SPCA Nelson

The Nelson SPCA Annual Dogs Day Out, previously known as Million Paws Dog Walk and Fun Dog Show, is coming up and we'd love for you to join us! The event will be held at Isel Park in Stoke, Nelson from 10:00am- 2pm on Sunday March 17th 2013. Registrations will be from 9:45-10:30am and the walk will begin 10:30 am sharp.

Registration is $10 per dog for the walk and/or fun dog show and includes a goodie bag.
VIP Registration is $40 per dog and contains some awesome extra goodies including:
- A 'Dogs Day Out' branded T-shirt
- Hills Science Diet food vouchers to the value of $35
- Free membership to the Nelson SPCA with a VIP card for our Pet Supplies Store offering discounts across our range of pet ware.
No charge for spectators!

Dogs’ Day Out is a fun family event held in celebration of our canine companions and there will be loads of activities for dogs and people alike! Run by SPCA Nelson, Dogs’ Day Out is a regional celebration of man’s best friend and is designed to be a fun and relaxed outing for owners and their dogs – or for spectators to come along just to be entertained witnessing the lively antics of the day.

Following registration, the event starts with a short walk through Isel Park and Main Road Stoke. After the walk, a variety of doggie-riffic activities get underway at the park including agility demonstrations by Nelson Dog Training Club, a Fun Dog Show– this is not serious stuff just loads of fun – featuring the Golden Oldies category (sponsored by O2B Healthy) and Best Dressed category plus lots more, as well as a fun relay race for dogs and their handlers! The Relay for FUN should be a good laugh and is open to everyone - dogs a must and children to be accompanied by an adult.

The Schedule for the day is as follows:
• 9:45-10:30 Registrations
• 10:30-11:00 Walk through Isel Park and Stoke
• 11:15-11:45 Dog Agility Demo by Nelson Dog Training Club
• 12:00-12:30 Relay for FUN with dog and handler
• 12:30 - 2pm Fun Dog Show

This Years Categories for the Fun Dog Show are:
• Prettiest Girl
• Handsomest Boy
• Best Puppy
• Best Trick
• Best Dressed
• Golden Oldie (ages 9+)
• Best Ex SPCA Dog

Each category will have a first, second and third place and the 1st place winners will be in to win Best in Show!
 

We are really excited to be working with O2B Healthy this year to make this event bigger and better. O2B Healthy are putting up a fantastic first prize for the Golden Oldie Section and have been very supportive in the promotion of this annual event. Hills Science Diet are also providing prizes for winners of the dog show as well as loads of other giveaways on the day. We are also very excited to have More FM on board this year promoting the event and they will be there on the day as our MC.

Other activities on the day will include a petting zoo, bouncy castle, face painting, BBQ including free range sausages, fish sandwiches plus vegetarian options. Morning tea, coffee & baked goods will be avaiable as well as cold drinks. There will be other business stalls there as well plus More FM, we look forward to seeing you and your four legged friends there!!!!

We have a great raffle running for our Open Day and tickets are now available. Be in to win this fantastic playhouse kindly made and dontated by NMIT Pre-Trade course 2012. Other prizes up for grabs will be a Hills Science Diet goodie bin with all sort of yummy and fun treats for your dog, a gift basket from LUSH and some cool kids items donated by Sprog Hogz Kids.

Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5 and are now available up at the Centre. We will be selling them until Sunday the 4th of November and drawn on Monday the 5th.

Hope to see you this Saturday at Open Day!

Belly Dance Troupe Supports the Nelson SPCA

The Zenda Belly Dance Troupe will be putting on a fantastic show at the Playhouse on Friday the 28th September at 8pm. Tickets are $10 at the door and all proceeds go to the Nelson SPCA. Get festive and dress up in Middle Eastern wear and after the performance you will have a chance to join in the dancing with an aftershow boogie. Check out this link for further details : http://itson.co.nz/2012/4601-zenda-raqs-raqs-means-dance

Cupcake Day is coming up quickly and is set to take place on Monday August 27th 2012! The official Cupcake Day Website has been launched and its time to start logging on and registering as an official Cupcake Day Cook!

Whether you are an individual, family, business, school or community group there is opportunity for everyone to be involved in this fun and tasty fundraiser for the SPCA Nation wide.

Last year we raised over $230,000 for SPCA’s across the nation. In Nelson alone our cupcake bakers managed to raise over $4,000 and this year we’re hoping to reach that goal and more!

Here’s how it works:
Visit the Cupcake Day Website at www.spcacupcakeday.co.nz to register as an ‘online cook’. Here you can download all the necessary documents to become an official fundraiser and Cupcake maker! All that’s left to do is to sell your tasty morsels on Monday August 27th to friends, colleagues, family and anyone else that would like to support the SPCA. The money raised is then sent into SPCA National Support Office through the website which will have a secure online reconciliation form available closer to the day. The funds are then distributed to your local SPCA.

We will also be running some of our own activities on the day including a Cupcake Stand at New World, Stoke from 9am – 2pm and Countdown, St Vincent Street, Nelson from 9am – 2pm. We will keep you updated with more activities for the day as we finalise our plans.

Volunteers Needed!!!

We plan to have quite a few stalls happening on the day and are in need of a helping hand. If you or anyone you know may be interested in helping out with the making, decorating, or selling of cupcakes through the Nelson SPCA we'd love to hear from you! Please contact Summer on 547 7171