Families are invited to spend an afternoon this Sunday visiting a Middletown farm and enjoying refreshments, games, crafts and an opportunity to meet and greet horses, donkeys and other animals who live happily on Quasar Farms after being rescued from various situations and locations in past years.
Danielle Tomassetti, a former criminal and family attorney who gave up that profession in order to care for animals she rescues, provides sanctuary for a variety of farm animals at Buddha Barn, her abused animal sanctuary on Quasar Farm. The farm is located at 680 Kings Highway East with entrance off Sarah Lane.
Sunday’s event, a Family Day on the Farm, will help raise funds to support the care of the animals and at the same time enable residents to see the care and attention they are given.
Guests are invited to attend the Family Farm Day between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. with tickets $15 for adults, and $12 for children at the door.
In addition to meeting the animals, another featured event of the Family Farm Day will be cowboy hat decorating. Guests are invited to bring their own cowboy hats or purchase one at the Farm.
Tomassetti, her husband and their twin sons also maintain a horse boarding business on the farm, but her desire to help injured and abused animals came after her own dog died in a fire that also destroyed the family’s home. She named Buddha Barn in honor of her dog and feels the therapy she offers abused animals helps her through the loss of her own pet.
A native of New Jersey, Daniella, has lived in several other towns in Monmouth County, but the family fell in love with the Middletown and Bayshore area, both because of the friendliness of the residents and neighbors and its proximity to the ocean and bay.
Tomasetti is a member of the Atlantic Highlands Chamber of Commerce.
