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JUNGLE VOICES
Friends and volunteers of Jungle Friends speak out
IT AIN'T JUST ABOUT MONKEYS
 Mary Parshall, Volunteer
Well, then, if its not just about monkeys, what is it about? My experience and observations tell me that at Jungle Friends it’s about people, community, compassion, working and playing well with others. It’s about problem solving, co-operation, learning and sharing job skills, acting as self starters, following rules, regulations and laws. It’s about thinking and acting creatively, broadening horizons, reaching out; experimenting with newly found talents, dealing with the public, creating good will within the community. It’s about facing the financial realities of the sanctuary business, taking responsibility for yourself and for the well-being of others, overcoming shyness and hesitancy in service to the greater good. It’s about experiencing the need to stop, look and listen alertly while still being enveloped in the beauty and tranquility of the setting. It’s about getting out of the theoretical and into reality, facing and handling emergencies capably, practicing skills of self-reliance, being willing to innovate, being and learning to be a team player as well as being and learning to be a leader and teacher. It’s about practicing good security habits, making excellent sanitation, nutrition awareness and proper food handling second nature. It’s about gaining a deep sense of sharing and caring locally and globally. It’s watching the drama of birth, sickness, old age and death up close and having to face these truths of living head-on, having to deal impartially and correctly with not only the beautiful and charming of this multi-specied society but also with the problematic, the erratic, and the psychotic. Assuming the role of "Ambassadors At Large" for not only this sanctuary but also for all other sanctuaries. Perhaps the most important is the planting of the seeds of compassion in untold others and guiding them to be part of the solution.
This short view of what is happening at Jungle Friends besides the care and feeding of thirteen Capuchin monkeys is incomplete and limited to my own point of view.
For myself, I have gained meaningful friendships, met and got to know the wonderful caring and sharing people of Gainesville, learned to call Gainesville my home, and been grateful for the opportunity to challenge myself to be a worthy asset to Jungle Friends.
While for me it has never really been just about monkeys at all, I am anxious to learn what you think Jungle Friends is about. Please share your thoughts and observations with me and the other volunteers at Jungle Friends.
Please help Jungle Friends today with your tax deductible contribution through Paypal.
Thank you for your continued support.
Lots of Monkey Love,
Kari and the Monks
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Jungle Friends is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and your donations are tax deductible. Donations can be made on your credit card from the website www.junglefriends.org, by phone at (386) 462-7779, or can be mailed to:
Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary
13915 N. State Road 121
Gainesville, FL 32653
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