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SOUTHAMPTON
ANIMAL
SHELTER
FOUNDATION’S
4th ANNUAL
UNCONDITIONAL
LOVE BENEFIT
New York, NY
(July 22,
2013) –
Honorary
Chairs Susan
Allen,
Board
President Jonathan
McCann and Jean
Shafiroff welcomed
over 200
supporters
to The
Southampton
Animal
Shelter
Foundation’s
(SASF) 4th
Annual
Unconditional
Love Gala on
July 20th at
the home of Sandra
McConnell.
WNBC’s Chuck
Scarborough emceed
the evening
and honored
NBC’s Award
Winning
Animal
Advocate &
Best Selling
Author Jill
Rappaport along
with ASPCA
animal
behaviorist
and trainer, Pamela
Reid, Ph.D
CAAB who was
given the
outstanding
achievement
award.
The Alex
Donner
Orchestra kept
guests
including Henry
Buhl, Amy
and Ray
Cosman, Raya
and Cliff
Knight,
Southampton’s
Mayor Mark
Epley, Jean
Remmel
Little,
Nicole
Noonan, Kim
Renk and
Greg Dwyer,
Martin and
Elizabeth
Shafiroff,
Leesa
Rowland and
Larry Wohl,
Fred Tanne,
Elaine
Sargent,
Lisa
McCarthy,
Laura Lofaro
Freeman,
Lucia Hwong
Gordon, Yaz
and
Valentine
Hernandezon
their feet
after a
fabulous
dinner
catered by
Robbins-Wolfe
Eventeurs.
Honorary
Corporate
Chairs for
the event
included
Allen & Co,
Barclays,
Ferguson
Cohen LLP
and Sequin
Jewelry.
The special
evening also
featured an
auction
where a
behind the
scenes tour
of the Today
Show by Jill
Rappaport
went for
$10,000 and
a Sintessi
diamond
poodle pin
by Michel
Piranesi went
for $5,000.
Proceeds
raised from
the
Unconditional
Love Gala
help SASF
continue to
care for
over 1,200
homeless
animals
rescued from
the Hamptons
each year.
Funds raised
will also
support the
shelter’s
work with No
More Tears
Rescue to
rehabilitate
and find
homes for
adult dogs
rescued from
puppy mills,
with The
Humane
Society of
Northwest
Georgia to
take in dogs
on death-row
and find
them
permanent
homes, and
with the
ASPCA to
save dogs
from cruelty
and disaster
situations
and place
them in safe
homes.
Proceeds
will also
benefit the
shelter's
various
programs
that help
special
needs
children,
along with
educating,
mentoring
and
implementing
SASF's
"Playing For
Life"
program,
created by
their
Training &
Behavior
Director,
Aimee
Sadler,
which is
currently in
over 40
shelters and
highlighted
at the major
animal
conferences
across the
country.
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