My Nonprofit Reviews

After several years of volunteering at Ohio's Nature's Nursery Wildlife Rehab Center, I feel privileged to assist in the smallest of ways of insuring a kinder life for the Great Apes at this Center. I laughed during the movie Smokey & the Bandit, or Planet of the Great Apes, & never realized the same "stars", Jacob & Jonah, brother chimpanzees I would meet much later, spent years apart in cages only big enough to turn around slowly. As I bike ride through OH & FL. I am thrilled to teach people about the Center's Apes, who's pictures adorn my bike panniers. Most are shocked that the cute chimpanzees they see in TV commercials are less than the 6 yrs of age, which is the time they would first be thinking of leaving their Mothers. In speaking at a bike club more than a few children came up to me with donations because they were 9-12 yrs old & wanted to help "teenager apes", who no longer could find jobs were & stuck living in tiny cells away from their siblings & parents, maybe move in the Center's home. As I watch Mari climb to the top of a 3 story outdoor enclosure with only her legs, since she lost her arms as a baby, I realize just how strong women are & what a wonderful example she leads for each of us. I am thrilled that she can now spend the rest of her years not fearing what trials and pain each new day will bring. Gardening is never boring there because I always have company from Stryker and Kodua, 2 young chimpanzees, who love to play not so quietly, above me in the overhead chutes. I miss them very much when residing in Oh, but it brings me so much pleasure to spend even 5 minutes telling one more person just how lucky these special Apes are to have found a home, as the forests continue to decline, & how important it is to choose products wisely. Poor choices lead to the depletion of the earth's reserves, which means more of these precious creatures will find themselves living out their days away from their own kind in dark hovels, alone & wondering what they did wrong to earn this life. The Center For Great Apes saved a few from this life, only generous humans can help save the rest.

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