Events
Our Events
Annually, we host three major events and several smaller fundraisers, along with participation in local community activities to generate awareness. With each, our goal is simple: to bring quality events to the community, offering vendors exposure opportunities for their businesses while ensuring attendees have a positive experience. As a result, our vendors typically return year after year! To visit our 2024 calendar with links to event pages, please click here.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024 - 9AM-4PM | We proudly announce our Sixth Annual Rescue Me Adoption Event. Come prepared to purchase food and drink from local food trucks and shop with local vendors and crafters. Petting zoo area, kids games, music, dunk booth and so much more! This is a free admission day for Berkeley County residents. Berkeley Animal Center and local rescues will have animals available for adoption. Interested vendors, please click here for more information!
Our Major Annual Events
Poker Run (April) - This event offers motorcycle (and now car!) enthusiasts a fun way to support our charity while they ride. There are multiple stops at area F&B locations and three prizes for the winning poker hands.
Food Truck Rodeo (May) - This is a great community event with food trucks (obviously!), vendors, adoptables and other on-site activities for the entire family. If you'd like to learn more about our events, how to become a sponsor or vendor, please contact FOBAC Events. You may also click here to complete the inquiry form.
Rescue Me (September) - Rescue Me brings together community members, vendors, food trucks, volunteers and representatives from several different local shelters and rescue groups to promote the critical message we all share: Adopt. Foster. Donate. Volunteer! Always held at Cypress Gardens, this event typically sees thousands of visitors, with attendance growing annually! (photos provided by courtesy of Erik Beard). If you'd like to learn more about our events, how to become a sponsor or vendor, please contact FOBAC Events.
Other Events and Fundraisers
In addition to our major events, we regularly host auctions throughout the year. It's truly a win-win as bidders end up with great finds and we are able to save the lives of at-risk shelter animals and support other shelter needs as well. We also have our online store that is open 24/7/365!
We offer an opportunity to memorialize your support through our brick fundraiser. These bricks can be personalized to honor a loved one or to commemorate a special occasion - or just to support our group and the shelter animals we serve! Personalized bricks are incorporated into the the walkways around the shelter for all visitors to enjoy. Orders will be sent in to the company for engraving once a total of 20 bricks are ordered and laid by Berkeley County staff as their scheduling permits.
Our companion group, Heroes 4 Hearts, supports fundraising specifically for at-risk, heartworm positive dogs at the shelter, holding regular bake sales and other FUNdraisers including a Bonfire store, creating paintings with the shelter dogs, and more!
We also participate in other local community events such as National Night Out, Trunk or Treat and local holiday parades. We want the community to see us and become a part of our important mission!
If you'd like to learn more about our events, how to become a sponsor or vendor, please contact FOBAC Events. You may also click here to complete the inquiry form.
Interested in volunteering? Please contact President@friendsofberkeleyanimalcenter.com or join our Volunteer Group on Facebook.
Ready to support the animals? Your donations are tax deductible as allowable by the IRS.
EIN: 83-3548657 - click below to begin your lifesaving participation! Thank you!
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