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BY LENA MIANO | PHOTOGRAPHY BY ASSORTED POPPIES PHOTO
Guests were invited back to the ballroom at the Washington Inn Duke & Golf Club for the Animal Protection Society of Durham’s annual Tails at Twilight Gala after two years of virtual benefits. Attendees enjoyed aptly named craft cocktails like the Cranberry American Mutt and Regal Beagle while bidding on silent auction items. Auctioneer Matt Newsom of Custom Benefit Auctions led guests through the program, which included a live auction, the Blinky Lights game and dancing with VCT Radio. The event raised more than $247,000, which will assist in the care of the nearly 5,000 animals that the shelter sees in a year in addition to spay and neuter efforts, foster assistance, distribution of pet food and supplies, and more. In 2022, fundraising events like Tails at Twilight helped the shelter foster 523 reunions between pets and owners and adopt out nearly 2,200 animals.
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1 APS Events and Communications Manager Anna Wilcox, Executive Director Shafonda Allen and Behavior Manager Megan Whitney. 2 Shalini Ramasunder won the bid for her pet to be the Next Face of APS. 3 APS volunteer Kerry Troester.