The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center Celebrates the 16th Annual Get Wild! Gala

Photo Credits: Society Allure / Rob Rich / Lisa Tamburini

The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center of the Hamptons celebrated their 16^th Annual GET WILD! Gala raising funds to contribute to their mission to rehabilitate and successfully release animals back into the wild across Eastern Long Island.

Michael Hayes was honored at this year’s Gala, held at the Southampton Arts Center and the event chairs for this year’s benefit were Ingrid Edelman, Jane Gill, Missy Hargraves, Jonathan McCann and Lisa Baron Schenker. The emcee for the event was Award-winning animal advocate Jill Rappaport.

Guests were treated to live music from special musical guests Taylor Barton and G.E. Smith, cocktails, light fare, and a silent auction.

All guests were welcomed to the cocktail party, which featured appearances by some of the non-releasable hawks and owls that the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center has rehabilitated and now reside at the Center. All proceeds benefited the native wildlife treated at their hospital.

The highlight of the evening was board member Jeffrey Colle’s gift to the silent auction of a safari in Africa, at Buffalo Kloof in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province –  which ended up selling multiple times to the great benefit of the Wildlife Rescue Center.

Notable attendees included: Michael Hayes, Kathleen Mulcahy, Noelle Dunlop, Missy Hargraves, Jill Rapaport, Beth Stern, Chuck Scarborough, Taylor Barton, G.E. Smith, Jean Shafiroff,