Primate Update E-Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 1, Part 2

WHAT’S HAPPENING at PPS?

Board Meeting

The members of Pacific Primate Sanctuary’s Board of Directors got together for a meeting this month. We would like to welcome Chief Operations Officer Erin, who was voted in as the newest member of the PPS Board! The primary topic at our meeting centered on building the new extension for the Sanctuary. After much discussion about the details, including a conversation with the building designer and our Treasurer/Bookkeeper, the PPS Board unanimously approved going forward with this building project!

PPS Extension

There are currently 20 monkeys living in indoor portables who need to get out into the green world. Their presence is creating unstable social dynamics in the established monkey groups in the outdoor enclosures. Since the Pacific Primate Sanctuary Board has approved the building of this new extension, financing this vital project has become a priority. The Sanctuary is in urgent need of funds to construct this additional housing for the primates.

We are in the final stages of design plans, and are focusing on working out all the details. We are in communication with Corners Ltd., who created all of our current marmoset and tamarin enclosures. Corners, who has been an important partner in all of our primate housing projects, has offered us a very generous discount of 1/3 off their price! Once again, manager Jeff Smith has offered to come to Maui from Kalamazoo to install the enclosures

Please join with us in this life saving work. With your help, we can build this new
addition with outdoor enclosures for the monkeys now living indoors.

Please send your tax-deductible donations to:

Pacific Primate Sanctuary
500-A Haloa Road
Haiku, HI 96708

Or donate on our website, www.pacificprimate.org using PayPal.

Gift Wrapping at Borders

Borders Books and Music in the Maui Marketplace once again let us participate in their annual Gift Wrapping Fundraiser! We had some great days, and a lot of fun. We were able to raise funds, and increase awareness of Pacific Primate Sanctuary. Mahalo to our many wonderful supporters who volunteered their time and gift-wrapping skills! A special Mahalo to all of you who came in on December 23. This was a VERY busy day, and all the volunteers who came in stayed many hours longer than they were signed up for. Thank you for volunteering extra time at the last minute to make our final day of Gift Wrapping a true success!

Volunteers Jessica and Judi Gift Wrapping at Borders

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