last report, the two are getting along beautifully. Happy macaque murmurs echo throughout the barn!

We had a wonderful get-together at Manilla Hall on Saturday. A chance for volunteers to meet and greet - and a chance to have a little fun! Awards were presented - Sherri was our Primate Princess; Charmaine was honoured by Pockets, Izzy got his first Vet Kit...lots of fun!!!!

Pockets - on sale now!!!!!

Did you know that you too could own a unique - one-of-a-kind-very-special Pockets painting????  There are a few left since the art show came down, and Pockets continues to paint just about every weekend at the Farm.
So - if you are interested, go to http://pocketswarhol.blogspot.com/view/sidebar and pick out a favourite!!!!!