MEET THE CANDIDATES
BPW Franklin Inc. invites the public to Meet the Candidates on Wednesday, Sept 28th in the main lounge of the Pukekohe Cosmopolitan Club - 78 Nelson St, Pukekohe.
The doors open at 7.45pm with the panel discussion commencing at 8pm with Helen Baucke being the facilitator. Five candidates will be on the panel and the other candidates attending will be allowed a minute each to share their candidacy also. Entry is free of charge.
For those interested, a BPW Mix and Mingle also begins at 6pm with a $30 dinner before the candidates event. To attend dinner, please book (and pay #02 0404 0100956 00) before 25th Sept by emailing: catering@bpwfranklin.org.nz stating your name and any special dietary requirements. Hope to see you there!
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 ❤️