Animal Rescue Fund Of The Hamptons Celebrates Bow Wow Meow Ball

The Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons (ARF Hamptons) celebrated its lifesaving mission and more than 50 years of helping animals at its annual Bow Wow Meow Ball on Saturday, August 15, at the William P. Rayner Training Center in East Hampton.

The evening honored longtime ARF board member and animal advocate Lisa McCarthy with the Champion of Animals Award, recognizing her decades of dedication to ARF and her commitment to animal welfare. Lisa joined the ARF Board in 2003 and served as President for eight years, helping guide the organization through a period of significant growth.

More than 400 guests gathered for cocktails, dinner catered by Olivier Cheng, and an evening of celebration and dancing to music by GR1FN. Chuck Scarborough served as emcee, with Harry Santa Olalla as auctioneer. Guests also had the opportunity to meet many ARF cats and dogs currently awaiting their forever homes.

Proceeds from the Bow Wow Meow Ball support ARF’s lifesaving rescue and adoption programs, providing animals with shelter, medical care, training, and the second chances they deserve.

Guests included Sir Paul McCartney and Nancy McCartney, Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, Gus Wenner, Katharine Rayner, Peter Marino, Lisa and Brian McCarthy, Chuck and Ellen Scarborough, Sylvie and Olivier Chantecaille, Pat and Mike Franzino, Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer, Carolyn Murphy, Alex Papachristidis and Scott Nelson, Dan Gasby, Jane Lauder, Laura and Harry Slatkin, Samantha Rudin Earls, Andrew Sabin and Vivi Zhou, Jessica Koenigsberg-Wurpel and William Koenigsberg, Peggy Siegal, Charlotte Moss, Franci Rice, Katharina Otto Bernstein and Nathan Bernstein, Whitney Fairchild and Nacho Ramos.