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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/01/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/02/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/03/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/04/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/05/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

  • 5:00 pm-8:00 pm
    10/05/2018
    1170 Parkside Main St., Cary, NC 27519

    As the weather cools, enjoy a Wine Walk benefitting Second Chance Pet Adoptions! Pick up your Wine Tasting Card at the Second Chance Pet Adoptions tent across from Cold Stone Creamery and visit with some adoptable dogs. Taste some fabulous wines and have your card stamped by an associate at each stop on the tour. Enjoy a leisurely stroll at your own pace through our shops and restaurants – it’s a great way to see all that Parkside Town Commons has to offer. Acquire at least eight stamps and return your card to be entered to win a $100 gift basket!

    The fee to participate is $10, with 100% of proceeds going to Second Chance Pet Adoptions. Of course, you must be at least 21 years old to partake in the tastings, but all ages are welcome to shop and savor the many restaurants. The first 100 participants will receive a FREE canvas tote bag, so get here early!

    Here is the list of tasting stops:

    Autumn & Avery
    Brixx Wood Fired Pizza
    Club Pilates
    Frank Theatres CineBowl & Grille
    GNC
    Halie’s Boutique
    Learning Express
    Massage Envy
    Orangetheory Fitness
    Pink Magnolia Boutique
    Smallcakes
    Stellino’s Italian Restaurant
    Szechuan Heat
    Taziki’s Mediterranean Café
    Waxing the City

    Other merchants who provided donations:
    Flour Power Kids Cooking Studios

    Wine Walk lasts as long as supplies last. Event is subject to change without notice. For more information, contact drbgroupllc@drbgroupllc.com.

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/07/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

  • 1:00 pm-6:00 pm
    10/07/2018
    401 Crossroads Blvd., Cary, NC 27518

    Crossroads Plaza Presents: “Flood of Friends Benefit Relief Concert”

    Join Crossroads in Cary for a day full of giving, family fun, and FREE MUSIC! Crossroads Plaza and its partners have joined together to raise funding and supplies for those devastated by the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. They will have a full line up of entertainers including DJ Illumination, Bounce, Soul Psychedelique Orchestra, and Night Years, all performing live on the main stage presented by East Coast Entertainment, Durham Entertainment, and J and J Tent Company.

    During the event, guests will be able to donate in a variety of ways:
    Red Cross Hurricane Relief Fund will be collecting cash or card donations.
    Mutual Aid will be on hand collecting donations of cash and supplies to be delivered to those in need.
    Second Chance Pet Adoptions will be on-site collecting for the needs of our furry friends.

    Our friends at Go Cary will also be on-site to help to collect and deliver goods back to the nonprofit partners’ locations.

    A BIG “thank you” to all of our supporters who have all generously donated their time, talent, or resources. This is sure to be a great event – you don’t want to miss it!

    Our sponsors:
    Crossroads Plaza
    Kimco Realty
    East Coast Entertainment
    J and J Tent
    Durham Entertainment
    Kix 102.9
    96.1 BBB
    Go Cary

    Our Performers:
    DJ Illumination – performs throughout the day
    Bounce- performs at 2:00
    Soul Psychedelique Orchestra- performs at 3:20
    Night Years- performs at 4:40

    Our Non-Profit Partners:
    Red Cross
    Mutual Aid NC
    Second Chance Pet Adoptions

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/08/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/09/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

  • 7:00 pm-10:00 pm
    10/09/2018
    2116 New Bern Ave D, Raleigh, NC 27610

    Tarpaw Furmeet has selected Second Chance Pet Adoptions as its charity of choice for their upcoming events, including a showing of “Zootopia” at the new Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Raleigh. Join them for this film (fursuits welcome) and stop by the Second Chance info table in the lobby to learn more about our rescue organization. (Tarpaw Furmeet will be collecting supplies at this event for our animals; for our most-needed items, please click HERE.) Tickets are limited and the organization expects a sell-out, so purchase your tickets ASAP HERE.

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/10/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/11/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/12/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/13/2018
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

  • 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
    10/13/2018
    4015 University Dr., Durham, NC 27707

    It’s a cider and rescue dog party! Join Barley Labs and Second Chance Pet Adoptions as we welcome Austin Eastciders for a tap takeover. Adoptable dogs will be on-site in this dog-friendly taproom and YOU can help the animals simply by having a beverage! (Check the menu and order a full pour of the brew that’s listed as the *Donation Tap.*) Barley Labs will also have a Make-Your-Own Caramel Apple bar, which sounds INCREDIBLE, and giveaways! Don’t forget: they sell all-natural beer grain dog treats, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/14/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/15/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/16/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/17/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/18/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

  • 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
    10/18/2018
    8480 Honeycutt Rd, Raleigh, NC 27615, USA

    Our photo booth sponsor for the 2018 Evening of Pawsibilities, Moon Interiors Inc., is having their grand opening on Oct. 18! They have fostered for us and have been very supportive of our rescue efforts for the last couple of years. Now it’s our turn to support them: please check them out at Watkins Flowers of Distinction in Lafayette Village Raleigh!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/19/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 11:00 am-3:00 pm
    10/20/2018

    Love a clean pup, but dread bath time? Have a better weekend: let Second Chance clean your dog! Come on out to Unleashed on Creedmoor between 11am and 3pm and have your dog bathed for a suggested $10 donation per dog.

  • 12:00 pm-3:00 pm
    10/20/2018
    2460 Wycliff Rd., Raleigh, NC 27607

    This is a unique event featuring Timeless Visions LLC, where artist Gaella Materne will be doing a FREE live art demo! This event will start at 12pm and go until 3 pm. She will also be offering wildlife prints where 50% of the proceeds will go to Second Chance Pet Adoptions. Gaella thoroughly believes that everyone deserves a second chance. Her whole life she has had rescue dogs and wants to contribute to success stories of other dogs and cats. She will also offer 20% of any custom piece ordered that day to go to Second Chance Pet Adoptions as well. Let’s spread the love!

  • 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
    10/20/2018
    6464 Tryon Rd, Cary, NC 27518, USA

    On the third Saturday of each month, come on out to Phydeaux (Cary) to meet your new furry family member! Our foster dogs will be on-site to meet their forever families!

  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/20/2018
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/21/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/22/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/23/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/24/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/25/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/26/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 10:00 am-8:00 pm
    10/27/2018
    8111 Creedmoor Rd, #153, Raleigh, NC 27613, USA

    Our Platinum Paw sponsor BottleMixx is inviting YOU to their 6-year anniversary party on Saturday, Oct. 27! It’s THEIR birthday but YOU’LL be getting the gifts! This bottle shop’s got plenty of freebies spread among the festivities for the day. From free bagels in the morning to a free taco bar in the afternoon to–of course–free wine and beer samples and free dollars added to your WineStation card, you’ll be in heaven. The event also features schwag giveaways, double discounts on all bottles of wine, a beer cellar sale, discounted growler fills, games and prizes, and a jewelry vendor. As always, tips at the bar will be matched and donated to Second Chance. On this special day, BottleMixx will DOUBLE the match up to $500! Learn more about the big affair by clicking HERE! (While BottleMixx is normally dog-friendly, please leave your furry friends at home for this very busy event.)

  • 11:00 am-2:00 pm
    10/27/2018
    2460 Wycliff Rd., Raleigh, NC 27607

    Join us on Saturday, October 27, for a special adoption event at Unleashed (Lake Boone Trail). In addition to meeting adoptable dogs on-site, you can also learn from a training demo by Mandy Baker of Teamworks Dog Training. She will be volunteering her time to do some basic training with the adoptable dogs. Come meet your new best friend and get a complimentary training demo! Dogs will be present 11am – 2pm; the training demo takes place from 1pm to 2pm.

  • 12:00 pm-3:00 pm
    10/27/2018
    3920 Arrow Dr, Raleigh, North Carolina 27612

    Second Chance will be bringing adoptable dogs to Howler’s Eve, a three-day Halloween celebration from Oct. 26 to Oct. 28. We’ll be on-site Saturday, October 27, from noon to 3pm with the doggos, so come and say hello if you dare! For more info on Howler’s Eve, click HERE.

  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/27/2018
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/28/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

  • 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
    10/28/2018
    3709 Neil St, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Join Second Chance Pet Adoptions on Sunday, October 28 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm for our annual Barks ‘n Brews event! Enjoy great beer from Raleigh Brewing Company (especially the Rescue Rye, for which proceeds will be donated to our animals!) while you chow down on lunch, snacks, or dinner from the on-site food truck, Mr. Puebla Tacos–they’re donating 10% of sales to our animals!

    Get in the Halloween spirit by entering your dog in the free Howl-o-Ween Costume Contest at 4:00 and bringing home one of three great prizes, each including treats from Good Grace’s Dog Treats and prizes from Rescue Me Candle Company!

    Reward your pup for sitting pretty in the Puppy Prints Photography photo booth with a treat or new accessories from our on-site vendors, Good Grace’s Dog Treats and Spot and Biscuit! (Spot and Biscuit will be donating 20% of their sales at this event to our animals!) Then, reward yourself for helping our animals and start your holiday shopping: Rescue Me Candle Company will be there selling some of the most incredible pet-themed soy candles! They’ll be donating 20% of sales at the event to our animals.

    And of course, don’t forget to play the raffle (need not be present to win, so no problem if you need to leave before the 4:45pm drawing)!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/29/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/30/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

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  • 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
    10/31/2018-03/29/2024
    6003 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

    Come on out to Second Chance to meet your new furry family member! Our foster kittens (6 months and younger) will be on-site to meet their new forever families, too!

   

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