Ohio Special Response Team - OSRT - Search and Rescue

10/05/2026

⛽️🚨 $300 IN FREE GAS?! YES, PLEASE! 🚨⛽️

Want to turn a $1 raffle ticket into $300 worth of FREE FUEL? 👀

The Ohio Special Response Team (OSRT) is giving you TWO chances to win:

🥇 1st Prize: $300 Fuel Card
🥈 2nd Prize: $150 Fuel Card

And the best part? Every ticket helps support search & rescue missions across Ohio. ❤️

OSRT is an all-volunteer, nonprofit search & rescue organization made up of 40+ highly trained operators and 20 K-9s across 6 units throughout Ohio. Our teams can rapidly deploy personnel, K-9s, and drones to assist when someone goes missing.

Your support helps us maintain the specialized equipment, technology, and resources our teams need to be ready when every minute matters.

🚨 WHY NOT TAKE A CHANCE ON FREE GAS WHILE SUPPORTING A GREAT CAUSE? 🚨

🎟️ Enter the virtual raffle:
👉 Scan the QR code below

OR

👉 ENTER THE RAFFLE HERE:

https://go.eventgroovefundraising.com/72efd8/Campaign/Details

⏰ Raffle ends late December🎄🚗⛽️

Buy a ticket. Support search & rescue. Maybe fill your tank on us! ❤️💙

09/27/2026

Tiffany McClain - you are our winner of the Large Fire Engine Red Double Door Ruffland Kennel! We will be reaching out to you today! Congratulations, and thank you to everyone who helped us make this fundraiser a success!!

09/27/2026

Matt Lunsford of American Working Dog out of Trifecta is up here today, and he’s going to draw the winning ticket for our Large Ruffland Fire Engine Red Double Door Kennel Fundraiser!

09/27/2026

We will be going live here shortly!
Matthew Lunsford from AWD out of Trifecta will be pulling our winning ticket!!!!

09/27/2026

We will be going live later this morning to pull the winning ticket for our Ruffland Fundraiser!

STAY TUNED!

09/22/2026

🚨🚨 UPDATED🚨🚨
We will be pulling & announcing the winner on Sunday, September 27th!
Make sure to turn your Facebook Live notifications on so you know when we go live!

Our Large Two Door Ruffland Kennel Fundraiser is CLOSED!

We will be hosting a Facebook Live this week to pick the winner!

Thank you to everyone who has supported us by purchasing a ticket(s)!

09/15/2026

We only have 15 tickets left and we need our followers and supporters help! We would love to be able to pick the winner of our Ruffland Kennel Raffle in the next 2 weeks! Please reach out to Claire E Reynolds to purchase tickets! Let’s get these last 25 tickets sold!

🚨 Ruffland Kennel Raffle! 🚨

The Ohio Special Response Team - OSRT - Search and Rescue is excited to raffle off a Large Ruffland Kennel (2-Door Front/Back) in the brand-new Fire Engine Red color!

🎟️ Tickets: $20 each
🔥 Only 200 tickets will be sold!

All proceeds directly benefit OSRT Search & Rescue. Our team was recently gifted a Zodiac boat, but it is in need of a new motor. Fundraisers like this help us maintain and replace the specialized equipment and tools we rely on to respond to search and rescue missions.

Your support helps ensure our team is prepared when our community needs us most. Thank you for supporting OSRT and helping us continue our mission!

To purchase a ticket, please Venmo with your name, phone number, and email address in the description, and a copy of your ticket will be sent to you!

09/10/2026

Law Enforcement "Operation Meridian" Locates 76 Missing Ohio Youth!

More than 15,000 Ohio children were reported missing in 2025. We have a collective problem. One that, unfortunately, involves reactive response as opposed to proactive strategic considerations. It's extremely fortunate that special initiatives by the U.S. Marshals Service and associated law enforcement have been capable, year after year, of returning as many as 90%+ of these children.

The various yearly initiatives are great but we continue to neglect development of a program of predictable intervention that could reduce the number who go missing before they disappear.

Ohio Special Response Search Team members want to congratulate the U.S. Marshals and other law enforcement agencies for successful ex*****on of Operation Meridian. This initiative took place in August 2026 and involved federal, state, and local law enforcement partners. Due to their efforts, 79 children between the ages of 6 and 17 who had been reported missing have been located.

Read the details HERE:

U.S. Marshals Service recovered dozens of missing and endangered children in Ohio during the largest missing-child operation in the state's history.

09/02/2026

OSRT is Currently Searching for Frank Feher in Copley, Ohio

Frank is suffering from dementia and has been missing since 27 July when he was last seen walking on South Hametown Road near Minor Road. Area residents are asked to keep a lookout for Frank and anyone who has seen him AFTER 27 July, please notify Copley law enforcement informing them of when and where, as well as his direction of travel.

Help us bring Frank home!

09/01/2026

Thurman Walker Located on Floodplain in Franklin County

The members of the Ohio Special Response Team who's search K-9s assisted in this missing persons incident, want to convey our sincere condolences to Thurman's family and the Groveport community at large.

We all need to become more aware of the environment surrounding individuals with dementia. These folks represent the majority of our search and rescue deployments state-wide. It's so easy for them to slip through our monitoring systems, so let's all become more watchful and cognizant of this issue and take action as a community of observers.

The body of Thurman Walker, a missing 75-year-old man with dementia, was found dead in a floodplain close to his Ohio home, authorities said.