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The Pet Cottage Second Annual ‘FUNraiser BBQ’ Brings
Community Together With Gifts Totalling Over $70,000
The Pet Cottage’s Second Annual “FUNraiser BBQ” this
past weekend was a huge success, bringing the community
together while raising funds to continue their mission.
Founder and Executive Director Wendy Derhak announced
that Pets for the Elderly, a national nonprofit organization, has
awarded The Pet Cottage a $10,000 grant. Additionally, Dr.
Marc Weinberg, a chiropractor with Active Health Center of
North Palm Beach, and Neil Stegall, announced that Stanley
Salony, a patient of Dr. Weinberg’s for over two decades and
dear friend to Stegall for over four decades, had left over
$58,000 in his will as a legacy gift for The Pet Cottage.
The announcement and check presentation happened
in front of over 70 attendees at the event. The barbeque
raised over $2,000, so the combined total of funds raised
for The Pet Cottage throughout the weekend activities and
announcements, exceeded $70,000. for The Pet Cottage
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Derhak said, “Our
veterinary costs are our
biggest expense, as we care
for many senior pets. The
bequest and the grant are
enormously helpful to the
work we are doing for the
senior pets we care for and
the forever guardians we
place them with.” Wendy Derhak presents a
The mission of The Pet raffle prize to Ellen Daly of
Cottage, with their “Forever Jupiter.
The Pet Cottage Founder/Executive Director Wendy Derhak Promise,” is to care for pets
with (left to right) Dr. Marc Weinberg and Neil Stegall, whose owners have died, become disabled or were deployed in
friends of Stanley Salony, who left over $58,000 in his will the military – for life. The Pet Cottage cares for special needs
and senior pets at their sanctuary residence in Jupiter Farms. The
Lifelong Guardianship Program places pets with vetted guardians
in the community and supports that relationship by covering all
veterinary expenses. The Pet Cottage offers a unique concept
matching pets in need while offering companionship to seniors
ready to open their hearts and homes.
Stanley Salony, the generous donor, worked at WXEL as
a host and station manager. He and his dear wife, who passed
before him, shared their hearts and home with many dogs in their
lifetimes. They did not have children or any surviving relatives.
Stanley wanted to contribute to a mission whose ideals resonated
with his own. The Pet Cottage’s Forever Promise, which ensures
pets who lose their humans a loving home for life, did just that.
“Stanley told Neil and me that his one wish, so his
life had meaning, was to do something to help dogs. He
had six dogs over his life. This is what he wanted for the
culmination of his life.”
Stegall, of Concraft, Inc., – a manufacturer of unique concrete
products in Greenacres, shared how much Stanley loved the six
dogs he had over his lifetime. Stegall said, “The Pet Cottage was
a perfect place for Stanley’s wishes.”
The Pet Cottage Facts
• Between The Pet Cottage Sanctuary, in Jupiter Farms, Fla.,
and The Lifelong Guardianship Program, The Pet Cottage cares
for close to 60 dogs and cats.
Scan the • A key part of their mission is matching pets with seniors
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responsibility without the support of The Pet Cottage. This is
Below called the Furever Guardians Program.
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The Pet Cottage celebrates and protects the magical
individual relationship between people and their pets by providing
game homestyle care for pets who lose their humans due to death,
disability, or deployment.
tickets Through their two unique programs – The Sanctuary
now! Residency Program and The Lifelong Guardianship Program
– their promise is that pets will always have the home, care,
and love they deserve – for life … forever.
Their Furever Promise means that pets come first, and
The Pet Cottage does everything they can to provide the
highest quality care for these pets – including veterinary care,
medications, behavioral training and, of course, love and care
in the comfort of a home with a dedicated guardian. Veterinary
care for the pets in their care is their biggest expense. That is
why legacy gifts, such as the
one made by Stanley Solony,
are so vital to their work.
For more information
about The Pet Cottage,
legacy giving and their
Furever Promise, please
visit their website: https://
www.thepetcottage.org/.
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ways you can donate to help
The Pet Cottage’s mission,
please visit here: https://www. The Pet Cottage volunteer
thepetcottage.org/donatenow. Linda Delprete of Jupiter
walked Sugar Baby during
Photos by Ed Katz the Pet Parade.
Sugar Baby getting some love from a fan at The Pet Cottage
FUNraiser Barbeque