Go, Sam, Go! Surmounting her greatest challenge

Stephanie Mills- Sam to us- is a former NZ triathlete who helped train Helen Clark to climb Mt Everest Base Camp, and is now facing her greatest challenge; to get home and raise her son.

After a stroke in 2022 took out her left-side mobility, at 54 Sam was hospitalised, unable to take care of herself independently, or her 12 year old son.

Ever optimistic, Sam is prepared to face this difficulty head on, and sees her current time in hospital as being like her chrysalis. When she emerges, she will be as a butterfly, strong and independent once again.

What she urgently needs now is an intensive physiotherapy program to get her back to where she can live independently. Already she has made huge improvements, and with a stick can walk 50 meters, with some limited mobility in her left fingers.

We are looking to raise $5,500, which will go directly to Sam’s physiotherapy bills, and any other associated medical costs.

Our end goal is to get Sam to a point where she can go home and raise her son with their 19 year old cat, Bubbles.

Any support is welcome, whether big or small, it all makes a difference.