WHERE
River Oaks Country Club, October 3

AMOUNT RAISED $450,000

THEME
“True Colors: A Night of Art for the Animals”

OVER THE TOP
The Three Waiters—opera singers posing as “real” waiters who broke into song

AUCTION ITEM
A painting by acclaimed “Blue Dog” painter George Rodrigue, sold for $45,000

350
Homeless animals currently in the Friends For Life Program

1
No-kill shelter in Houston

—Marcy de Luna