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SEPTEMBER 28, 2025 | 5 PM TO 10 PM
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EXPERIENCE AN UNFORGETTABLE FALL SOIREE UNDER THE STARS FOR A NIGHT OF DELICIOUS FUN, CELEBRATION AND MEANINGFUL SUPPORT FOR THESE AWESOME CHARITIES DEVOTED TO ANIMALS IN NEED.
2,877,000 DOGS entered shelters and rescues in 2024
2,880,000 CATS entered shelters and rescues in 2024
The Hidden Tragedy: Homeless Pets in Southern California
Every night, shelter kennels echo with the cries of animals who don't understand why they've been abandoned. Once beloved companions, they now huddle on cold concrete and metal floors confused, scared, and alone.
Southern California is facing a silent crisis. Our shelters are overflowing. Families are forced to surrender pets, unwanted litters are dumped on roadsides, lost pets go unclaimed. And when the cages fill up, lives are quietly ended to make room for the next wave.
Thousands of healthy, loving cats and dogs are euthanized each year—not because they’re dangerous, but because no one came in time.
It’s easy to look away. But these animals aren’t numbers. They’re souls. They’re the wagging tail waiting by the door. The gentle purr curled up in your lap.
They just want what we all do: safety, love, and a place to call home. This is the crisis that Chef Masters is fighting to change. But we can’t do it without you.
Why These Rescues Matter
Chef Masters proudly supports three hand-selected organizations that stretch every dollar to save as many lives as possible. These rescues are:
Volunteer-run: No paid staff. Every person involved does this from the heart.
Lean and efficient: No expensive buildings, no bureaucracy just direct, impactful action.
Proven track records: They’re known and trusted in the rescue world for doing the most with the least.
With your support, they can:
Rescue more at-risk animals from shelters and the streets.
Provide life-saving medical care.
Offer behavioral rehab and foster placement.
Facilitate adoptions that transform both human and animal lives.
Be the Change
This isn’t just a fundraiser—it’s a chance to shift the future. Chef Masters will directly fund rescues that are already doing heroic work. Your sponsorship saves innocent lives.
Every donation, every sponsorship tier, every check written is a statement: We care. We will not let them suffer unseen.
Be part of a movement that gives voice to the voiceless and hope to the helpless. Together, we can make Southern California—and beyond a safer, kinder place for cats and dogs who need us most.
Compassionate Animal Rescue for Medical Aid (CARMA) was born from the compassion of two individuals. One professional with the desire to make a significant impact helping animals in need, and the other a veterinarian with the passion to save as many animals as possible in a lifetime.
CARMA’s primary purpose is to rescue sick or injured animals, provide them with necessary medical care and place them into caring homes. Our resources, including veterinarians and medical facilities, separate us from traditional rescue organizations whose focus is on re- homing the homeless and allow us to save the suffering. While saving the sick and injured is a noble cause, it comes with a significant financial burden that requires the help of many to sustain. The demand for CARMA’s services continues to grow as shelters throughout southern California ask us to take their sickest and badly injured animals.
carmaoc.org
CARMA continues to be an all-volunteer organization so that 100% of the money raised through adoptions, merchandise sales, and from our valuable individual and corporate donors and sponsors goes towards the animals we rescue.
A No-Kill Rescue Mission
Priceless Pets is a non-profit, no-kill pet rescue organization dedicated to saving homeless, abandoned, and at-risk animals throughout Southern California. Through its adoption centers known as ‘The Orphanage,’ Priceless Pets provides medical care, rehabilitation, and loving homes to thousands of animals. Driven by compassion and community support, the organization’s mission is to give every pet a second chance at life.
With the help of dedicated volunteers, veterinary professionals, and foster families, Priceless Pets continues to expand its impact’rescuing dogs, cats, and other animals from shelters and unsafe environments, and placing them with families who will love them forever.
pricelesspetrescue.org
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