Photos: Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation 6th Annual Unconditional Love Gala

Photos: Tom Fitzgerald/www.society-in-focus.com

The Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation (SASF) hosted their 6th Annual Unconditional Love Gala on Saturday, July 18.

The sold out event took place 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 and Liz Brown, Brigid Fitzgerald and Michael Katz and Domenic J. Marino, DVM, DACVS.

Beth Ostrosky Stern came out to support Mrs. Shafiroff and the Shelter, as did Southampton Mayor Mark Epley, Anna Throne Holst, John Catsimatidis and his wife, Margo.

Honorary Corporate Chairs for the Unconditional Love Gala included Ferguson Cohen, LLP and Sequin Jewelry.

Master of ceremonies Chuck Scarborough welcomed over 300 guests including, Board Member Robert Lohman, Cliff and Raya Knight, Martin Shafiroff, Sharon Bush, Liliana Cavendish, U.S. Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Jean Remmel Fitzsimmons, Wendy Wegner, Amy Cosman, Flo Anthony and Jill Rappaport, in addition to Junior committee members Elizabeth Shafiroff, Katie McEntee and Lindsey Spielfogal.

All the guests enjoyed dinner by Robbins Wolfe Eventeurs and music by the Alex Donner Orchestra.

At the event, several cats and puppies, in addition to 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.

Check out photos taken by photographer Tom Fitzgerald.