Hospice Waikato Run for Life
Join together with your family, friends and colleagues to exercise, celebrate life, pay tribute to loved ones and remember those who are no longer here with us. We know you’ll have a great morning enjoying a 5km
or 10km fun run or walk which will help Hospice Waikato with every step. Everyone is welcome – corporate groups, school groups or community groups, as well as individuals and their dogs!
10km Run/Walk $15 entry fee
Starts at 8am sharp at the Rhododendron Garden, Hamilton Gardens. Ends back at the Rhododendron Lawn.
5km Run/Walk $10 entry fee
Starts from the Rhododendron Lawn immediately after the 10km event. Ends back at the Rhododendron Lawn.
Click here to register now!
Children under 9 years of age are free if accompanied by a paying adult.
Online registrations close Thursday 2 March. If the event is not sold out registrations can also be made on the morning of the event prior to 7.30am. A $5 late registration fee will apply.
No refund will be issued if you choose to withdraw your entry; your entry fee will be treated as a donation to Hospice Waikato.
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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62% Summer
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36.5% Winter
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1.5% Other - I'll share below
How are you celebrating Christmas this year?
From hot air balloon rides to cotton ball scooping games, folks around Hamilton have their festive plans sorted.
On a sunny Monday when most people are already on holiday, there were a few homecomers on Hamilton streets.
How are you celebrating Christmas this year? Tell us in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).
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