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Forest Aid - Helping Forest get a lifesaving operation

  • Caterpillar

      9 August 2026

    Thanks so much to everyone who came to my movie this week.

    It was really lovely having everyone there.

    A hardhitting and emotionally stirring movie, with such stunning moments, beautifully captured. Wholly recommended - Caterpillar. And it was her debut film!

    Gave me intense memories of my teenagehood.

    Many thanks to those who baked treats:) and to those who travelled. And all my heartfelt thanks for the many donations.

    The film brought in a good amount, Feeling good and anxious to start speaking with surgeons

    Next film in September ⭐

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  • Update

      5 November 2025

    Thank you for all the support and the kind messages, we are still fundraising and looking at different surgery options and appreciate all the help.

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  • Chuck Chuck Baby screening

      31 July 2025
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    Hi! I'm doing a fundraising screening of this interesting little film set in small town Wales.

    Please come along! Bring friends and family

    Book tickets as early as possible to enable me to give the theatre numbers:)

    tinyurl.com/ChuckChuck-Forest

    Thanking you all

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  • Kōkā Fundraiser

      21 July 2025
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    Thank you so much everyone for coming to the fundraiser tonight, it was so lovely! It really keeps my spirits up, which is pretty crucial.

    Beautiful evening, thanks for being patient with my creative solution to a speech 😶

    And just enjoying each other.

    And so lovely after my terrible recent sickness.

    Looking forward to the next one 🥰

    Forest Vashti

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  • Kōkā fundraiser

      28 June 2025
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    Hello:)

    I am doing a movie fundraiser at Lighthouse Theatre, they've been so amazing, lovely and accommodating. Their help has made fundraising accessable while I'm so unwell.

    Thank you as always for all the beautiful support and love, it's raised my spirit up.

    And please come along, it'll be an interesting movie! And we'll have homemade treats again for you, looking forward to relaxing in those plush armchairs in the theatre - I'll be lying down in them myself.

    More info and synopsis at tinyurl.com/koka-forest

    Mā te wā

    Forest

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  • The Salt Path fundraiser screening

      11 May 2025

    We had a lovely time and the lighthouse theatre Cuba, so good to see everyone and the movie was beautiful.

    We raised another $650 which I'm really appreciative of, every step closer.

    The larger amounts we just put directly into the fundraising account that give-a-little pays out to, so the total here doesn't match the real total of what we've raised-

    We are at just over 30,000 now :) in which holds all my hope in the world

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  • Tinā

      26 March 2025
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    We had such a wonderful time at the Lighthouse Cuba theatre, it was amazing to have you all at my back. I think every person came up to me afterwards to tell me they cried-

    Y'all sat through my terrible attempt at a speech. We had treats, it was beautiful :)

    Forest

    Oh and we raised just over 1,000 ⭐

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  • Market in Palmerston North

      9 March 2025
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    My mum is so sweet- Mum and Lindsay have a stall at the Palmerston North market monthly, selling homemade bread and fresh milled flour from their mill. They keep my poster up for donations at their market stall

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  • Tinā movie fundraiser

      10 February 2025
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    Hey! We are doing a movie fundraiser on the 16th of March in Wellington, with the powerful movie Tinā, supported by the beautiful team at Lighthouse Cinemas. Hopefully the first of many, mā te wā

    Forest

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  • Update

      27 January 2025

    Thank you all for your kind words and generous donations, we are so grateful for every single one!

    We are extending the fundraising end date and changing the goal so its in line with there being different surgery options.

    Forest's stepmum put in an extraordinary effort both many beautiful scarves and also selling them for fundraising to her extensive network of friends and colleagues. With her and others' work we have gotten to 25 k. We thank Heather wholeheartedly and we are now looking to other fundraising efforts to get Forest to Spain.

    We would like to thank everyone for their beautiful generosity 💝 we wouldn't be here without you

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  • Market Whānau helpers

      5 November 2024
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    Our crew from Palmerston North, Hawkes Bay and Wellington combined for a fundraising market meet up!

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  • Fundraising Markets

      5 November 2024
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    Thank you for all the awhi and support, it means so much!

    We have recently been doing some markets in Wellington selling beautiful handmade soaps and handwoven scarves. Most recently we were able to get family from Hawkes Bay and Wellington to Palmerston North to all do a fundraising stall at a market together! We sold handmade soaps, handwoven scarves and donations of oranges, mandarins, earrings, bread rolls and honey!

    Such a great day supporting Forest Aid together as a extended family.

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  • Hand woven scarves

      2 October 2024
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    We continue to be so grateful for all the amazing support and donations, thank you!

    Our newest fundraiser is selling incredible textured one-off hand woven scarves by Imperfect Offerings.

    Please see Heather's Instagram page for photos and details:

    https://www.instagram.com/heathercamefriar?igsh=MTFuMGNkb2lrenU3NA==

    Or you can order direct through denisfriar@gmail.com.

    Thanks for your tautoko of this fundraising effort to get Forest lifesaving surgery.

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  • Surgery options update

      5 September 2024

    Thank you so much for all the awhi, support and donations, we are humbled and so grateful to everyone!

    We've been looking into another surgeon with great renown, in Spain. His name is Dr Morata. He uses different surgical techniques to Professors Scholbach and Sandmann in Germany but seems to get really good results, with a less invasive technique. We are doing a lot of research comparing them and deciding which is the best route.

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