GV Vets raise money for HeartKids Foundation
By Aaron Cordy
Everyone feels the effects of a tragedy differently. Some get lost in their grief while others push on the best they can. For a unique few, when a tragedy strikes, they channel their loss into preventing other people going through the same hardship.
When veterinary nurse Kathrine Byrne and her husband Elliot lost their son Elijah to heart disease in 2018 when he was just three months old, they decided to raise money for the HeartKids foundation that helped the family in their time of grief.
HeartKids is a not-for-profit charity organisation focused on supporting and advising people impacted by childhood heart disease (CHD), which is one of the largest causes of infant death in Australia. Every day, eight children are born with heart disease, and tragically, four lives are lost each week.
To support Kathrine and her family raise awareness and money for HeartKids, GV Vets dresses up once a year, sells raffle tickets and for June they will proudly donate 100 per cent of nail trim proceeds to HeartKids.
To date, the Byrne’s and GV Vets have raised $18,594.21 for HeartKids, with more support always needed.
“Because HeartKids is a not-for-profit, they rely on donations and funding to keep the service running. They are the difference between parents being able to stay with their children on that journey or having to go back to work and trying to work out some other way of dealing with everything,” said Katherine.
To donate to HeartKids, visit https://bit.ly/3VKIWBa.
