Party Post Script

Wow!  Our Celebrating Cooture party was awesome! Very well attended with guests coming from San Jose to Sacramento and everywhere in between. Thank you so much to all our guests who were such good sports despite some chaos, lots of dear old friends and dear new ones. I think many who came pigeon-curious are now officially pigeon positive! There are for sure some featured fostered pigeons feeling new hopefulness for adoption. And, thanks to the incredibly generous donors who provided for all of our needs this party throughout, we were able to raise money ($3,475 from the party and $3,987 from our Auctria Auction, thanks to 25 donors and 73 beautiful items!) that will go straight towards the birds’ current vet bill of $13K (while still honoring our no-money-required-to-attend tradition).

Go straight to the photo albums here!

What an amazing experience to flock together in celebration of pigeon and dove rescue party style! It’s been extraordinary to have such incredibly generous support from so many contributors! San Damiano Retreat in “Where’s Danville?” Danville CA made our event possible in the kindest way. Thank you and extra special thanks to Emilio & Lisa.

 

Our headliner, Mother Pigeon of Brooklyn, helped connect us even more closely to the amazing worldwide coo-mmunity (!) of compassionistas drawn together by the love of pigeons. Bev Letard of Bev’s Bird Boutique designed and donated a royal flock’s worth of haute cooture Flyper frocks.

 

Pro photographer, animal rights activist and friend of Palomacy Rachel Ziegler donated her day to shoot our photos. We feasted on a vegan char-cooterie crowned with a chocolate fondue all lovingly dished up for us by Mary, Heather Ha., Nath and Darren. Sindy of Sindy’s Pigeon Service wrangled our raffle offerings and Shae, Heather Ho. and Kyla worked our merch table all of which was greatly enhanced by the incredible generosity of Ash and FleaCircusDesigns.com (Poes!)

Christiana made our haute fashion dreams come true with exquisite bespoke Broadway stage-worthy sets and brought her own set up and tear crew of helpers- Halina and Bob!

And we had a whole army of volunteers who helped us before, during, modeling and through clean up: Aileen, Tim, Micael, Jerri, Liz, Julian, Michelle, Cheryl, Josette, Luis, Nicole, Chris, Helen, Jill, Adrienne, Sarah, Lauren, Ranjini, Ana, Josie, Tiffany, Dion, Atlas and Jenna.

So many contributed to help to create this event and no one more so than our volunteer party producer Heather Hamilton! Heather, THANK YOU! Palomacy’s 2023 party and auction would not have been possible without all of your contagious enthusiasm and dedicated heavy lifting throughout.

Here are a few words from Heather:

Palomacy’s celebration of cooture at Feathers & Fashion was unforgettable. The guests were dressed to impress! Both feathered and non-feathered partygoers looked their best. Everyone loved Mother Pigeon’s special guest appearance, where the Priestess of Pigeon Religion talked about her art, advocacy, love of pigeons, and answered questions from the audience. The fashion show had the paparazzi snapping photos left and right, as the models strutted down the runway and the audience learned more about some of Palomacy’s special birds seeking their forever homes. Everyone enjoyed good food, great conversation, and reveled in their love of pigeons. Palomacy’s work was furthered by the fundraising effort and we’re grateful for everyone who came to this very special event.

 

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Palomacy’s 2023 Party!

Here’s your link to all the party details & to RSVP (free raffle/drink tickets)!

San Damiano Retreat is very generously hosting our event in Danville CA. Overnight stays are available and so is car pooling and BART shuttle transport assistance!

We are still filling fun and exciting volunteer roles of all kinds. Please email Heather.M.Hamilton19@gmail.com to help.

We can’t wait to have Mother Pigeon virtually join our flock at 3:30 PM PT!

All of our feathered friends’ stunning runway fashions have been designed & generously donated by Bev’s Bird Boutique!

Order all your Celebrating Cooture merch here– T-shirts, hoodies, phone cases, mugs, stickers & more!

Get to our auction– donate your treasures & bid for others’ all in support of pigeon & dove rescue! Auction ends 10/23.

We are super excited to have animal rights activist and pro photographer Rachel Ziegler helping us!

Are you a doer? Or party shy? Or love helping? Our party volunteers have the most fun! Volunteer to volunteer. Join us!

 

Questions or ideas? Please call/text us at 415 851-5948 or Email Elizabeth@PigeonRescue.org