If you go What: The Great Growlsby Gala Fundraiser. When: 4:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 11. Where: The Hilton, 425 W. Prospect Road, Fort Collins. Cost: $65 per person, advance ticket sales through June 7; $75, June 8 to day of event. More info: Visit www.wolfsanctuary.net or call 970-416-9531.

One or two wolf ambassadors will travel from their sanctuary to the Hilton Fort Collins on June 11 to greet guests of The Great Growlsby Gala Fundraiser.

The WOLF Sanctuary will raise money to support those wolves and the other 25 staying at the sanctuary west of Fort Collins and to help fund the sanctuary’s move to a new site near Red Feather Lakes.

Wolves Offered Life & Friendship Sanctuary will reopen in just over a year on the new 180-acre, publicly accessible site for abused, neglected and displaced captive-born wolves and wolf dogs.

The current site, which is not open to the public, is limited in use from flood and fire damage.

“They’ll be outside for people to see them,” said Shelley Coldiron, executive director of WOLF. “It’s a good educational component for people to look and acknowledge the differences between a wolf and a dog.”

The 12th annual A Truly Wolf Affair, with the theme of The Great Growlsby, will feature a gourmet dinner, silent and live auctions and live 1920s music from Ragtime Rhythm, instead of a deejay like last year.

The décor, all in black, white and gold, will be centered on the 1920s era and “The Great Gatsby,” by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Staff members will be dressed in period clothing, which guests are invited to wear if they choose.

The event, WOLF’s major fundraiser started by one of the co-founders, will celebrate the nonprofit’s 21st anniversary of caring for wolves and wolf dogs. The goal this year is to net $55,000, $10,000 more than what was raised last year.

The money will help support operations at the existing facility, the move to the new facility and the costs of having two sites until the nonprofit can make that move, expected in late summer 2017.

The organization is applying for a special-use permit through Larimer County, a process that is expected to take 12 months, and will ask to be allowed to house 60 animals instead of the current limit of 30.

“It will help us with the fact we’re moving … and through the transitional process to our dream,” Coldiron said.

The nonprofit is seeking volunteers to help clean up and repair the new site, which sat empty for several years, and to maintain the current site. There are 30 volunteers working now, and another 30 are needed, Coldiron said.

“We’re still taking new animals,” she said. “We try to focus on animals that need a more natural, outdoor setting.”

Shelley Widhalm: 970-699-5408, swidhalm@reporter-herald.com, twitter.com/ShelleyWidhalm.