FREE HEALTHY HOMES ASSESSMENT
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My name is Casey and I am a Healthy Homes Navigator For Saint Vincent De Paul. I am pleased to extend an offer for a free Healthy Homes Assessment for your living space. Our team of experts will thoroughly evaluate your home for compliance with the Healthy Homes Standards, covering key areas such as insulation, heating, ventilation, moisture ingress, and draught stopping. This assessment aims to identify any potential health hazards or non-compliance issues to ensure your home meets the required standards for optimal health and safety. We can help with tips and recommendations on how to make and keep your home warmer this winter and every winter after that. We can assist you with our services that come with the program. You can contact me at casey@vinnieshamilton.co.nz or 022 582 4779 if you would like to enquire or schedule this free assessment at your convenience.
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⚠️ 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 ❤️
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).