The Weekend Sun
Friday 16 June 2017
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Wear your shorts and win It’s only five more sleeps until you can dust fronting an amazing prize pack including two nights’ off your shorties and show off your legs for accommodation for two at the luxurious Hilton Lake Taupo, a $150 voucher for the award-winning Waipuna Hospice. restaurant Bistro Lago, and breakfast for two. The corporate prize is a tour of Port of Tauranga And though you’ll be helping to raise awareness for for 24 people, including morning tea and a a local charity, you’ll also be in the running to get presentation by one of the senior management team your hands on some great prizes. in the boardroom, Trish Rae from courtesy of Port of Waipuna Hospice Tauranga and Mount says the event – to Classic Tours. wear your shorts There’s also two on June 21 – has nights’ accommodation gathered some for two in a studio fantastic and apartment at Quest generous sponsors, on Beaumont in and as a result has Auckland courtesy of some great prizes Quest Apartments, a up for grabs for Tauranga Gliding Club businesses. flight voucher and “There are an Avis rental car for fantastic prizes one day. available to Individuals can businesses who make a donation at register for Waipuna Hospice, any Shorts4Waipuna,” of the five Hospice says Trish. Shops, local House “All they need to of Travel Branches or do is register and any Westpac branch. pay the entry fee/ Individuals can also donation online, House of Travel BOP owner-operators Chris Hopkins, upload a photo to and upload a Shane Kennedy and Tanya Aitken. Facebook or Instagram photo to Waipuna to be eligible for prizes. Hospice’s Facebook or Instagram site of their One lucky winner will be drawn from participating staff, resplendent in their finest, most colourful or schools for an $800 package from Mount New outrageous shorts, on the shortest day of the year – World, Papamoa Pak’nSave, The Warehouse June 21. Tauranga Crossing and The Warehouse Fraser Cove. “So in addition to supporting a very worthy and Schools have the option of raising funds through a well-respected organisation, it’s an opportunity for mufti day, coin trail, sausage sizzle or initiative of a little mid-winter madness and a chance to win a their choice. fabulous prize,” says Trish. For full details, visit www.waipuna-hospice.co.nz House of Travel Tauranga has come on board,
Seniors staying safe on the roads A Staying Safe Driver Refresher course for senior residents is happening in Katikati next month and those interested are encouraged to sign up now.
The course, on Thursday, July 6, at Katikati Resource Centre, will tackle New Zealand road rules, including those for intersections and roundabouts, as well as searching and scanning when driving, car care and maintenance hints, taking medications while driving, and urban and rural driving skills. The free theory-based course – there is no behind-thesteering-wheel action – will be presented by Age Concern from 9.15am-1.30pm on July 6. Register for the course with Age Concern on 07 578 2631.