Plant auction to grow foundation funds
20-year-old pays back help she received from the Heart Foundation
TeAwamuturesident Rose Campbell is getting behind the Heart Foundation to support its life-saving research and support services.
This week, she auctioned her very ownhouse plants on the Instagram channel kiwislittlejungle.
At just 20 years old Rose isno stranger to heart problems. The early childhood teacher has been hospitalised three times in the past year with a high and irregular heart rate.
“I’ve realised it wasa really important charity and wasclose to homegiven what I’ve been through the past year. I thought it wasa perfect opportunity to fundraise,” says Rose.
Rose had about 50 house plants to auction, everything from philodendrons, anthuriums to peperomia, and she says people also donated house plants for the cause.
“Lots of people have been supporting the cause. It’s amazing howmanypeople are messagingme about theirownheart problems— it’s a real eye-opener as tohowmany people actually suffer from heart problems,” she says.
Withmore than 11,000 followers, Rose has fundraised to support causes such as the Australian bushfires andmorerecently Women’sRefuge.
“I’m addicted to doing this and the Heart Foundation do an amazing job.”
Heart disease isNewZealand’s single biggest killer, claiming the lives ofmorethan 6700NewZealanders every year— that’s one person every 90minutes.
Funds raised by people like Rose help fund life-saving heart research to help the 170,000NewZealanders living with heart disease.
The auction finishedupon Tuesday with the final donation of $1350 going to the Heart Foundation.