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6TH ANNUAL
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE GALA
The Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation (SASF)
held its 6th Annual Unconditional Love Gala on Saturday,
July 18th at a sold out event at a private
waterfront residence on Gin Lane in Southampton. Gala chair Jean
Shafiroff and Board President Jonathan
McCann hosted this year’s Great Gatsby themed event,
which honored Leslie
Alexander & Liz
Brown, Brigid Fitzgerald and Michael
Katz and Domenic J.
Marino, DVM, DACVS.
Beth Stern came
out to support Mrs. Shafiroff and the Shelter, as did Southampton Mayor
Mark Epley, John Catsimatidis and his wife, Margo. Honorary
Corporate Chairs for the Unconditional Love Gala included Sequin, Bloomberg
Philanthropies, Barclays and Ferguson
Cohen LLP.
Master
of ceremonies Chuck
Scarborough welcomed over
300 guests including, Board
Member Robert Lohman, Cliff and Raya
Knight, Martin Shafiroff, Sharon Bush, Liliana
Cavendish, US Congresswoman Carolyn
Maloney, Jean Remmel Fitzsimmons, Wendy
Wegner, Amy Cosman, Flo
Anthony, Scott Stevenson, Deborah
Hearst, Nina Delano and Jill
Rappaport, in addition to Junior committee members Elizabeth
Shafiroff, Katie
McEntee, Lindsey
Spielfogal and Charles
McConnell who enjoyed dinner by Robbins
Wolfe Eventeurs and music by the Alex
Donner Orchestra.
The real stars of the evening were the cutest
cats and puppies, seven adult and baby Chihuahuas and a
loveable bulldog mix who were all up for adoption. Proceeds
raised from the Unconditional Love Gala help SASF to
continue to care for over 1,200 homeless animals per year
and funds raised during the night’s cash call went to
support the spay/neuter program at the shelter clinic as
well as the mobile low cost van granted to the Shelter by
the ASPCA. Proceeds from the event also supported the SASF’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. The Shelter also runs programs that help
special needs children, along with educating, mentoring and
implementing SASF's "Playing For Life" program, created by
the SASF's former Training & Behavior Director, Aimee
Sadler, which is currently in 100 shelters and highlighted
at the major animal conferences throughout the U.S.
ABOUT SOUTHAMPTON ANIMAL SHELTER FOUNDATION:
Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation is a
501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing for
the welfare of homeless pets in our community and, in turn,
placing them in permanent caring homes. SASF has been
called one of the most progressive shelters in the country,
having recently won an award as the finest shelter on Long
Island and ranked in the top 10% of the best rated shelters
in the U.S. In addition, the Shelter leads the country with
its "live release rate", which means that of all dogs and
cats brought to the shelter, 94% are adopted into loving
homes. SASF is an open intake shelter that welcomes stray
pets regardless of age, breed, or health providing them with
the finest care, food, training, and medical attention. No
adoptable animal is left behind! To learn more, please visit
SASF’s website at www.southamptonanimalshelter.com or
their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/southamptonanimalshelter. |