17th annual Saving Animal Indoor Triathlon at Funspot March 19

LACONIA — FUNds4Paws is hosting their 17th annual Saving Animals Indoor Triathlon at Funspot Family Entertainment Center on Route 3, Weirs Beach, on Saturday, March 19. Each year in late March, 40+ teams of four “athletes” take part in this fun competition vying for high scores in candlepin bowling, indoor mini golf, darts, skee-ball, pinball and pledge monies raised. Everyone gets free pizza and soda, Triathlon T-shirt and a full day of fun. Many teams also compete for best costumes and themes. The goal is to reach at least $60,000 again this year.

There will be raffles of donated baskets, a 50/50 cash raffle and a “Super Pledge Prize” for team players. This years’ super prize are choices of Get Away Packages for two, including lodging, round trip air fare and bonus attraction passes.

Choices are Miami Beach, Las Vegas, New Orleans or Nashville. Everyone who participates gets the added benefit of helping some woefully underfunded programs in the Lakes Region and New Hampshire.

Over the years FUNds4Paws has given grant money to numerous rescues and individual animals including: Live and Let Live Farm, Friends of the Feral Cats NH, Franklin Animal Shelter, Lakes Region Humane Society, SNIPIT-NH Mobile Veterinary Clinic, Rozzie Mae Animal Alliance, and Those Cat Rescue People. They have also paid training fees for unadoptable dogs to ensure their adoption into furever homes.

If you would like to help out with a sponsorship or a donation, checks can be made out to FUNds4Paws.org. Checks and items can be mailed to FUNds4Paws, PO Box 5441, Weirs Beach, NH 03247. General donations can be made right on the website at www.FUNds4Paws.org.

Check out all the details on the event, how teams sign up and how pledges are raised by going to www.FUNds4Paws.org/triathlon.