Make a world of difference on world animal week
Oct 4, 2011
From October 04 -10 every year, this week is your chance to help make the world a safer, more compassionate place for animals.
By celebrating WSPA World Animal Week you can help us reach out to the wider community and remind them that animals do matter.
From the millions of dogs in-humanely killed by brutal means every year (that’s 38 every minute of the day) to the 12,000 bears that are currently severely suffering in Asia Beer Farms so their bile can be extracted to produce and sell some Traditional Asian Medicines.
These and many other kinds of animals face painful and uncertain futures, but with your support we can help to rescue, care, and rehabilitate them back into the wild where they rightfully belong.
But to do this, we need to keep changing the attitudes of others towards animals. This is where you can help.
Please join together and help us to change attitudes this World Animal Week, starting with your family, friends, neighbours and even your colleagues by organising a fast and easy fundraising venture.
It literally can be as simple as giving up your precious coffee each day for a week and donating the money to WSPA, or going for a run every day, for a week and asking your family and friends to pop a gold coin in a jar each time you go out. Or even making some sweet, home baking to sell to your work mates for their 3pm pick me up, for a week. If we all think ‘easy’ and ‘one week’ then the bigger the chance we will all have, to pull it off for the animals.
Let’s dream up our ideas on WSPA World Animal Week and then put them into action when we can. By showing others by our actions – that we think animals matter - then we really are on our way to making a world of difference. Please help WSPA create a world where animal welfare matters and cruelty ends.
To create a WSPA online fundraising page, please visit: www.everydayhero.co.nz. Or contact: elaine.mcnee@wspa.org.nz, Tel: 09 301 3901 to get your hands on fundraising materials (Fundraising Guide, Sponsorship Forms, Authorisation Letter or other fundraising collateral you might need). Or simply raise the funds and send a cheque made out to: WSPA New Zealand and post to: WSPA New Zealand, Private Bag 93220, Parnell, Auckland, 1151. Or donate online: www.wspa.org.nz.
P.S Elaine from the WSPA NZ office is going to mountain bike for half an hour each day, for one week and have family and friends sponsor her. Elaine hasn’t been on her bike for 6 years!