The Sabrina Navaretta Memorial Foundation Puts Best Paw Forward with 4/25 Inaugural Dog Adoption

Syosset, NY; April 13, 2026 – People and dog rescues will find love and comfort in each other at the Inaugural Sabina Navaretta Memorial Foundation’s Dog Adoption on Saturday, April 25, 2026. Held in partnership this year with the Syosset High School Dog Rescue Club, the Foundation’s heartfelt Dog Adoption will run from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the back parking lot of Homes By Mara Realty, located at 30 Berry Hill Road in Syosset, NY 11791. Syosset High School Dog Rescue Club students will assist with the dogs available for adoption. Live entertainment will be provided and refreshments will be served. All members of the community are welcome and admission is free.

The not-for-profit Sabrina Navaretta Memorial Foundation Dog Adoption, formerly known as Homes by Mara Realty Dog Adoption, was renamed this year by Sabrina’s parents of Woodbury as a tribute to their daughter, also of Woodbury and a Syosset High School alumnus, because of her strong passion for dog rescues. John Navaretta, Sabrina’s father, explained, “We established our Sabrina Navaretta Memorial Foundation in June 2023 after losing our beautiful Sabrina in a tragic car accident while she was a passenger returning from an event as a University of Delaware freshman in April 2023. This Foundation was created to honor Sabrina, preserving her spirit in various interests while fulfilling her mission of doing good."

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Sabrina’s Mother, Mara Navaretta, continued, “Realizing among Sabrina’s many affections in life were dog rescues and our Homes By Mara Realty Dog Adoption event, we decided this year to change the hands of our Dog Adoption, switching it from Homes By Mara Realty to our Sabrina Navaretta Memorial Foundation. In doing this, we gain a way to carry out our daughter’s passion for dog rescues and our adoption event. We are excited to have the Syosset High School Dog Rescue Club as our Foundation’s first Dog Adoption partner. As a longtime supporter of Sabrina and our Foundation, we are grateful to the Syosset High School Dog Rescue Club for its assistance and organization of the rescue dogs that will be available at our Foundation’s first Dog Adoption event."

Funds for the Sabrina Navaretta Memorial Foundation will be raised during this Dog Adoption through dog vendor sponsors, who will be provided on-site presence with signage. For anyone interested in learning about sponsorships, registering as a sponsor, and/or receiving more details about this Dog Adoption, please email sabnavevents@gmail.com.

Generating additional dog rescue participation in the Foundation’s first Dog Adoption has been Syosset High School Dog Rescue Club’s Co-Advisors, Jodie Cohen and Dana Kaplan, who have contacted other dog rescues they have worked with over the past 10 years. As a result, the following 501c dog rescue organizations are taking part: Ollie’s Angels, Yorkie 911, Paws of War, Last Hope, and SPCA. Additionally, Syosset High School Dog Rescue Club is donating to each not-for-profit dog rescue group involved in the Foundation’s first Dog Adoption this year.

Cohen and Kaplan commented, “We vividly remember Sabrina participating in the Homes By Mara Realty Dog Adoptions while she was a member of our Club. Since her untimely death, we have had the privilege of honoring Sabrina during our Syosset High School Dog Rescue Club’s annual Walkathons. Now that the Foundation is hosting this Dog Adoption, Syosset High School Dog Rescue Club is given an even greater opportunity to honor Sabrina’s love for rescue animals while continuing her legacy of matching people and their loving homes with them.”

Founded by her parents, John and Mara Navaretta of Woodbury, the Sabrina Navaretta Memorial Foundation was established in June 2023 following Sabrina's tragic passing in a car accident This not-for-profit supports a wide range of charitable causes including high school senior scholarship awards, assistance to families grieving the loss of a child or sibling, donations to the Syosset Dog Rescue Club, and contributions to environmental organizations that protect local waterways Additionally, the Foundation gives annually a scholarship to a graduating Syosset High School senior member of the Syosset Dog Rescue Club. To support its mission and learn more about the Sabrina Navaretta Memorial Foundation, visit https://sabnavfoundation.org/.

Launched in 2016 as the first dog rescue club on Long Island, Syosset High School Dog Rescue is one of the largest clubs at Syosset High School. The Syosset High School Dog Rescue Club consists of student members dedicated to helping not-for-profit dog, cat, horse and wildlife rescue organizations across the New York Tri-State area. Its mission is to educate students about dogs and other animal rescue, provide them with hands-on experience with rescue dogs, and raise money for dog and other animal rescue groups through its various events.

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PHOTO CAPTIONS:

PHOTO 1: Pictured is the late Sabrina Navaretta holding a dog rescue at the formerly named Homes By Mara Realty Dog Adoption. This was before Sabrina’s parents, John and Mara Navaretta, changed this event’s name this year to the Sabrina Navaretta Memorial Foundation Dog Adoption in memory of their daughter and in honor of her passion for dog rescues.
Photo Credit & Permission: John and Mara Navaretta.

PHOTO 2: Pictured are Syosset Dog Rescue Club and other participants in the 2018 Homes By Mara Realty Dog Adoption (Mara Navaretta in red shirt, center), in which Homes By Mara supported Syosset High School Dog Rescue Club, where the Club donated $4,000 it received from Homes By Mara during the event to Ruff House Rescue. Originally known as Homes By Mara Realty Dog Adoption, this event was renamed this year by Sabrina’s parents, John and Mara Navaretta, to the Sabrina Navaretta Memorial Foundation Dog Adoption, in Sabrina’s memory and in honor of her passion for dog rescues.
Photo Credit & Permission: John and Mara Navaretta.

PHOTO 3: Event Flyer – Inaugural Sabrina Navaretta Memorial Foundation Dog Adoption held in conjunction with Syosset High School Dog Rescue Club on Saturday, 4/25/26. The Foundation’s Dog Adoption will run from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the back parking lot of Homes By Mara Realty, located at 30 Berry Hill Road in Syosset, NY 11791. Syosset High School Dog Rescue Club students will assist with the dogs available for adoption. Live entertainment will be provided and refreshments will be served. All members of the community are welcome and admission is free.
Photo Credit & Permission: John and Mara Navaretta.

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