15-05-2023, 03:45 PM
Definitely a woman who got things done & did quite a lot of good
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/...ible-force
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/...ible-force
"One of New Zealand’s leading philanthropists and tireless fundraisers, Dame Rosemary (Rosie) Horton, has died.
On Monday afternoon, the Breast Cancer Foundation released a statement mourning its patron, founding trustee and former chairperson, who died at Auckland City Hospital over the weekend.
Over more than four decades, Horton, 83, raised millions of dollars for a range of organisations – many of which focused on children and women – and in 2011, became a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to philanthropy.She was a trustee and patron of the Starship Foundation, and founder of Friends of Starship, in Auckland – a place Horton described as “the love of my life”.
Horton was also patron of the Gut Cancer Foundation, and patron of the Rautakauri Music Therapy Trust, among others.
Over the years, Horton was also involved with Women’s Refuge, Home and Family, the Salvation Army Bethany Centre, Friends of Aotea, Abbeyfield New Zealand, the Athlae Lyon Starship Research Trust, Macular Degeneration New Zealand, the SPCA and the University of Auckland’s Centre of Brain Research.
Breast Cancer Foundation chairperson Justine Smyth said Horton’s loss, and her legacy, were immeasurable."