Southern Star Search & Rescue SoS-SAR

03/19/2026

Our team thanks the J.L. Bedsole Foundation for awarding a grant to Southern Star Search & Rescue SoS-SAR. Unlike other teams that are having trouble getting volunteers, our team continues to grow at a rapid pace and with young volunteers from both Baldwin and Mobile counties. We need to scale up our equipment purchases and education opportunities for these new applicants. We are also in the process of scheduling our summer events in both counties. Our team is very grateful for your continued support which allows us to improve our response capabilities and build for the future!

02/11/2026

01/13/2026

Southern Star Search & Rescue SoS-SAR was honored to be selected as the recipient of proceeds from the December 2025 Santa's Follies Charity Golf Tournament which is organized by the Glenlakes Ladies Golf Association. The LGA worked hard and enlisted the support of the Glenlakes golf course, the members, and our community to run a very successful charity golf tournament. The feeling of support and community was overwhelming and humbling!

The proceeds are already helping us retrofit our team vehicle that was purchased in 2025 into a vehicle that can tow our command center and house up to 5 K9's for searches, trainings and events. These upgrades were desperately needed and are still ongoing but the timing of the funding is critical for some upcoming K9 seminars and meetings. Before and after pictures are shown below of the work that has already been done in 2026.

We can't thank our supporters enough and are extremely grateful of the fundraising efforts of the Glenlakes Ladies Golf Association. These changes will make a huge difference in our team's response options. Thank you!

12/04/2025

Many thanks to all who have supported our team. It allows us to put on multi-agency cross training events. We recently completed a training with Bay County Search and Rescue. It was a great day of training and fellowship. We hope to be able to continue these types of events as we work to share skills, ideas and best practices with other teams and develop working relationships.

08/20/2025

Many thanks to Pine Meadow Vet Clinic in Pensacola, FL for their fund raising effort which comes at a very important time. We are equipping our new truck to be able to safely carry K9's along with towing our command trailer. We value this incredible partnership and their clients that made this fund raising successful. Three of our K9's also give them a thumbs up for their care (Kiva and Alina pictured below).

05/16/2025

Our team thanks to the J.L. Bedsole Foundation for awarding a grant to Southern Star Search & Rescue SoS-SAR for the purchase of equipment and to support our summer kids programs. Our team is growing at a rapid pace and we need updated GPS equipment to track team movements in the field. Our team is very grateful for your support which allows us to improve our response capabilities!

03/18/2025

Our entire team sends their heartfelt thanks to the Bama Beach Pickleball Club for their donation to support our mission and our community programs in 2025! This support is critical for us to be able to help search for the missing and help families on one of the worst days of their lives. Our team could not do this work without local community support such as Bama Beach Pickleball Club and we are honored that they chose to support our mission. Their hard work to put together the pickleball tournament not only makes a difference to our team, the families we serve but also to the extension of the other charitable organizations they have supported and the impact that they make on the community. They are truly amazing and have a profound impact in Baldwin County. Our team thanks them!

01/23/2025

Southern Star Search & Rescue SoS-SAR is honored to be selected as the recipient of proceeds from this year's Santa's Follies Charity Golf Tournament which is organized by the Glenlakes Ladies Golf Association. The LGA worked hard and enlisted the support of the Glenlakes golf course, the members, and our community to run a very successful charity golf tournament.

2024 was a growth year for our team and this donation will allow us to expand our mission and to respond to an increasing number of requests for our services in the community. Our team is humbled and grateful by the support!

01/23/2025

We would like to thank IBM for their donation recognizing Sam Strite for his volunteer efforts as the Treasurer of Southern Star Search & Rescue SoS-SAR.