Who says money doesn't grow on trees?

They might be empty just now, but the Breast Cancer Support Service Tauranga Trust hopes these pink gumboots will be filled with cash during Pinctober – Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The annual ‘Fill Your Boots' fundraiser is now in its third year, with businesses registering for a gumboot and holding a fun event at work to fill their boots to support the local breast cancer support service.

Events in previous years have included a ‘pink lipstick' challenge, with male staff members also joining in the fun and wearing pearls and gel nails for a day, and residents from a local retirement home taking to the streets in their mobility scooters and walking frames to fill their boot.

'It's a fun way for people to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month,” says service manager Helen Alice.

'A pink mufti day is very popular. House of Travel also did their pink baking last year on the day of the HOT Pink Walk and took it around town.”

The Fill Your Boots fundraiser attracts about 20 business each year who collectively raise about $8000.

Businesses keen to take part this year can register online at www.breastcancerbop.org.nz/page/support-us/ and staff will drop off an empty pink gumboot and collect it again at the end of October.

The other major fundraiser during Pinctober is the HOT Pink Walk in the Tauranga CBD on October 10, which attracts around 3000 people each year. With music and entertainment along the way, it's a fun event for all the family. A $10 donation per adult is appreciated and a gold coin donation for children aged under 13. Register at: www.hotpinkwalk.co.nz