As retirement approaches, Saanich police Staff Sgt. Brad Brajcich embarks on a legacy where he hopes to grace homes and office spaces for one month of 2025.

Brajcich is among the officers and their pets photographed for the biggest fundraiser of the B次元官网网址渓ive-savingB次元官网网址� BalfourB次元官网网址檚 Friends Foundation 2025 Officers on Pawtrol calendar.

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In his first appearance in front of the lens, Brajcich poses with Zyra, a rescue from Chile that kind of epitomizes why he chose to participate.

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Officers on Pawtrol and Firefighters & Friends calendars are the foundationB次元官网网址檚 biggest fundraisers and more needed this year than any previous. Requests for help are up 49 per cent.

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Balfour served 27 years in the former B.C. Provincial Police and RCMP, thus the root of the calendars that featured local police officers and firefighters with their personal pets.

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Photographers donate their time and expertise as do the uniformed models and their mostly furry friends. Bajcich was impressed with the amount of photo options and B次元官网网址渋ncredibleB次元官网网址� skill of his photographer, Rich Wanbon.

The cause makes it easy to be OK with hanging in homes and offices across the region.

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The foundation offers up to $500 toward an emergent or surprise veterinary bill, because of sudden injury, severe illness or infection. They work primarily on the south Island and Gulf Islands.

Find a full list of where to find the calendars online at  including Saanich police headquarters on Vernon Avenue.

Folks buying the $20 calendar who live on the Saanich Peninsula could even get one hand-delivered in time for Christmas.