Non-Profit Animal Rescue
Give a Freedom RideIn the rescue world, a “Freedom Ride” is that magical car ride out of an animal shelter for a dog. At first they are nervous, but there is a moment when they realize they are safe …. tongue out, tail wagging, a new chapter for them.
About Us
About Our Rescue
We are proud to be the crazy dog lovers who skip out on work to transport dogs from all over the state to their excited fosters’ homes; who stay up late searching shelter pages for that next “Freedom Ride” potential; who volunteer countless hours making rescue a reality!
Freedom Ride Rescue brings together individuals who share a love for dogs and a dream to see a no-kill state. Our foster-based network brings in dogs of all ages, sizes and breed mixes. We help to rehabilitate these animals – providing security, love, medical, and behavioral training as needed – until they can be adopted to their “fur-ever” homes.
We are foster based: we have no facility and every one of our adoptable (and not quite ready to be adopted) animals are in homes where families are teaching trust, love, basic manners …. preparing your future dog ready to be the best addition to your family that he can be!
As fosters, we are willing to have our heart break after we love, rehabilitate and nurse an unwanted, unloved animal until they prance away with their fur-ever person – often never looking back – as they start their most life’s wonderful chapter: the one as a cherished pet.
So join our road to making freedom rides happen! We are a wonderful, tight-knit family needing volunteers, fosters, donors – basically caring people willing to help in any way they can!
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Thank you to everyone — volunteers, sponsors, the over 800 virtual and in-person runners — who made our Turkey Day 5K possible! All of the proceeds from the race make more freedom rides possible, from routine to emergency medical care to supplies for our fosters to make the transition from shelter to safe place easier. We’re so fortunate for this community of dog loving people who make our work possible! 🐶
Please post any pictures in the comments below. Official race pictures to come!
THURSDAY'S FRR 6th Annual Turkey Day 5k is hours away!! Some reminders ... Park at Lake Benson and follow our signs over to White Deer Park where the paw-ty is!!
7 am: Check in opens!
8:10 am: Why are you running? FREEDOM RIDE!
8:15 am: Runners Yoga Warmup with Kara O'Briant, founder of Zin Studio and Wine Lounge
8:30 Start Time Competitive 5K
8:35 Start Time Recreational 5K
8:45 Start Time 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk
9:30 Awards (Competitive 5K Only)
10:30 Finish Line Closes
Be ready to shop with Binky & Bell .... or try winning one of 16 amazing raffle prizes!!
Zin Yoga Studio and Wine Lounge
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Adoptable Everly is running to tell her friends that the next 8 PEOPLE who sign up for the FRR 6th Annual Turkey Day 5k — virtual or in-person — will receive a $10 Dick’s Sporting Goods gift card! She can’t do math, but that’s gotta buy you like.. what, 50 tennis balls? 🎾 (We don’t have the heart to tell her about inflation.)
There is a 5K, 1-mile and virtual option. Fetch your gift card by signing up now: runsignup.com/Race/NC/Garner/FreedomRideRescueTurkeyDay5k
*Everly is actually a very low-energy gal. She would much rather catch a movie than a tennis ball. You can learn more about her and submit an application here: www.freedom-ride.org/for-adoption/.
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Browse our dogs in foster care and available for adoption!
Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever.”
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Services
What We Do
Rescue Dogs
We are proud to be the crazy dog lovers who skip out on work to transport dogs from all over the state to their excited fosters’ homes … who stay up late searching shelter pages for that next “Freedom Ride” potential …. who volunteer countless hours making rescue a reality!
Provide Medical Care
Freedom Ride Rescue provides all supplies (crates, food, bowls) and gets the animal in for a vet visit (for a spay, neuter and/or vaccines); we’ll also provide flea and heartworm preventatives. Anything and everything to make a happy and healthy pet!
Find A Home
We love, rehabilitate and nurse an unwanted, unloved animal until they prance away with their fur-ever person as they start their most life’s wonderful chapter: the one as a cherished pet.
help save a life
Donations cover vet expenses, shelter fees, continuing long-term care, and any other costs that arise treating dogs in great need. We prepare our dogs for success with a microchip, spay/neuter and make sure they are up to date on vaccines and preventatives. We are a 501(c)(3) organization making your financial contributions tax deductible.
foster
Join our tight-knit rescue family! We need fosters until dogs are adopted, for temporary needs, for medical cases and/or for end of life hospice care. Supplies and vet care is provided. You help your dog blossom and find his fur-ever home and in the process learn what a rewarding experience fostering really is!
Adopt
Adopting a rescue animal helps to save the life of an animal in need, through no fault of their own! And you get a new best friend out of the deal. Seriously, what could be better than that? We take in all mixes of breeds and all ages! You can meet adoptable dogs at our weekly adoption events or put in an application for specific dogs.