Foundation
The Darbster Foundation is a 501(c) 3 that concentrates its resources on animal welfare, on a community level. Our primary goal is to reduce the number of animals euthanized in Palm Beach County. When the restaurant, “Darbster”, opened in 2009, the Foundation was formed. 100% of all profits from Darbster Food go toward The Darbster Foundation. The Foundation now has two adoption facilities in New Hampshire. In 2014, Darbster Kitty was opened in Manchester, New Hampshire to facilitate the rescue, transport and adoption of kitties. Darbster Doggy, which is located in Chichester, New Hampshire, is scheduled to open this summer. Both these facilities offer boarding services with a portion of the fees going to help support further rescue efforts. Our goal is to make Darbster Foundation a self-supporting entity by operating profitable entities, funding 100% of the operating expenses. We are not there yet but getting closer each year.
2018 has been a tremendous year for the Darbster Foundation. Our efforts have been concentrated on the rescue and transport of highly adoptable kitties and dogs out of overcrowded conditions in South Florida to areas in New England where demand is significantly stronger. A tremendous help to this effort has been our partnerships with other rescue organizations in the New England area: Salem Animal Rescue League (SARL), Humane Society & Shelter South Coast, Standish Humane Society and the Ellen M. Gifford Cat Shelter to name a few.
Utilizing both our own adoption facility in Manchester and the facilities of our partner rescue organizations, kitty transport is proceeding at a record pace. At mid-year, an average of 66 kitties per month were transported to Darbster Kitty and an additional 75 kitties per month to our partner shelters. In 2017, Darbster Kitty transported and found homes for over 1100 kitties. By mid- 2018, transports had already totaled 1012.
This year, over 90 dogs have been pulled from overcrowded shelters in South Florida and transported north, primarily to SARL. We expect this number to increase with the upcoming opening of our own shelter, Darbster Doggy.
Additionally, we continue our Healing Hearts Program at the Animal Care and Control facility in West Palm Beach. Instead of heart worm positive dogs being euthanized they are adopted out and treated with funds raised by the Darbster foundation.
The Foundation also sponsors spay/neuter surgeries and medical care of community animals. We have sponsored the spay/neuter surgeries of over 2,000 community animals and assisted with the medical care of an additional 50+ community animals.
Looking for a gift idea for the animal lover that has everything? Make a donation:
• $50 funds a cat spay/neuter
• $85 funds a trip to New Hampshire for a dog or cat or kitten, where adoption is assured
• $100 funds a dog spay/neuter
• Choose a pet to sponsor – cover their adoption fee
-$5,000 funds an entire transport of 80-100 homeless pets
Interested in Fostering or Adopting? Call us at 561-459-1587 or email dk@darbster.com to find out more information
