Remembrance - like a candle, burn brightest at Christmas time.
“A time to reflect and remember that those gone before us, will be with us forever”.
Avenal Park Funeral Home staff invite families and friends to join us at a combined Remembrance Service in the Civic Theatre - Tay Street, Invercargill on Thursday, 13 December 2018, commencing at 6.00pm. This service has been organised by the Loss and Grief Centre in Invercargill and is supported by local funeral homes; Avenal Park Funeral Home, J Fraser and Sons and Macdonald and Weston.
Avenal Park Funeral Home also has a remembrance tree available for those who would like to write a message in memory of their loved one. Please call into our office – Monday to Friday between 8.30am and 5.00pm at 75 Fox Street, Invercargill. If you would like us to write a card on your behalf, please phone us on 03 218 9021.
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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62.8% Summer
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35.8% Winter
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1.4% Other - I'll share below
What word sums up 2024, neighbours?
If 2020 was the year of lockdowns, banana bread, and WFH (work from home)....
In one word, how would you define 2024?
We're excited to see what you come up with!
⚠️ 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 ❤️
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