Baking a difference for Red Puppy Bikkie Day

Baking a difference for Red Puppy Bikkie Day

Calling all bakers and bikkie lovers – guide dog puppies need your help.
The Blind Foundation’s Red Puppy Bikkie Day is on Monday, 4 July and keen bakers are encouraged to “bake a difference” for guide dogs by selling puppy-shaped bikkies to friends, work colleagues or classmates.

The fun event raises vital funds for the breeding and training of Blind Foundation guide dogs.

Last year, hundreds of individuals, workplaces, schools and early childhood centres baked thousands of bikkies and this year, the Blind Foundation is hoping even more take up the challenge.

Everyone who registers for the event gets a free puppy-shaped cookie cutter, along with access to tips, recipe ideas, decorating inspiration and resources to make their Bikkie Day a huge success.

Blind Foundation chief executive Sandra Budd says Blind Foundation guide dog puppies in training are working hard to one day be the eyes of New Zealanders who are blind or have low vision.

“Raising guide dogs requires a staggering amount of time, effort and money. We appreciate the tremendous fundraising support and efforts of schools, clubs, day cares and workplaces around the country so New Zealanders who are blind or have low vision can enjoy the freedom and independence a guide dog offers,” she says.

Everyone who raises more than $100 will go in the draw to name a gorgeous guide dog puppy.

Simply visit bikkieday.org.nz to sign up as a baker, find out more information or make a donation.

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