Thanks MiniMonos Staff Thursday

Hey monkeys!
As some monkeys may know, today MiniMonos has reached 500,000 MONKEYS! That is an outstanding achievement for any website, and really deserves some recognition.

Some monkeys have decided to make this day even more special for the MiniMonos staff, so therefore today shall be known as "Thanks MiniMonos Staff Thursday"!
P.S. It is Thursday in New Zealand where most of the MiniMonos staff are, but Wednesday in UK/US!


I could blabber off all day about how much I love MiniMonos and what a great job I think the staff do, but I won't!!! Instead, here is what some monkeys around the island have said!

TechTiger

Thank You MiniMonos for helping kids learn how recycling helps the environment and how to just "Go Green!" in everday life. MiniMonos will always be the Greenest Virtual World on Earth. Thank You for your time, talent, and friendship you give us all everyday!

RainbowRacer

Thanks for making Minimonos a great game!  :D  

Theodore1

Thanks MiniMonos Staff for being awesome!

 Mioster

Well, I've been on Minimonos for a long time I think it just keeps getting better and better! Keep it up MM staff!

Sandybob

thanx minimonos staff you have done soooooooooo well to make minimonos a fun and happy place!!!! Best Bananas Sandybob! XD

Bannanas85

Thank you for the awesome game

Jayvan2000

Thanks 

Wohoo

Thanks Minimonos staff! You Rock =) Without you guys, MiniMonos wouldn't be as awesome as it is!

Maja

Thank You Minimonos Staff!

Tommypp

Thank you MiniMonos Staff Members!

LokiTerry

Thank you MiniMonos Staff for such a envrionmenal friendly game! 

Sonic

Thank you Minimonos staff for making this game the best it can be! You are all very generous and you hang out with us! :) You guys are the best! Keep rocking and lead MiniMonos to the top!!

Chimp

i want to thank you for Everything you have done for me and i mean every thing lil to small nd you know who you are:) and I really mean it and i'm even typing how you guys wanted me to and everyone else but not MonkeyRock he likes my style. I'm so glad that i could be a part of the minimonos family and with out you guys and everyone else i wouldnt have had the strength to keep going and move on from the past:) Thank you for EVERYTHING and i will always love you guys:D

Tapmancs

Thx everything Stuff!!!! You made MM the Best Virtual World!!!!!

Banannarama

Thanks MiniMonos staff you made MiniMonos my favorite [virtual] world!

Jas1206

Thanks so much Minimonos Staff!!!! YOU ROCK!!!!!!!. thanks for everything you have given us. Also for hanging out with us!!! =D

 

And from the MiniMonos Staff...
Manx

Thank you very much, MONKEYROCK and all the monkeys who've commented -- we really appreciate all the messages!

EcoMom

Oh My Monkeys!!! Thank you MonkeyRock and monkeys! You're all so awesome -- we love your ideas, inspiration, making us laugh and helping to make both MiniMonos and the planet so much better! We can't wait for us all to make MiniMonos bananamazing for the next 500K monkeys! GO MINIMONOS MONKEY TEAM!!

MissDawg

WOW, MonkeyRock! WOW, monkeys! This is the most monkeytastic gift ever! Thank YOU so much for everything you do -- MiniMonos would not exist without you monkeys! {:(|} MissDawg

Comment your thanks/graphics, and we will be sure to add them in!

Back in July, when MiniMonos had ONLY 250,000 monkeys, half of what there is now, here is what MissDawg said about MiniMonos' outstanding achievements!

Each of those 250,000 kids has helped change the world. Here's how:
Clean water for kids in India
Every time someone buys a Gold membership or virtual good on MiniMonos, a child in India gets clean water through our partnership with Buy1Give1 and the Bird India charity. Our partnership with renewable power company Meridian Energy also provided a year of clean water for 20 kids! So far MiniMonos kids have helped provide 18,492 days of clean water to children in India.
Adopting Orangutans
We adopted our first orangutan, Monti, to celebrate our first 50 Gold members, and our second, Kesi, when we reached 250. We welcomed Pingky and Neng to the MiniMonos Orangutan Family when we officially launched out of Beta. Our "adoptions" go to support the work of the extraordinary Orangutan Outreach organization.
But that's not all! Two of our extraordinary MiniMonos members, Viper and Calypso were so moved by the plight of the orangutans that they adopted their own orangutans! Last September they adopted Mimi and Momo, seen here. Viper and Calypso have been a part of the MiniMonos community since the beginning, and have shown themselves to be such incredible leaders that they have officially joined the staff!
Contributed to the WWF Tiger Initiative
Just because "MiniMonos" means "Little Monkeys" doesn't mean we only support primates! Another project we got behind was the WWF Tiger Initiative. We partnered with WWF-NZ to sell virtual tiger suits -- and every time a MiniMonos member buys a tiger suit for their online monkey to wear, a donation gets made to the WWF TX2 project to double the wild tiger population by 2022.
MiniMonos EcoMonkeys completing real-world projects
Of all the ways MiniMonos members have made the world a better place, the MiniMonos EcoMonkey program is probably the one we're most proud of -- because it's driven by the kids themselves, making an extraordinary difference, every day, in their own communities.
The recently launched MiniMonos EcoMonkey program supports kids to tackle a real-world environmental project and earn virtual rewards on MiniMonos Island. They publish their ‘before’ and ‘after’ photos, explain why they chose their eco-project, and describe how they feel when they have completed it.
One determined US player, MiniJghRocks, campaigned to have a paper recycling program implemented at his school. Although his principals agreed, the superintendent reversed the decision, saying that similar programs in near-by schools had failed due to lack of support from the students. As MiniJghRocks explained: “Since it costs money to recycle (at least where I live) they decided it wasn’t worth the extra funds to put in something that wouldn’t be used. It makes sense right? Well, we then decided to start a petition, to prove that kids would actually use the recycling system!” The result was over 500 student signatures.
MiniJghRocks also enlisted the help of his math teacher to calculate that the amount of paper his school throws away, translated to 1,540 trees cut down per year. He wrote: “Next, we presented to our superintendent, showing him the facts, signatures, and a bit of the EcoMonkey Blog. He sat listening for a while, and [when] we finished, he, in response, also signed our petition!”
On successful implementation of the recycling program at his school, MiniJghRocks described it as: “Awesome! It’s soooo awesome. I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot and have truly changed the world, even if it’s just a little. I’m very happy. It’s just so cool :D” You can read all about MiniJghRocks' EcoMonkey Project here.
Other MiniMonos players have created eco-projects such as switching to eco-light bulbs, up-cycling old clothes to make toys, planting gardens, making useful items out of recycled materials and cleaning rivers and lakes. In all, a lot of kids have completed eco-projects so far!
Our aim with the MiniMonos EcoMonkey program is simple: One million kids taking real-world eco-action as a result of playing on MiniMonos.

That is pretty impressive! All that just from one game for kids!
Let's take this day to show how much we appreciate all the MiniMonos does for us, all the times that they forgive us, all the times that they care for us!

Thanks a lot MiniMonos!

Thanks to AlphaMonkey and MissDawg especially. Without them, MiniMonos wouldn't exist at all. They started MiniMonos with no pay at all, and with the main purpose as "educating kids about the environment". I bet they never guessed how many lives they would change by starting it!
Thanks also to EcoMom! She has been with MiniMonos from early on, and has worked SUPER HARD for MiniMonos, yet she still finds time to login and play some Monkey Fist... LOL! I am sure MiniMonos wouldn't be the same without her!
Also, a special mention to the team that keeps MiniMonos running, often "behind the scenes"! This includes Monty, BadgerFox, Zinky, Ostrich, Tuck, and a few more I can't think of right now!
Thanks as well to Bananatastic, who is always willing to do everything with a positive attitude! He works very hard and does a lot of graphics too, and still manages to squeeze in some of the best parties I have ever seen... LOL!
And how could I forget, Manx and Viper!!! Manx and Viper are always ontop of the MiniMonos Moderation and don't allow any naughty monkeys to chat on MiniMonos, hehe! Just imagine what MiniMonos would be like without them, LOL!

We really appreciate all of your work, MiniMonos staff!

Remember, please comment YOUR thank-you's to the MiniMonos staff and we'll include them in this post!

Best Bananas,
MonkeyRock