Time to Strut Your Mutt for hospice
IT IS nearly time for the 2017 Queenscourt Hospice Strut Your Mutt walk. This fun 5k sponsored dog walk is taking place along Ainsdale beach this Sunday, April 9 and the hospice would love you and your four-legged friend to sign up to take part and to help it reach the target of 100 dogs.
The walk starts from Pontins Holiday Camp in Ainsdale and there will be free parking available.
Heading off between 9.30 and 10am, walkers will travel south along the coastline towards Formby for 2.5k before returning to Pontins.
The hospice is delighted to once again have the support of Barking Mad as the main event sponsor and also the two associate sponsors My Vet Ltd and Johnsons Toyota Southport.
The novelty of this event is that you would be asking your friends and family to sponsor your dog rather than you, and there are some great prizes up for grabs for the dog that raises the most.
Registration is £5 in advance (available until this Friday, April 7) and for anyone signing up on the day it will be £10.
One supporter taking part this year is Emma Turner who really loves dogs.
She has four of them, Sam, Bobby, Alfie and Flynn and together with her fiancé they will all be joining in.
Emma has chosen to take part because Queenscourt holds very special memories for her after their team provided care for her mum, Jane Turner.
Emma said: “Queenscourt provided exceptional care for my mum. My family and I will always be grateful. Strut Your Mutt is a fun way for me to get involved and help to raise any funds I can for the hospice.”
Sam, Bobby, Alfie and Flynn are already raising funds, so if your dog would like to join in the fun then please sign them up now to take part in Strut Your Mutt.
To sign your dog up, visit www.queenscourt.org.uk/ strutyourmutt or call the fundraising team on 01704 517420 for an application form.