On Friday the 18th of March we celebrated RED HEART DAY at Montessori STARS.

Heart Kids NZ are the only organisation in Aotearoa that are dedicated to supporting the families of children living with heart disease.

Our Montessori STARS wanted to show some love and support for the brave heart warriors all over NZ. All of our gorgeous STARS looked fantastic in their red outfits.

They and had lots of fun playing with the red and silver balloons and were proud to wear the stickers

provided by Heart Kids NZ.

We placed our coin donations around the heart we drew on the carpet during our whāriki time.

Together we counted how many coins we had and celebrated that we raised

$50.90 A wonderful effort!

We also used this opportunity to teach our tamariki some interesting facts about our hearts as well as talking about how we can help others in need by doing acts of kindness.

A big thank you from Montessori STARS to our tamariki and whānau who participated and contributed donations towards this very special day.

We will send the money we raised in to Heart Kids New Zealand along with this gorgeous photo to show them our awesome STARS and how incredibly proud they were to help make a difference.

Celebrating Heart Day was such a beautiful life lesson and shows us all that no matter how small we are our actions can make a huge difference in the lives of others.