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The Animal Protection Society of Durham hosted its annual Tails at Twilight Gala at the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club on Nov. 18, 2023. Adoptable furry friends from the shelter greeted guests while they perused the silent auction items and started placing bids during the cocktail reception that preceded dinner. Auctioneer Matt Newsom of Custom Benefit Auctions led guests through the program, which included a live auction, the ever-entertaining “blinky lights” game and dancing to live music from VCT Radio. The event raised more than $284,000, which will go toward services such as health care, behavior enrichment and nutrition for the nearly 4,000 animals the shelter sees in a year. In 2023, fundraising events like Tails at Twilight helped the shelter foster nearly 500 reunions between pets and owners, and adopt out more than 1,900 animals.
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1 APS of Durham staff Daniel Fraser, Anna Wilcox, Megan Whitney and Larissa Chantell. 2 Chris Royal and Cindy Royal. 3 Adoptable Rutabaga is still in foster care awaiting his forever home! 4 Megan Allie and Donald Foreman. 5 Chris Conley, Troy Cole and Vishnu Gangadharan of VCT Radio. 6 APS Executive Director Shafonda Allen and auctioneer Matt Newsom.