Finding a Forever Home: ARF Celebrates 50 Years | 27Speaks Podcast

Finding a Forever Home: ARF Celebrates 50 Years | 27Speaks Podcast

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State Senator Anthony Palumbo, far right, presents Board President Michael Franzino and Executive Director and CEO Kim Nichols with a proclamation at the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, Inc. (ARF)  Pet Celebration Day and 50th Anniversary on Saturday afternoon.      KYRIL BROMLEY

State Senator Anthony Palumbo, far right, presents Board President Michael Franzino and Executive Director and CEO Kim Nichols with a proclamation at the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, Inc. (ARF) Pet Celebration Day and 50th Anniversary on Saturday afternoon. KYRIL BROMLEY

27Speaks on May 30, 2024

Since 1974, the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, also known as ARF, has placed over 30,000 cats and dogs with loving families across Long Island and beyond, changing their lives one connection at a time, according to Kim Nichols, ARF's executive director and CEO. Nichols joins the editors on 27Speaks to talk about ARF's work and the nonprofit's 50th anniversary.

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