For the past four years, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a primate sanctuary for retired research monkeys has been trying to raise awareness and money for its cause.
On Sunday, Primates Incorporated held a pancake breakfast at the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center on Jenifer Street. Complete with vegan pancakes and tofu scramblers, and with entertainment provided by the Trinity Irish Dancers, those in attendance were asked to donate to the cause. Amy Kerwin, the group’s board president, said events like Sunday’s breakfast are held more to keep the community engaged and aware of the group’s cause, not necessarily to raise the hundreds of thousands of dollars necessary to build a primate sanctuary.