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Southampton
Animal
Shelter
Foundation
10th Annual
Unconditional
Love Gala
Event Chair
Jean
Shafiroff
Honoree
Aimee Sadler
CEO, Dogs
Playing for
Life
Emcee - Gregory
D’Elia
Host
Committee - Randi
Schatz, Amy
Cosman,
Antonella
Bertello ,
Missy
Hargraves,
Sharon Kerr
Junior Chair
- Kate
McEntee
Junior
Co-Chairs - Kingsley
Crawford,
Jenny Dwork,
Merritt Piro
Southampton
Animal
Shelter
Co-Presidents
- Clifton
Knight, Beau
Hulse
The Southampton
Animal
Shelter
Foundation hosted
their 10th
Annual
Unconditional
Love Gala on
Saturday,
July 20th,
2019. The
event took
place under
the tents at
Wickapogue
and Old Town
Roads in
Southampton,
NY -
starting
with a
cocktail
hour,
followed by
a parade by
staff of
animals
cared for by
the Shelter,
live
auction,
dinner and
dancing.
The Event
Chair was Jean
Shafiroff and
the Honoree Aimee
Sadler, Founder
& CEO of
Dogs Playing
for Life. Gregory
D’Elia emceed
the event,
The 2019
Gala’s Host
Committee
included:
Randi
Schatz, Amy
Cosman,
Antonella
Bertello,
Missy
Hargraves, and Sharon
Kerr.
The Junior
Chair is Kate
McEntee,
and Junior
Co-Chairs
include: Kingsley
Crawford,
Jenny Dwork,
and Merritt
Piro.
The 2019
Media
Sponsor was Hamptons
Magazine.
The event
planner for
the evening
was Claire
Bean.
Entertainment
was provided
by Elan
Artists’
Nation with
dinner
catered by Stone
Creek Inn.
With an
overwhelming
turnout, The
Gala was a
success in
raising
money and
awareness
for the
efforts of
the Charity.
A live
auction
included
fund raising
for the
shelter’s
training
program
with Dogs
Playing for
Life;
and
opportunities
to match
shelter dogs
to veterans
to become
service dogs
through
programs K9s
For Warriors,
and Paws
of War.
Guests were
also raising
their
paddles to
sponsor
feeding a
dog or a cat
for a year;
group golf
outings at
the East
End’s most
prestigious
golf courses
including
Shinnecock
Hills and
Atlantic,
skiing in
Sun Valley,
a week at a
private
resort and
an auction
for a
classic
British
motorcar, a
beautifully
restored
1952 MG TD.
Proceeds
from the
event
directly
support more
than 5,000
animals who
enter the
shelter’s
doors
annually.
Whether
caring and
finding
homes for
stray and
abandoned
animals to
providing
low cost
veterinary
care and dog
training so
that animals
can remain
in their
home, the Southampton
Animal
Shelter has
become a
vital
resource in
their
community.
With the
generous
support of
donors, they
can continue
to provide
lifesaving
programs and
services.
Individual
tickets for
the gala
were tiered
$500 and
$1,000.
Junior
tickets (for
under 35)
were $300.
The Southampton
Animal
Shelter
Foundation is
unique on
the East
End, taking
in animals
from all 7
villages and
18 hamlets
in the
Township.
With its
“open
admissions”
policy, it
accepts all
animals – no
matter what
breed,
physical or
medical
condition,
special
needs, or
what age.
The shelter
also takes
in animals
from
neighboring
towns and
beyond. The
shelter
helps and
saves
animals from
natural
disasters
such as
hurricanes,
and
overcrowded
shelters.
Shelter
services are
broad-based.
It provides
low-cost,
mobile
veterinary
services
throughout
the region.
Plus, it
conducts
educational
classes in
local
schools on
humane
animal care.
The
Southampton
Animal
Shelter is
the true
“community”
shelter on
the East
End.
Hurricane,
disaster &
over crowded
shelters
Most
significantly,
the
shelter’s
Medical
Services and
the Behavior
& Training
program are
unsurpassed.
These, along
with the
professionalism
and
“match-making
skills” of
the Adoption
Department,
are the key
to the
shelter’s
extraordinary
adoption
rate of 96%.
Shelter
staff, and
its fabulous
volunteers,
make sure
that no
animal is
left behind.
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