Saturday Party, Pets Invited
The Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons annual Pet Celebration Day will be held on Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at the ARF Adoption Center, 91 Daniels Hole Road in Wainscott. Leashed dogs and cats in carriers will be welcomed, along with their owners, for treats, contests, and no-cost microchip identification tags (for the animals). There will be an agility course for able dogs and an Ask the Vet session with Dr. Frank Zeoli; and an animal behaviorist, Barbara Pezzinate, will be available for conversation as well. Also greeting guests will be ARF’s new director, Scott Howe, and Edwina von Gal of the Perfect Earth Project, who can provide advice about toxin-free gardens and landscaping.
Sandy Rapp will perform and there will be free coffee from the Hampton Coffee Company, with fresh donuts served up from a Dreesen’s Donut Truck.
Following that, ARF will hold a brief annual meeting with election of officers. It will also formally elected three new board members, Dale Ellen Leff, Summer Louchheim, and Richard Liberman.
Looking ahead, ARF’s Designer Showhouse and Sale will open on May 28 at the ARF Thrift Shop, 17 Montauk Highway at the Poxabogue Lane intersection in Sagaponack, with a 6 p.m. cocktail party; tickets have gone on sale for $150. A preview hour will begin at 5 that evening, with tickets at $250. The show will be open for $10 general admission on May 29 and 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The designers taking part this year are Sam Allen, Tracey Cavaniola, Nancy Corzine, John Stedila and Tim Button, Lynda Sylvester, and Eldon Wong.