- laura44253
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Please join us in welcoming the Rainbow Rescue & Retreat back to Spring Fling this year!! RR&R is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization dedicated to giving animals a safe place to stay and recover from their situations. They are dedicated to providing sanctuary, rehabilitation, and second chances to animals who often have nowhere else to turn. They focus on animals who need extra time, specialized care, or thoughtful placement — including those with medical needs, behavioral challenges, or long adoption wait times.
Founded on compassion, advocacy, and community care, their mission extends beyond placement:
"We strive to educate, support adopters, and ensure every animal in our care is treated with dignity, patience, and respect."
Rainbow Rescue & Retreat rescues cats, dogs, small animals & reptiles too!
When asked about the past year, this is what Rainbow Recue had to say:
"2025 has been a year of both challenges and meaningful impact for us. While adoptions have slowed across our area, we have remained committed to the animals already in our care — especially those who have waited the longest or require additional medical and behavioral support.
This year, we’ve successfully placed several long-term residents into loving homes, strengthened our foster network, and continued providing sanctuary-level care to animals who might otherwise have fallen through the cracks. Even when placements are slower, our measure of success remains the same: ensuring every animal here is safe, supported, and advocated for.
We’ve also deepened our community connections through events like Spring Fling and local outreach, allowing us to continue raising awareness for animals who deserve more visibility."
Speaking of Spring Fling, here's what they said is their favorite thing about Spring Fling:
"My favorite thing about Spring Fling is the sense of community. It brings together people who genuinely care — about animals, about small organizations, about making a difference. Events like this give our long-term residents a chance to be seen by new eyes, and that visibility means everything. We wanted to participate because even one connection can change an animal’s life."
Adoptable Spotlight
Rainbow Rescue has chosen to highlight Koopa Troopa.
"She is incredibly special to us and truly represents the heart of our rescue. Koopa has been patiently waiting for her perfect match, and events like Spring Fling give her the visibility she deserves. She has so much love to give, and we would be thrilled for more people to learn about her story."
🐾 Meet Koopa Troopa! 🐾
This stunning red & white husky was rescued in 2023 after surviving heartbreaking abuse—and now she’s ready to find her forever home! ❤️
Koopa is playful, affectionate, and full of life. She loves adventures, long walks, belly rubs, and splashing in water or mud puddles (you’ve been warned 😂). She’s also a total snuggle bug who could happily watch Moana all day!
She’s brilliant, eager to please, and would thrive with someone active or familiar with working breeds. Koopa attends public events as one of our ambassadors—she’s a fan favorite everywhere she goes!
💖 Koopa’s Perfect Match:
• Active family or adventure buddy
• Secure yard & supervision (classic husky escape artist)
• No small animals
• Either another playful dog or happy as the star of the show
• Someone patient & knowledgeable (or willing to be diligent and taught) about severe PICA
Koopa is spayed, vaccinated, HW-, microchipped, and ready to love big. She has worked through major recovery and rehab—this girl is a survivor with the brightest spirit.
✨ Let’s make this the year Koopa Troopa finds her happily ever after! ✨
📍 Sanford, NC
🐾 Female | Husky | 7/19/21 | 50 lbs
🐶 Dog selective | 🐱 OK w/ slow intro | 🚫 Small animals
👉 Apply: linktr.ee/rrradoptions
More pics of Miss Koopa Troopa
Looking forward, Rainbow Rescue believes:
"Rescue doesn’t survive without community — and the animal rescue world needs you, exactly as you are, in whatever way you’re able to show up.
Maybe that means fostering or adopting. Maybe it means sharing a post, sponsoring a medical bill, volunteering at an event, transporting, or simply advocating for rescue in everyday conversations.
No role is too small. There is no “not enough.” Every share, every dollar, every open door adds up to a life changed.
Rescue can feel overwhelming, but it becomes sustainable when community steps in. There is space for you here — and the animals truly need all of us."
Check out the Rainbow Rescue and Retreat website for more information about them and their mission. Make sure to follow them on their social media accounts, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok to keep up with their activities and updates on adoptable pets and the antics of their sanctuary residents.
Visit Rainbow Rescue & Retreat at
Unleashed's 13th Annual Spring Fling Dog & Cat Fundraiser
Sunday, April 26, 2026
12-6 pm
Koka Booth Amphitheatre
Stay up to date on all things Spring Fling 2026:
2026 FB event page: https://www.facebook.com/share/1TntG29de2/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/k9springfling
