Guide Dog Services to benefit from Warkworth A & P Show auction
Monday 11 January 2010, 11:59AM
By Bayleys
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The Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind’s Guide Dog Services charity is set to benefit from a fundraising auction being held at the Warkworth A & P show on January 16.
The fundraising activity has been organised by community-spirited country specialist real estate agent John Barnett from property sales agency Bayleys. Going under the auction hammer will be such items such as boat cruises, sports gear, gardening and DIY equipment, wine, dinner and accommodation packages, homeware, and children’s toys.
John Barnett will be helped out on the day by his Bayleys colleagues, and by young sons James and Daniel who will be walking around the show-grounds with a collection bucket seeking any spare coins and notes. They will be joined by guide dog Macey who is the most recent puppy sponsored by Bayleys North of Auckland. RNZFB’s Guide Dog Services is Bayley’s nominated corporate charity – with the company raising in excess of $1million for the cause over the past five years.
“It costs more than $22,000 to breed and raise a guide dog for the blind, so all money raised by Bayleys at the Warkworth show will go towards helping someone in need,” said John Barnett.
This is the second year John Barnett and his team from Bayleys have been raising funds for RNZFB’s Guide Dog Services at the Warkworth A & P show. Items going under the hammer have been donated by local companies and individuals from throughout the Rodney region.
“Guide Dog Services is such a worthy cause, and I think we touched the hearts of a lot of people when we held the first fundraising auction at the 2009 show, and look forward to repeating the efforts at the 2010 event,” added John.
Companies who have donated items to the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind’s Guide Dog Services charity at Warkworth A & P show include: Wharehine Group, Sheepworld, River Nile Linens, Queen Street Cafe, Matakana Cinema, The Vintry, Matakana Smokehouse, Generation Kids, Quince Licensed Cafe, Franklins Pharmacy, Mitre 10, The Bach, Omaha Beach Golf Club, Coast and Country, New World, Farm & Lifestyle Centre, Omaha Bay Vineyard, Unichem Lee & Hart Pharmacy, ITM Matakana, The Backroads Press, Signmasters, McEntee Hire, Red Letter Day, Tapiano, Warkworth Vets, Stubbs Village Butchery, Warkworth Golf Club, Morris & James, Brick Bay Wines & Sculpture Trail, Reubens Cruises, Tahi Cafe & Bar, Taste, Sportsworld, Dick Smith Electronics, The Bridgehouse, Kodak Express Warkworth, The Castle Matakana, Matakana Olive Co-operative, Hunting & Fishing, Salty Dog Inn, Vet Farm & Pet Clinic, Digital Mobile, Autohaus European, and Harvey World Travel.