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Save ‘Em By the Sea Casino Night helps HAP save pets

Tara Pride rolls the dice at the craps table. Shown are (l-r) Joe Wright, Leo Williams, Gary Payea, Tara Pride, Derick Williams and Pam Glick. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Dan Cook
November 25, 2022

Humane Animal Partners (formerly Delaware Humane Association and Delaware SPCA) held its major Sussex County fundraising event, Save ‘Em By the Sea Casino Night, Nov. 16 at The Clubhouse at Baywood Greens, where attendees enjoyed a fun-filled evening of casino games, dining, drinking, dancing, live entertainment and a silent auction.

Play chips were given to the gamblers at each table. No money was exchanged. The attendees played for fun and bragging rights.

Entertainment was provided by actor-singer-entertainer Jimmy Brewster.

Proceeds from the evening’s festivities will directly support lifesaving work for the animals in the care of the Humane Animal Partners The event raised more than $30,000.

Humane Animal Partners will launch its new website soon at humaneanimalpartners.org. In the meantime, folks can donate at Delawarehumane.org/donate/gift.

 

A group of residents and animal lovers from Peninsula Lakes in Long Neck attend the event. Shown are (l-r) Lucie Groeger, Debi Strauch, Vera Badmaer, Karen Verdugo, Debbie Reilly, Lisa Taylor-Moynihan, Marie Gillespie, April Armstrong, Melissa Payea, Gary Payea, Linda Bell, Jan Reddington, Gale Stawicki and Joe Reilly.
Humane Animal Partners CEO Patrick Carroll welcomes the crowd and speaks of the events for the evening.
Humane Animal Partners Rehoboth Beach Director Leigh McKinley speaks of the great things being accomplished by the organization.
Representing sponsor Meineke is General Manager Tim Dale with his girlfriend Cassandra Robinson.
Humane Animal Partners Senior Marketing Manager Cory Topel, left, attended the event with her husband, Chris Bathon.
Nicole Ashton bids on a trip to Arizona with her husband Joe, center, and friend John Carbone.
Up for bidding is the print “Catching Rays on a Hot Day” by Rod Cook.
Up for bid was a photo of Dolle’s by Jacquie Young Newman.
Vacation trip packages up for silent auction bidding were to Costa Rica, the Greek Islands, Key West, Alaska, France and the Amalfi Coast.
Selling tickets for the auction are (l-r) Carolee Botts, Debbie Cohen and Ellen Hudson.
Entertainment was provided by actor-singer-entertainer Jimmy Brewster who croons “Luck, Be a Lady Tonight.”
Bella, a service dog, attends the event.
The blackjack tables were popular at the event.

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Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs. 

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