W. PALM BEACH, Fla.
(January 26, 2010) The Peggy Adams
Animal Rescue League held a preview
reception for more than 150 friends and
dedicated supporters to celebrate the
completion of its much-anticipated Grace
Pavilion, a remarkable
38,000-square-foot animal welfare center
on Military Trail in West Palm Beach.
Guests enjoyed cocktails and hors
d’oeuvres with guided tours of the new
facility’s ultra-modern adoption center,
state-of-the-art medical and surgical
suites and University of Florida
veterinary student housing. The rescue
league also welcomed its adoptable dogs
and cats into the building, who wagged
and purred in excitement over their
bright, airy and expansive new digs.
Named for its elegant benefactor,
notable Palm Beach resident Jane Grace,
the new center will increase the
nonprofit organization’s ability to
rescue, treat and house thousands of
homeless and neglected animals in Palm
Beach County. A public opening and
ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on
Saturday, January 23.
“The Peggy Adams Animal
Rescue League has been a campus of
compassion for homeless animals and
families in need for 85 years. Now
thanks to the generosity of Mrs. Grace,
our new facility will enable us to help
even more pets and the people who care
for them,” said David Miller, executive
director for Peggy Adams Animal Rescue
League. “The Grace Pavilion is a
milestone achievement not only for us,
but for the entire Palm Beach County
community. This building will serve as
the new model for the next generation of
animal shelters across the country.”
In addition to Jane and
Robert Grace, notable guests included
Paul and Joanie Van der Grift;
Nellie Benoit; Bill and Kathy
Wallace; Sam and Vicky Hunt;
Joseph and Carol Flanagan;
Gilbert Kahn; Dotsie Letts;
Jamie and Katie Pressly; David
and Betty Scaff; Steven and
Laurie Raber Gottlieb; Robert and
Arlette Gordon; Helen Abel;
Denise and Dan Hanley; Michael
and Rebecca Mackintosh; David and
Carol Barton; Melinda Bass
and Judy
Schraftt.
Opportunities are still
available to name certain rooms and
major medical equipment within the Grace
Pavilion. For more information, contact
Joy Humphries at
561-472-8873.
About Peggy Adams
Animal Rescue League
Operating since 1925, Peggy Adams Animal
Rescue League is a limited-access humane
society that provides services to more
than 8,000 cats and dogs each year. The
organization operates an adoption
program, shelter, spay and neuter
clinic, Petmobile and other pet rescue
services in order to protect and find
quality homes for neglected animals in
Palm Beach County. For more information,
the general public should visit
www.hspb.org.