Candy Retter's Fundraiser
My Appeal
I am walking for the chimps. As most of you know I am a volunteer at Project Chimps in Morganton Ga, home to 78 retired medical research chimps. Please help me reach my goal
Thank you in advance
Candy
My Progress
Candy is walking 69 miles and raising funds for Project Chimps. Please show your support and donate generously.
135.9 MILES done
69 miles
My Cause
The Mission: Project Chimps' mission is to provide lifelong exemplary care to chimpanzees retired from research.
About the Organization:
Project Chimps is the newest chimpanzee sanctuary in the United States and was founded to provide lifelong exemplary care to 200 former research chimpanzees at its sanctuary on over 230 acres of forested land in the Blue Ridge Mountains of north Georgia. Today, Project Chimps is home to 77 chimpanzees and we are working to move nearly 130 more to permanent sanctuary.
Our History
September 14, 2015, marked the effective end of unrestricted invasive experiments on chimpanzees in the United States. All chimps, both wild and captive, were listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on that day, after a decades-long fight to end the use of chimpanzees in laboratory research.
Chimpanzees in private research institutions also needed a forever home. In anticipation of the federal policy change, Project Chimps reached an agreement in 2014 with the University of Louisiana’s New Iberia Research Center (NIRC), which houses the largest population of privately-owned chimpanzees in the United States, to provide sanctuary to all of NIRC’s chimpanzees.
Recent Donations
CR
$ 200
KJ
$ 100
Way to go, Candy!
NS
$ 200
A
$ 104
CR
$ 50
GY
$ 25
Proud of you Candy!
SE
$ 25
CR
$ 70
A
$ 50
M&
$ 20
JW
$ 35
K
$ 25
JE
$ 15
ME
$ 25
A
$ 50
Mighty fine!!
LR
$ 25
Go Candy
JK
$ 50
Great cause!!
MF
$ 50
Nice work!
S&
$ 36
LH
$ 50
Thank you for walking for the chimps!!!
PS
$ 50
Good case, now get walking!
LC
$ 100
Go Candy!
JB
$ 40
BM
$ 25
NB
$ 50
CR
