The Best Friends Benefit to Save Them All brings together passionate and dedicated people in New York and from across the country. Together, we celebrate how far we’ve come for homeless pets and look ahead at the lifesaving work we’ll continue to achieve together for our best friends. And this year there’s an extra special and exciting cause to celebrate: Best Friends’ 40th anniversary!

For the past 40 years, Best Friends and visionaries like you have worked to create a safer future for dogs and cats. We’ve made incredible progress together, increasing the number of no-kill shelters nationwide to nearly 57% in 2022 — up from 24% in 2016 when we announced our goal to lead the country to no-kill in 2025. But we have so much work to do to reach that goal, save lives, and find homes for dogs and cats across the country.

So please join us for this exclusive event, and let’s toast to 40 years of lifesaving — and have loads of fun while we do it! And together, let’s Save Them All.

The event will begin with a cocktail hour where you can meet and greet fellow attendees, followed by a delicious dinner and special program. We’ll end the night with an after-party where you can mix, mingle, and be merry!

6–7 p.m. Cocktail reception, orange carpet 

7–9 p.m. Dinner program 

9–10 p.m. After-party