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Guide dog sponsorship reaches100 puppy milestone
Media Release
Date 5.4.2011
Guide dog sponsorship
reaches100 puppy milestone
Real estate agency Bayleys has reached its initial target of funding the breeding and training of 100 puppies for the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind’s (RNZFB) Guide Dog Services.
As principal sponsor of RNZFB’s Guide Dog Services for the past six years, Bayleys has undertaken a number of fundraising projects to enable the company to reach this goal.
It was proceeds from the Every Dog Has its Day online auction, which concluded last month, which got Bayleys across the 100 dog sponsorship threshold. The company has now raised more than $2.2million for Guide Dog Services.
Bayleys managing director Mike Bayley said the auction delivered a great result for Guide Dog Services at a time when unprecedented charity fundraising activities were taking place in support of numerous Christchurch earthquake recovery appeals.
“The awareness that the New Zealand public has of guide dogs, combined with the vast array of items up for bidding, were two critical factors in the success of this particular initiative,” Mr Bayley said.
“I’m really proud of the Bayleys staff around the country who worked on this fundraising initiative for a number of months – sourcing more than 950 items which went up for bidding, and promoting the auction to their immense contact networks.”
Among the high profile auction items
which secured bidding from generous New Zealanders
were:
- A date with All Black skipper Richie
McCaw which sold for $5510
- A tour of Guide Dog
Services with Kiwi supermodel Rachel Hunter which made
$715
- A night at the exclusive Eagle’s Nest
lodge in the Bay of Islands which reached $3600
-
A walk-on part on Shortland Street which received bidding of
$905
- A 12th man sailing experience on-board
Emirates Team New Zealand’s latest racing catamaran, which
attracted $2515
RNZFB chief executive Sandra Budd says: “We’re incredibly grateful for the longstanding partnership we have with Bayleys’ which has meant, despite challenging economic times, this 100 puppy milestone has been achieved.”
“With more than 240 active guide dog teams and 40 blind and partially sighted members waiting to be matched with a guide dog, our need to breed and train puppies is greater than ever - especially in Canterbury where many of our guide dogs will need retraining. The support of Bayleys over the past six years has been fantastic, and we welcome their ongoing support as well as that of all New Zealanders.”
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Bayleys Real Estate
New Zealand
Bayleys is New Zealand's largest full-service real estate company. We offer expertise in the marketing and sale of a wide range of property, including residential real estate, farms and lifestyle blocks, and commercial and industrial property. This includes tourism and business sales such as hotels and motels. We also cover the real estate markets in Fiji and other Pacific Islands.
Bayleys also provides a complete property and facilities service including property management and valuations teams focused on achieving both Owner and Tenant satisfaction.
No other real estate company can match our breadth of coverage across all market sectors throughout New Zealand.
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