Who We Are

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.
 

Founders Ellen Quinlan (Executive Director) and Alan Gould in Watkins Glen

West Palm Beach Foster Manager - Yesenia Perez and her husband

Operations Manager for Darbster Foundation NH Operations - Megan Diede

Facility Manager (camera shy) - Destiny Maguire

Kennel Tech - Vanessa Diede

This 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 844. 

This year, over 60 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.
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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.



 

DARBSTER FOUNDATION'S PRIVACY POLICY
Darbster Foundation  (AKA Darbster Kitty) is committed to your right to privacy and to keeping your personal information private. You can visit Darbster Kitty's web site without telling us who you are or revealing any identifying information about yourself.

This Privacy Policy governs the URL http://www.darbsterkitty.com. This web site is owned and operated by Darbster Foundation and was created  for the benefit of the general public, the animals we seek to rescue and other visitors interested in Darbster Foundation's mission and operations.
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