Fab-Boo-Lous! SPCA’s Centennial Howl-O-Ween Ball Is a Hoot

Fab-Boo-Lous! SPCA’s Centennial Howl-O-Ween Ball Is a Hoot

Buddy & Kylie Carruth, Margaret & Jay Magness

A RECORD 486 party animals donned their most boo-tiful and spookiest costumes to celebrate the Houston SPCA’s 100th anniversary at its annual Howl-O-Ween Ball.


Chaired by Zane and Brady Carruth, the evening started with a ghoulish reception that included magicians and fortune tellers in the Equine Rescue Arena that was decorated to look like a haunted mansion — floating candles and ghost dancers included! The horse barn was open for photo ops, and some of the horses wore costumes to partake in the night’s festivities.

Emcee Deborah Duncan welcome the crowd before it was time for a spellbinding three-course dinner as TUTS dancers performed “I Put a Spell on You”. Bone-appetit!

The live auction included a game in the Buzbee Suite at Kyle Field; a night out with Houston Texans quarterback CJ Stroud; a weekend getaway for at a Galveston beach house; and the opportunity to experience a release of rehabilitated bald eagles.

After dinner, “cocktails, cuddles and cookies” were available in the dog and cat adoption area, where sweet pups and kittens were available for petting and holding. The fab-boo-lous evening raised $1.3 million for those animals in need.

Allison and Jim Bagley

Bill Boyce, Ray Echevarria, Bruce Lundstrom, Scott Davenport

Carl and Cindy Bohannon

Deborah Duncan & Duncan Horner

John and Terry Johnson

Kristen & Mike Kelly

Brady and Zane Carruth

Hannah Barker, Ashley Nguyen

Cathy and Larry Kelley

Chris & Susan Dray

Hershey Grace and Ed McMahon

Ryan & Katherine DeLongchamps

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