Life’s too short not to have fun

Matt Clutterbuck, Mark Spitz, and Dickie Burman from Bayleys. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

Daisy Dukes, boardies and stubbies – they're usually summer attire, but there's a reason to bring out the shorts this winter and it's all for a good cause.

The Shorts4Waipuna campaign on Wednesday, June 21, encourages businesses, schools and individuals to show a bit of skin and raise funds for Waipuna Hospice.

They'll be wearing shorts on the shortest day of the year. 'It's a real hoot!” says Bayleys sponsorship and events manager Allison Stewart.

Allison encouraged Tauranga businesses including, KPMG, Staples Rodway, Bayleys, Cooney Lees Morgan and Key Research – all from the same building at 247 Cameron Rd – to bare their legs for last year's campaign.

'We've got a lot of like-minded businesses who really enjoy supporting the community. When this came along I thought, ‘This is something we could have fun with'.

'The secret was having a good person on each office floor to organise their teams. And once people saw others doing it, they wanted to do it too.”

As part of the day, Allison arranged a fashion parade for staff to show off their shorts and win prizes.

'What was tricky was changing people's perception. In a business environment shorts can be seen as unprofessional, but actually that was the whole idea of it.

'You can stand behind a desk or a counter and still look professional from the waist up. Our team were a game of two halves. On top they had their ties and business attire and on the bottom, their shorts.”

The day was followed up with a barbecue which raised a few extra dollars.

Allison says wearing shorts for Waipuna Hospice is a great teambuilding exercise. 'The laughter that went on that day was just great.

'We have so much respect for the great job the Hospice does, and they didn't mind looking a bit silly because they were doing it for Waipuna.”

Waipuna Hospice fundraising manager Trish Rae says last year's Shorts4Waipuna event raised $24,000 and resulted in much hilarity and good humour.

'We are excited to have two new sponsors this year: House of Travel and The Weekend Sun who add strength to our existing sponsors, Craigs Investment Partners, Westpac and Savant Creative.”

Waipuna Hospice's Shorts4Waipuna is on Wednesday, June 21, with prizes offered to the best dressed.

For more details and to register, visit www.waipuna-hospice.co.nz

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2 comments

Sacrilege

Posted on 22-05-2017 07:35 | By Papamoaner

Deeply offensive to the memory of Fred Dagg.


Forgiveness is within reach

Posted on 23-05-2017 22:36 | By Papamoaner

Three pairs of gummies should do the trick.


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