Walk with your best friend (furry or human)!
PetRescue’s Best Friends' Walk is a free month long fitness and fundraising challenge for everyone and their ultimate bestie! Set a fundraising goal and choose how far you and your BFF will walk during September to help homeless pets find love.
By joining PetRescue’s Best Friends' Walk and raising funds, you're not only strengthening the bond between you and your BFF by spending quality, enriching time together; you're also helping homeless pets find their new best friends through PetRescue’s adoption platform and assistance programs.
Each step you take and every dollar raised give a homeless pet like Frosty the best chance to find a home.
Dani’s daily life has changed for the better now that she has her best friend by her side, joining her on all of her adventures - he loves coming along on car rides and walks.
“I wasn't looking for a particular dog breed or age. I was just looking for a best friend. PetRescue made my search easy.’’
‘’Seeing him grow into a confident, playful and cheeky little dog just fills my heart with so much happiness. He has truly reached the potential that I knew he had’’
Frosty has been there for Dani through some tough times, and she can’t imagine what she would’ve done without him. Dani says ‘’I love coming home to him, and he is just so excited to see me. I absolutely adore him and wouldn't want to imagine my life without him.’’
Frosty’s Happy Tail is just one of the 874,676 stories of love made possible because of pet lovers like you. It’s because of your support that PetRescue’s adoption platform gives homeless pets the best chance to find a home.
So choose your challenge and walk, run, roll or roam with your best friend (furry or human!) during the month of September and raise funds to find a home for every pet that needs one.
How it works
Best Friends' Walk is a month-long fitness and fundraising challenge for you and your best friend (furry or human). Make a difference one step at a time while celebrating the bond we share with our furry friends!
Choose your distance and raise funds to help homeless pets find their new best friends through PetRescue’s adoption platform and assistance programs. It’s free to sign up and you’ll get to strengthen the bond between you and your BFF.
Register
Set a fundraising goal and choose how far you and your BFF will walk during September to help homeless pets find love.
You can choose any distance that will challenge you. Maybe it’s 5km a day for 10 days to reach a 50km goal or 1km a day for the entire month to reach 30km or even 5km every weekday to walk 100km!
Just make sure it’s suitable for your furry best friends abilities, too.
Fundraise
Share your challenge and get everyone you know to dig deep and sponsor you. Funds raised will go toward finding a home for every pet that needs one!
Walk
Pick the path that suits you and your best friend to reach your challenge goal!
You can walk anywhere you and your best friend would like to during September—whether around your neighbourhood, on a bushwalk, at the beach or in a park. Walk solo or with all your besties!
Treats
Be one of the first 500 people to register and get a free Best Friends' Walk bandana for your furry friend!
Plus, raise $385 and get your paws on a limited edition Best Friends' Walk tee!
Plus, lots of opportunities for even more treats along the way!
FAQs
Where do I walk?
You can walk anywhere you and your best friend would like to—whether around your neighbourhood, on a bushwalk, at the beach or in a park. Remember to keep safe and watch out for other best friends on a mission to help pets find love.
How far do I walk?
That’s up to you! We’ve suggested 50km or 80km (total, over the month of September), but you can choose any distance that will challenge you.
Maybe it’s 5km a day for 10 days to reach a 50km goal or 1km a day for the entire month to reach 30km or even 5km every weekday to walk 100km!
Just make sure it’s suitable for your furry best friends abilities, too.
If your bestie is a homebody, the best part of this fundraiser is that you can choose the way you move, like an obstacle course in your backyard or a scavenger hunt inside your home.
What do I have to do?
PetRescue’s Best Friends' Walk is a flexible fitness and fundraising challenge designed to get you moving while supporting a great cause! Here's how you can participate:
Register:
Sign up for free! It's easy to participate solo but feel free to form a team to get your friends, family, and colleagues to join you.
Choose Your Challenge:
Choose how far you and your BFF will walk during September. It could be 30km, 50km, 80km or even further! Every step you take helps homeless pets find love.
- Feeling adventurous? Walk, run, swim, roam, roll, or even dance your way to your chosen goal.
- Focus on fun! Pick a challenge that’ll be enjoyable and achievable for you and your best friend, whether you commit to a brisk walk around the block or an energetic jog in the park each day during September to reach your goal.
Fundraise:
Share your fundraising goal and get everyone you know to dig deep and sponsor you. Funds raised will go toward finding a home for every pet that needs one throught PetRescue's adoption platform and assistance programs!
Walk:
Pick the path that suits you and your best friend best – then stroll, roll, ride, or roam during September to reach your distance goal.
If your pet bestie is joining the fun, keep these things in mind:
- Consider their fitness level and age. Choose a total distance that you can break down into smaller distances that are comfortable for them to walk each day over the month of September.
- What if your furry friend doesn’t like walks? No worries! Instead, create a fun obstacle course or treasure hunt at home for them to enjoy, go on a sniffari or commit to learning some new tricks.
Remember:
The key is to get active, spend time with your BFF, raise awareness for a good cause, and have some fun!
Where do the funds go that I raise?
Funds raised during the Best Friends' Walk go directly to towards PetRescue’s adoption platform and adoption assistance programs.
Who is PetRescue?
PetRescue is a national for-purpose organisation on a mission to help you discover the joy of adopting a new furry family member. PetRescue.com.au is the go-to place for finding a rescue pet and is Australia's most visited charity website! We're best known for our pet adoption platform and for using technology to drive positive change.
But that’s not all! PetRescue supports rescue organisations, councils, vets nationwide, and pets in need.
This includes large-scale food and product donations, a pet transport program, crisis care support, an assisted rehoming program, and more!
PetRescue’s tools and digital support helps relieve workloads, speed up the adoption process, and, in turn, increase the capacity for rescue organisations to help the most vulnerable pets. Funds raised go toward ensuring that PetRescue can continue to develop ‘time-saving for life-saving’ tools that help the rescue community from every corner of Australia manage the adoption process and get pets into new homes quickly, no matter where they are.
