The Freedom Ride dog rescue

May 30, 2026: Year 7 of THE Freedom Ride poker run

Join THE FREEDOM RIDE!

All proceeds to Freedom Ride Rescue, your friendly neighborhood non-profit dog rescue based in Raleigh/Durham/Clayton.

 

Schedule of Events

11:00am: Start Your Engines!

  • Poker run begins
  • Three venues offering more cards: places TBD
  • Cars & Motorcycles welcome
  • Register in person from 10 am until KSU at 11:15 am – pre-registration form coming soon!

Noon to 5pm: Festival Time!

  • Join us at Lonerider
    1839 South Main Street. Wake Forest, NC
  • Vendors
  • Food trucks
  • Raffle prizes and a 50/50
  • DJ Rob (time tba)
  • ADOPTABLE DOGS and PUPS!

 

If you are interestd in being a vendor or food truck – please email kristy@freedom-ride.org 

 

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.

Upcoming Events

 Don't miss our fun-filled line up of events!

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.

Make a Donation

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!

foster application

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.

Browse Our Dogs