Pink gumboots will be handed out in Tauranga's Red Square on September 19 as local businesses line up to support the Breast Cancer Support Service Tauranga Trust.

The ‘Fill Your Boots' fundraiser will be held again this year during Pinctober (Breast Cancer Awareness Month) after the inaugural event last year raised $7000-8000.

Businesses register for a gumboot and hold a fun event at work to fill their boot with funds to support the local breast cancer support service.

Last year a local real estate firm held a ‘pink lipstick' challenge with some of the team's male members also joining in the fun and wearing pearls and gel nails for a day.

Support service manager Helen Alice says the event is not about businesses going out and raising funds from the public, but having a fun event in their own workplace.

'Some of the law firms in town have challenged each other to see who can raise the most, which is a great way to support the trust.”

Businesses can register online and have their gumboot delivered to them or they can head to the Gumboot Zone at Red Square from 11.45am-12.45pm on Tuesday, September 19 where Mayor Greg Brownless will be handing out pink boots to business representatives.

Those who attend in their gumboots will go in the draw to win a prize and there is also an award for the business that raises the most funds.

To register go to www.breastcancerbop.org.nz