What an INCREDIBLE 20th annual–and first-ever virtual–auction for the animals! This year’s Evening of Pawsibilities generated over $90,000 for stray and abandoned cats and dogs! To see the full event recap–including the finale (which was live-streamed), the winners of the raffle and costume contest, and several additional videos (puppy games! kitten hockey!)–and to see why […]
It’s finally happening: our 20th annual–and first-ever virtual–auction for the animals is LIVE! That’s right: over 400 auction items and 100 buy-now items are all waiting for YOU! Plus, the pet Howl-o-Ween costume contest voting is now open, and tickets for the raffle prize (a $1,000 Amazon gift card) are still available! Click HERE to […]
Your Go-To Event Guide! It’s official: the virtual 2020 Evening of Pawsibilities starts THIS WEEK! To make sure you don’t miss a beat, we created an event program as a PDF that you can see, download, or print. It’s got all the essential info and reminders for the auction, raffle, Wine Pull, costume contest, and […]
From Abused to Adored! In late 2017, Second Chance volunteer Megan Wencel founded our Hearts to Home Animal Transport, which prioritizes rescuing dogs from local overcrowded shelters to bring them to our partner rescues in northern states like Maryland and New Jersey. Transport is an important and effective strategy to reduce overpopulation in our area while providing […]
Triangle Food Tours, the first food tour in the Triangle, has officially announced its Raleigh Frights & Bites Haunted Brunch Tour just in time for the Howl-o-ween season! Located in downtown Raleigh are a number of haunted landmarks, spooky history and of course, delicious food. Bone-appetite! 🦴 Spend your afternoon enjoying food and drinks from […]
In October of 2019, Tim Chlopowicz was on his way to the NC State Fair (held at the fairgrounds just a mile or some from Second Chance) when he happened to pass by our adoption center, adorned with our logo. After seeing our sign, he took it as his sign to get involved with rescue and with […]
While we remain closed to the public, we are still intaking and adopting out dogs and cats each and every day. With over 150 animals in our program, we are excited to announce that we sent 55 cats and dogs to their forever homes during the month of September! Pi-Paw (above) is beaming because he […]
Our animal transport program, Hearts to Home, was founded in November of 2017. This program prioritizes rescuing animals from overcrowded shelters in the south to bring them to much emptier shelters in the northern states. This is an important and effective strategy to reduce overpopulation in our area while providing adoptable animals to areas where […]
From $10 to Priceless: Jaeger’s Second Chance at Life and Love Everlasting In March of 2019, Jaeger (pictured above on the day we rescued him) was found by a good Samaritan living with a pack of dogs under a seemingly abandoned trailer. There was no food or water to be found. The passerby assumed the […]
