Primate Update E-Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 11, Part 2

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP THE MONKEYS

‘Tis the Season of Giving
The Holiday season is upon us; it is a time of year to celebrate with friends and family- a time when joy, compassion, and the spirit of generosity abound. Below are ways you can help Pacific Primate Sanctuary during this season of giving.

GoodShop
Use GoodShop.com for all your holiday shopping. After designating Pacific Primate Sanctuary as your nonprofit of choice, you can shop at more than 900 top online retailers and a percentage of your purchases will automatically be donated to the Sanctuary! For example: if you shop on eBay using Goodshop.com, 25-35% of eBay revenue will be donated to PPS! GoodShop also provides many valuable coupons to use towards your purchases. When you select a store, you will automatically be redirected to a coupon page for that store. PLEASE use GoodShop this holiday season!

Gift Contributions
Many of us are sick of the holiday buying binge and are searching for truly meaningful gifts. We would like to present a gift giving opportunity:
Gift Contributions can be made to Pacific Primate Sanctuary in the name of anyone on your holiday list. Your Gift Recipients will receive a beautiful Contribution Certificate showing you have made a donation in their name, along with information about PPS. This thoughtful and significant gift helps to feed and care for threatened, endangered and distressed primates. Please see the following PPS Holiday Gift Contribution Form for details and and click here to send a Gift Contribution now using PayPal!

Rescue Fund
A Rescue Fund will allow us to provide refuge for at risk animals needing to be brought to the Sanctuary immediately. Laboratories and pet owners often have deadlines for placement and may not contribute to the costs involved in getting the animal to Pacific Primate Sanctuary or provide for their housing and care. Your contributions will allow us to reach out to these monkeys and bring them to this safe haven. If you would like to donate to the Rescue Fund please make a tax-deductible donation at the sites above.

Sponsor an Intern!
We have had several people interested in the PPS internship position who are unable to afford the cost of travelling to Maui and volunteering for a year. For example, we just received the following e-mail from a very qualified applicant:
“I recently graduated with my Master of Science degree where my focus was primate conservation and my bachelor's degree was in anthropology/primatology. I have lived in the jungles of Borneo doing orangutan rehabilitation and Costa Rica. My undergraduate and graduate theses were in captive primate behavior. I also have graduate level experience in Grant Writing and Proposals.”
He is an ideal candidate for our Internship program. Unfortunately, he does not have the finances for an airline ticket or for personnel expenses.

The Sanctuary provides housing and an orchard and organic vegetable garden for our Resident Interns, however we do not have the funds to fly qualified students to Maui or to provide a stipend. If you are interested in sponsoring an Intern by purchasing airline tickets, donating Airline Miles, or providing a monthly stipend for our Resident Interns please contact us at pps@aloha.net.

How to Donate Directly
We rely upon your continued contributions. You make what we do possible! Please encourage your friends and relatives to make tax-deductible donations to the Sanctuary in the following ways:
You may donate online on our Website: www.pacificprimate.org or on Facebook: www.facebook.com/PacificPrimateSanctuary using PayPal
or by sending their check to:

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

With your support, you make everything we do possible.

Presentation at Pacific Primate Sanctuary
We were fortunate to have a guest speaker give a talk at Pacific Primate Sanctuary last month. Dr. Lydia Hopper is a Postdoctoral Associate at the Language Research Center, Georgia State University, conducting research with chimpanzees, rhesus macaques and owl monkeys. She is working in collaboration with Dr. Sarah Brosnan on an NSF funded project entitled Understanding Responses to Inequitable Outcomes in
Non-human Primates. “How Chimpanzees and Capuchin monkeys take into account both their own and others' rewards or procedures and make subjective assessments of their outcome based on these changing parameters.” (Cebus Lab, Georgia State University). It was very interesting speaking with Dr. Hopper about her findings and learning that the research community is coming to understand that all primates share the concept of fairness and equity.

Cheryl, Dr. Lydia Hopper, Lucy and Mary Catherine

Pizza Party for the Monkeys

Watching Videos of the Monkeys

We recently had a fundraiser at the Flatbread Company in Paia, Maui. Flatbread donated a portion of each pizza sold to the Sanctuary. The event included a silent auction organized by Judi, our multi-talented Sanctuary volunteer. Generous friends and supporters in the community donated beautiful art objects and services for the auction. People had fun bidding and the auction turned out well. Pete, Loli, and Cyndi helped to share literature and speak directly with many people about Pacific Primate Sanctuary.

Mary Catherine and Lisa welcomed patrons at the door and told them a bit about our work at the Sanctuary. The children watched Erin’s wonderful movies of the monkeys living with others of their own kind in a green environment.

Thank you to everyone who helped make our PIZZA PARTY FOR THE MONKEYS a huge success! This was a great fundraiser, and we appreciate everyone who came out to support Pacific Primate Sanctuary.

Sanctuary Volunteers Mary Catherine, Judi, Loli and Lisa

PPS PEOPLE in the SPOTLIGHT

Meet Intern Lisa

Pacific Primate Sanctuary would like to Congratulate Intern Lisa on the completion of her Internship training program. Lisa came to the Sanctuary on July 27, 2010. In just 3 short months, Lisa has become proficient in the areas of Animal Caregiving, Emergency Medical Care, Colony Management, Record Keeping, and Volunteer Training. Lisa is now certified as a Primary Animal Caregiver at Pacific Primate Sanctuary!

Lisa received a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Texas A&M Corpus Christi. She has always had a passion for animal husbandry, conservation and animal welfare.

Mary Catherine, Lisa and Erin

When Lisa first wrote to us about the internship, she spoke of her past experience working with animals “…I learned the importance of dedication and passion it takes to pursue this line of work.” Upon reading that, we knew that Lisa would be a great Sanctuary Intern!

In her letter of acceptance, Lisa wrote:
You never know when the opportunity of a lifetime will appear, but I’m so thankful it did. …. I think what drew me most to PPS was the simple message “Where the suffering stops and the healing begins!”






We are so grateful that Lisa has come to Pacific Primate Sanctuary!

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