AR Conference

     Saturday's events ended with the banquet and awards ceremony, during which Mario's masterpiece was auctioned off for $2000, the second highest bid only to Paul McCartney's signed guitar! Everyone was very impressed with his artistic abilities.

     Kari gave her "Running a Sanctuary" workshop at 11:30 Sunday morning. Many conference-goers attended the talk; some wanting to start their own sanctuary while others expressing a general interest in what it takes to devote one's life to the care of sanctuary animals.

    At the moment, things in the exhibit hall are slowing down. While the conference will still be going on tomorrow, Kari, Mimi and Jane will be packing up the Jungle Friends display and flying back to Jacksonville, FL tonight. The monkey merchandise has raised quite a bit of money for the sanctuary so far!