Feb 14, 2012 5:49 PM
Getting to know you: Emma Hand and Maude KYRIL BROMLEY PHOTOS
Not bad for a first rendezvous—a keyboardist playing “Yesterday” in the background, pink and red balloons, Valentine-themed tablecloths, wine, crudites, dog biscuits ...
“I’m trying hard not to take her home,” said Mallory Winter of Nina, the 5-month-old collie mix she was paired with as a volunteer at the Animal Rescue Fund’s speed-dating adoption event on Saturday. Visitors to Arf’s adoption center on Daniels Hole Road in Wainscott could stop to meet the dogs at 18 stations, with a dog and volunteer at each table, and, if they liked, use a pen with a silk rose at the top to rate each potential adoptee on a scale of 1 to 10. A high score entitled them to first crack at a second date, explained Jamie Berger, ARF’s marketing director, on Saturday.
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“I’m trying hard not to take her home,” said Mallory Winter of Nina, the 5-month-old collie mix she was paired with as a volunteer at the Animal Rescue Fund’s speed-dating adoption event on Saturday. Visitors to Arf’s adoption center on Daniels Hole Road in Wainscott could stop to meet the dogs at 18 stations, with a dog and volunteer at each table, and, if they liked, use a pen with a silk rose at the top to rate each potential adoptee on a scale of 1 to 10. A high score entitled them to first crack at a second date, explained Jamie Berger, ARF’s marketing director, on Saturday.
So... more
