About Us
About SASF
The Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization that relies on the caring generosity of our donors and volunteers to care to for the homeless animals in our community, and place them in loving “forever homes.” The number of animals in need of our help is growing every day. The overpopulation of pets on Long Island is a major issue and sadly more amazing animals are ending up homeless. Whether caring for strays found wandering the streets, rescuing neglected and abandoned animals, or saving dogs from the horrors of the puppy mill industry, the shelter is a safe haven for all animals and for some, a last resort. Without SASF, these animals would not be able to survive. The shelter provides a stepping stone for animals to find a loving home. It offers them housing, food, medical treatment, training, and rehabilitation when necessary.
SASF is a 501(3)(c) non-profit organization that relies on the generosity of its donors and volunteers. Your support makes all of this possible and together we can help save more lives!
Learn about the work we do:
Financials 2018
Financials 2017
Impact Report 2018
Impact Report 2017
Statistics 2016
Financials 2016
Form 990 2018 Part I
Form 990 2018 Part II
Newsletters
Our Story
The Southampton Animal Shelter was operated as a municipal shelter by the Town of Southampton until January 2010. Due to budget cuts at the time, the Town eliminated the shelter. A concerned group of locals citizens banded together to save the shelter and created the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation, with a mission to provide for the welfare of the ever growing number of homeless animals, and, in turn, to place them in permanent caring homes.
The Shelter is primarily dedicated to caring for homeless animals in our community of twenty-two towns–but we don’t stop there. We rescue dogs from “kill shelters” and dire situations from across the country from New York City to Georgia to Puerto Rico and even China.
We have proven ourselves to be a leading shelter. We pride ourselves in finding excellent homes for large numbers of animals. Since 2010, the shelter’s adoption rate has increased significantly due to the many new services we provide, such as a veterinary clinic which handles all incoming medical evaluations and care, public spay and neuter services, micro-chipping, and inoculations. We have one of the best training and behavior departments in the country. Our program socializes, integrates, and enriches the lives of shelter dogs and it has proven to increase the rate of adoptability of these dogs.
As of January 2014 we have taken our services “on the road” to fulfill our mission of reducing the number of homeless pets. The ASPCA has granted SASF a Veterinary Mobile Clinic to target low income pet owners throughout New York State by offering low cost spay and neutering. Our Veterinary Mobile Clinic also offers low cost inoculations and micro-chipping.
The present economy is very challenging. People are experiencing hardships, causing many to be unable to care for their pets. These pets are often surrendered to the shelter or simply abandoned. We have had to expand our facility due to the increase in abandoned animals and are in the process of raising additional funds to enlarge and modernize the veterinary clinic, as well as our facility and services.
We are steadfast to our mission which is to provide for the welfare of animals and reduce the number of homeless pets—and we are committed to our goal which is to promote and nurture the bond between people and animals through adoption, education and community outreach.
Want to join the team at SASF? Check out the opportunities HERE.
Our Team
SHELTER MANAGEMENT
Teresa Meekins, DVM, Sr. Medical Director and Interim Co-Executive Director
Barbara Maresca, Interim Co-Executive Director
Nancy Smith, Controller
Kate McEntee, Director of Adoptions
Whitney Tucker, Director of Animal Care
ADOPTION COORDINATORS
Venessa Herdter
Tracy McLaren
Jill Mulvey
Lauren DeFoto
VETERINARY CLINIC & MOBILE STAFF
Kim Cannon
Samantha Densieski
Olivia Figueroa
Jenna Haines
Kayla Hannan
Jane Kolbenheyer
Rachel Micheli
Nicole Mirante, DVM
Lisa Morris
Jaclynn Steo
Katherine Wheeler
KENNEL STAFF
Rich Campbell
Lisa Conte
Dan DiSalvo
Kathy Fava
Megan Flynn
Peter Hendrickson
Jeffrey Peterson
Christie Proctor
Chris Schmidt
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
Crystal Monaco
MARKETING COORDINATOR
ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR
Maura McGarry
GENERAL INFORMATION
Email: [email protected]
ANIMAL CONTROL INFORMATION
631-702-2915
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Susan Allen, Emeritus
Beau Hulse, Co-President
John Bradham, Esq., Co-President
Lee Becker
Sean Deneny
John Ferguson, Esq.
Brigid Fitzgerald
Dorothy Frankel
Clifton Knight, Esq.
Marcy MacMillan
Merritt Piro
Renee Schlather
Sony Schotland
Martin Shafiroff
Wendy Wegner
Honorary Board
Mr. Leslie Alexander
Ms. Georgina Bloomberg
Ms. Elizabeth Brown
Mr. David Brownstein
Mr. Richard Demato
Ms. Kim Dryer
Mrs. Cathy Duemler
Ms. Jean Remmel Fitzsimmons
Ms. Raya Keis Knight
Rev. Peter Larsen
Mr. Robert Liberman
Mr. Robert Lohman
Ms. Sandra McConnell
Ms. Barbara McEntee
Mr. Patrick McMullan
Ms. Ann Reinking
Ms. Linda Renk
Mr. Andrew Sabin
Mr. Charles Scarborough
Ms. Jean Shafiroff