- December 4, 2025
Local nonprofit Daytona Beach German Shepherd Rescue will be hosting a fundraiser at The Casements in Ormond Beach on Saturday, Sept. 13.
Held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. the "Dogs Days of Summer" fundraiser at 25 Riverside Drive will feature dog-friendly vendors, a "puppy play yard" with agility courses and splash pools, photo sessions and training demos from Superior K9 academy.
"We are doing what we hope is going to be the first of an annual end of summer fun event for people to come out and bring their dogs," volunteer Adrienne Bishop said.
Tickets for the fundraiser cost $30 for one dog, and $50 for two dogs. Human admission is free.
Daytona Beach German Shepherd Rescue was founded in 2013 with the mission to find homes and rescue German shepherds. They are a foster home-based rescue, operating out of the Daytona Beach and Jacksonville areas.
Bishop has been fostering for Daytona Beach German Shepherd Rescue since 2018. The fundraiser, she said, was a result of the rescue trying to come up with ways to provide something fun for the community while raising necessary funds, as their dogs are spending more time in foster homes than before as adoptions have slowed.
Currently, the rescue has 13 dogs in foster homes.
"I think the biggest challenge right now is that there are more people surrendering dogs than there are people looking to add dogs to their family," Bishop said.
To purchase tickets or learn more about the fundraiser, visit https://dbgsr.betterworld.org/events/DBGSR-DogDaysOfSummer.
