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Above: Kristin and Mitch Helmuth Right: Executive Director Jackie Ott Jaakola and Alexis Meininghaus with Cat Depot mascots
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THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2020
WHISKERS AND WAVES GALA
Friday, March 6, at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium | Benefiting Cat Depot HARRY SAYER | BLACK TIE EDITOR
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ixing cats and water is usually a disaster. But that wasn’t the case during Cat Depot’s Whiskers and Waves fundraiser March 6. Hundreds
of guests enjoyed a night at the aquarium Above: Chris Menelaou with Kevin and Katie Lytle Right: Randolph Locke, Linda Slavin and Carol Sparrow
where they mingled over drinks, took photos with cat mascots, looked at the aquatic life and, of course, met a few adoptable kittens held by volunteers. Guests heard words from event Chair Alexis Meininghaus and Cat Depot Executive Director Jackie Ott Jaakola before having dinner where special guest Gregory Castle, president emeritus and co-founder of Best Friends Animal Society, was honored. Cat Depot connected 1,300 cats to their forever homes in 2019 and looks to raise that number in 2020.
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