Christie Brinkley, Hannah Berner, Chevy Chase, and more at the “Sweet 16” Unconditional Love Gala

The Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation held its “Sweet 16th” Unconditional Love Gala, a premier Hamptons event celebrating compassion, community, and animal welfare at a private estate in Bridgehampton. The Unconditional Love Gala is SASF’s largest fundraiser of the year, with proceeds directly supporting the shelter’s mission to provide care, rehabilitation, and forever homes for homeless animals. 

Hosted by comedians and power couple Hannah Berner and Des Bishop, this year’s gala honored Alison Eastwood — actor, director, and founder of the Eastwood Ranch Foundation Animal Rescue as the SASF Animal Welfare Honoree. In addition, the Compassion to Action Award was presented to Jayni and Chevy Chase by iconic supermodel and activist Christie Brinkley, recognizing their dedication to animal advocacy.

As the Shelter prepares for an unprecedented closure this fall to undergo much needed renovations and facility improvements, this year’s gala was the most important yet, with great entertainment by Soul System Orchestras, led by Skid Row’s Rob Affuso on drums, high-end auction items including fabulous trips, exclusive experiences, valuable art, collectibles and jewelry including a “Bruce Wayne” Rolex GMT Master II wrist watch.

Notable Attendees included: Alison Eastwood, Chevy Chase, Jayni Chase, Cydney Chase, Jill Rapaport, Christie Brinkley, Beth Stern, Bo Dietl, Luann deLesseps, Alexa Ray-Joel, Chris Teakle, Des Bishop, Hannah Berner, Michael Riemerschmid, Jean Shafiroff, Jordan Lippner, Dr. Jennifer Jablow, Kathy Prounis, Othon Prounis, and Leesa Rowland.