Hawgs4Dogs Poker Run Held In Mannford Saturday

Registration for Hawgs4Dogs Poker Run and rescue event is underway at Freddie's Steak House in Mannford. The last bike will be back in at 5 p.m.

Prizes include $1,000 in cash for first place, $250 for second and a Harley grill set for third. But even if you don't ride, you can still rescue.

Enjoy music and other entertainment including an auction with 50 percent of the proceeds going to the Oklahoma Rescue Rangers Disaster Team. The rescue organization is dedicated helping take abandoned and neglected animals from the streets and finding them foster homes until permanent homes can be located.

Mrs. Oklahoma 2014 Danella Burwell kicked off the Hawgs4Dogs poker run. Other special guests include Tulsa therapy dog Bella Rose.

Cleveland resident Brenda Williams founded the organization several years ago and helped rescue some of the animals left behind as owners evacuated their homes in the Mannford wildfires in 2012.

8/9/2012 Related Story: Green Country Woman Rescues Burned, Displaced Animals From Creek County

To help the group, you can  mail your donation to Oklahoma Rescue Rangers, P.O. Box 22, Cleveland, Oklahoma 74020, or check out its Facebook page for more information.