Retrieving Freedom, Inc.

06/29/2025

As PTSD Awareness Month comes to a close, our work continues. Our clients and dogs may never know your name, but your support is felt in every moment of progress—in each calm breath, each peaceful night, each step forward with a Service Dog by their side.

You’ve helped make those moments possible.

🧡 Healing doesn’t follow a calendar—and thanks to you, we’re ready to keep going.
https://retrievingfreedom.networkforgood.com/projects/56281-you-can-make-a-difference

06/27/2025

Visit SDiT Jude and learn about our foster programs at the RFI booth at the Boys & Girls Clubs of West Central Missouri National Night Out at Parkview Elementary in Sedalia!🐾😁

06/27/2025

Today, we stand with those who carry invisible wounds. With those who fight battles the world can’t see. And with those who are slowly, courageously finding their way back—with a Service Dog by their side.

We believe healing is possible. We believe companionship is powerful.

And we believe that with your help, we can serve even more Veterans still waiting for their chance.

🐾 Make today count. DONATE NOW! https://retrievingfreedom.networkforgood.com/projects/56281-you-can-make-a-difference

06/26/2025

Did you know our Service Dogs go through more than two years of training before they’re placed? They learn more than skills—they learn responsibility, consistency, and how to tune into their human’s needs.

The result? A bond rooted in trust that can’t be taught overnight.

It takes time. It takes resources. And it takes people like you who believe in the work.

🐾 Help us keep going—so they can keep showing up.
https://retrievingfreedom.networkforgood.com/projects/56281-you-can-make-a-difference

06/21/2025

We asked Michael, a Veteran in our program, how his Service Dog had changed things.

He told us, “Before Dusty, I’d have to sit down and try to breathe through the anxiety. Now, he’s there instantly—calming me, helping me move forward.”

It’s not always about big, visible changes. Sometimes, it’s about finding calm in the chaos. About opening a door, picking something up, or simply feeling steady in a moment of overwhelm.

That’s the kind of support your gift makes possible.

💙 One moment. One breath. One life, supported.
https://retrievingfreedom.networkforgood.com/projects/56281-you-can-make-a-difference

06/19/2025

A big thank-you to Elks Lodge Sedalia for your generous $1,000 donation to Retrieving Freedom!

Your support helps us continue changing lives through the training and placement of Service Dogs for Veterans with disabilities and children with autism. We’re grateful for partners like you who believe in the mission and step up to make it possible.

Elks Lodge Sedalia donated $1000 to Retrieving Freedom!!! Look at those beautiful dogs!

06/19/2025

Today, we pause to honor Juneteenth—Freedom Day.

It’s a day of celebration, reflection, and deep meaning. A reminder that freedom should never be taken for granted.

At Retrieving Freedom, we believe that everyone deserves a chance to heal, to grow, and to live with dignity and independence. And for the Veterans and children we serve, that journey often starts with four paws and a purpose.

So today, as we celebrate the end of slavery in the United States, we also celebrate the freedom our Service Dogs help bring—freedom from fear, from isolation, and from the invisible wounds that so many carry.

❤️ Let’s honor the past, be present in the now.
https://retrievingfreedom.networkforgood.com/projects/56281-you-can-make-a-difference

06/18/2025

A big shoutout to our amazing volunteer mower, Alisha Ebert!
She did a fantastic job on our lawn at the Iowa facility!

𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒐𝒖𝒕, 𝒘𝒆’𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖! For Iowa, reach out to Cal at [email protected] or 319-505-5949. For Missouri, contact Laura at 660-586-2055 or email [email protected]. Mower and gas provided.

𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝, 𝘼𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙖! 𝙔𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩!👏😁

06/17/2025

𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐖𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲!
This morning, our Iowa facility was humbled by a $50,000 gift from Peggy H. Pictured here with her family, Peggy’s generosity will help us train and place even more Service Dogs for Veterans with disabilities and children with autism. 🐾

👏Please join us in thanking Peggy for her amazing gift to our organization.

06/16/2025

“Before Daphne, I isolated. Now I work, shop, fish, and live with confidence.”

Adrianne’s Service Dog, Daphne, didn’t just help her rejoin the world—she helped her feel safe in it. From standing calmly beside her in checkout lines to gently interrupting anxious habits, Daphne is more than a companion—she’s a lifeline.

Because of donors like you, Adrianne received Daphne at no cost. Your gift can be the reason another Veteran finds their way back to life outside the walls of fear and isolation.

🧡 Give today—and be the reason someone finds hope.
https://retrievingfreedom.networkforgood.com/projects/56281-you-can-make-a-difference

06/15/2025

Some dads carry more than fatherhood.

They carry service. Scars. Stories they rarely speak of.

Today, we honor the Veteran fathers—those working every day to show up for their families while navigating the weight of what they’ve lived through.

We’ve seen Service Dogs help dads reconnect—with their kids, with their routines, and with a version of themselves they thought they lost.

💛 This Father’s Day, celebrate the strength of a father’s love—with a gift that helps him heal.https://retrievingfreedom.networkforgood.com/projects/56281-you-can-make-a-difference