Welcome to Matisse Reid Appeal

Matisse Reid Appeal

Matisse - 2001 - Not sure how long she would live.

Matisse - 2001 - Not sure how long she would live.

Age two!

Age two!

Transplant evaluation

Transplant evaluation

Happy at 9 - all she wants is her transplant!

Happy at 9 - all she wants is her transplant!

 
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EVENT: Matisse Reid Appeal
EVENT DATE: 30/11/1999

Thank you for visiting Matisse's fundraising page.

Your donation will help Matisse and family with expenses associated with living in the United States while Matisse waits for her multi organ transplant.

Matisse was born with a rare life threatening bowel condition. Matisse has never been able to digest food and is fed through a line which sits in her veins. Three years ago Matisse and her family moved to the United States so Matisse could be listed for a small bowel, stomach, pancreas and large bowel transplant. Due to the complexity of the organs needed Matisse has been waiting over three years for her gift of life.
Matisse's parents are unable to work due to immigration restrictions and must apply to stay in America on the transplant list every six months. Your donation will help towards costs of keeping this family together and giving Matisse the chance to live.

Matisse is nine years old, she has two brothers and a sister, she loves music and art. Her hero is Barney the dinosaur who sees her through chronic pain and medical procedures.

Matisse tries to live a normal life despite being 'sick'.

Select the "Make a donation" button below. It's simple, fast and totally secure.

All funds are held in Trust with the Kids Foundation. 100% of all the funds received to the Trust are allocated to Matisse's cause.

If you live in New Zealand your donation is tax deductible and a receipt will be issued.

Many thanks for your support without you Matisse would not have a second chance at life.




My Online Sponsors To Date
DATE NAME AMOUNT COMMENT
02/02/2012 Kerran Whelan $25.00
10/02/2011 R&R Lowe $100.00
17/01/2011 Alice Jones $66.00
11/01/2011 Hazel Win $30.00 Payment for KFR auction - Lil Magoolie: Love & positive vibes to beautiful Matisse & her family, you are incredible, special people!
06/01/2011 Sally $150.00
31/12/2010 Kelly Forde $350.00 KFR auction - nudey rudey
28/12/2010 Mike stokes and family $30.00 Love and wishes to Matisse and family from mike, helen, Bianca, Eloise and snoop the dog
23/12/2010 Sally $150.00 Ive had a transplant to. Mine was pretty horrible at first but things got better. Wishing you the same.
22/12/2010 Megan Tuthill $125.00 Thanks to KFR, you guys do a great job! charity Auction x 2
Best of wishes to you Matisse and your family. lots of Hugs and kisses xxxxxx
22/12/2010 Marlies Janssen $311.00 KFR Auctions - Matisse I wish you all the best :) My thoughts are with you this xmas.
22/12/2010 Kelly Forde $76.00
21/12/2010 Tam - Unique Boutique $615.00 KFR X 2 AUCTIONS - best wishes to you and your family x merry christmas xx
21/12/2010 Jo, Kane, Cooper & Tait $25.00 What a brave family you all are - all the very best for Matisse's recovery x
21/12/2010 Megan Sharp-Petrov $150.00 KFR Auction - Peacoat
Sending lots of love to you and your family, wishing you a merry christmas and a happy birthday, and a new year filled with health, love, happiness and laughter xx
21/12/2010 Tina Bothma $100.00 Squeezy hugs from our family to yours. KFR Monkeey voucher
21/12/2010 Megan Kay $43.00 Good luck with your recovery and I hope you are back home with your friends and family very soon.
21/12/2010 Evelyn G $67.00 KFR auctions x2
The best way I could help you:) I have no comprehension of the difficulties you, as a family, have all faced and will do in years to come - may your strength continue. Thoughts and prayers with you <3
21/12/2010 Sarah B $89.00 Wishing you a happy & healthy Christmas, love to you all xxx
21/12/2010 Evelina D $75.00 KFR - il tutto bag
21/12/2010 Evelina D $25.00 KFR Auction - Icebreaker Year2
21/12/2010 Priscilla Cork $217.00
21/12/2010 Evelina D $30.00 KFR bid Saltwind Rashie Set
21/12/2010 rudy & the dodo $20.00 Sending Matisse lots of white healing light and love from 3 little boys who havnt met her! Mmmmmwah!
21/12/2010 Morena $55.00 Auction item - Sophie the Giraffe $55
21/12/2010 Lara Smith $20.00 KFR Auction - Backyard Letters Book.
My family sends our love and support to the Reid family. We hope you are home soon xxx
21/12/2010 Sharna Booth $43.00 KFR Auction
Wishing you all positive thoughts xoxoxo
21/12/2010 Sarah $40.00
21/12/2010 Bex - Sacrifice.Love.Beauty $80.00 KFR Sweetp auction
Speedy recovery Matisse!
21/12/2010 Jasmine Leaning $20.00
21/12/2010 Bex - Sacrifice.Love.Beauty $120.00 KFR Auction for pirate doll.
All my love to Matisse and family.
20/12/2010 Sarah G $220.00 KFR Auction for La Petite and Unique Boutique
To the family, we wish you lots of love and laughter over Xmas and in the coming year. Stay strong xox
20/12/2010 Jayshri Dayal $120.00 Thanks KFR for alerting us to this.
To Matisse and her family - all our love and Merry Christmas
20/12/2010 Liz Linton $40.00 KFR Auction
Wishing you all the best , you are a very strong beautiful girl, an inspiration to others, our thoughts are with you and your family
20/12/2010 Amanda Edwards $16.00
20/12/2010 Christina Piet $15.00
20/12/2010 Claire Dean $51.00 For Bubbalooz Auction - KFR

Best wishes Matisse xx
20/12/2010 Sarah $95.00
20/12/2010 The Cooper Family $50.00 Dear Matisse, you may feel sad and be in pain now but by your next birthday this will all be a memory.
Kia Kaha
20/12/2010 Tiffany Deans $80.00 Very best wishes to you all.
20/12/2010 Arzenti Family $50.00 Wishing you and your family the very best, God bless. xxxx
17/12/2010 K family $500.00 Kia kaha, brave girl :) Praying for a smooth recovery.
17/12/2010 Douglas Family $10.00 Woohoo congrats on the op :) all the best for a quick recovery
17/12/2010 Anonymous $65.00
12/12/2010 Hughes family $20.00
12/11/2010 Anonymous $20,000.00
04/11/2010 scott $50.00
04/11/2010 Aaron & Bonnie Reid $20.00 Keep up the great work Matisse and family! Our thoughts and best wishes are with you.
04/11/2010 Ching Family, NYC $50.00 Thinking of you all, and sending our very best wishes. Keep fighting!
02/11/2010 Eileen $50.00 Yu are in our thoughts and hearts. What you have to go through, no-one should endure. We wish you strength and love.
31/10/2010 Amee Taylor $30.00 Good luck and Happy Halloween :)
30/10/2010 Hubertine $30.00 Wishing you all the best =)
30/10/2010 Lorraine Hockley $20.00 Good luck Matisse, what a beautiful name...
30/10/2010 Taniwha $100.00
29/10/2010 Tessa $30.00
29/10/2010 The Sweeney Family $30.00 God bless & good luck.
29/10/2010 Sarah and Greg Brydon $20.00 stay strong beautiful girl, all the best x x x
29/10/2010 John and Margaret $50.00 Keep at it Matisse - all the best.
29/10/2010 Golightly family $100.00 God bless you, Matisse. What a treasure you are.
29/10/2010 Shaun & Vicky $200.00 good luck
29/10/2010 T Woodhouse $25.00 I hope your story on Campbell Live does what Gordon Ramsay wasn't able to do. Good Luck. Love xxxx
29/10/2010 Annemarie $5.00
29/10/2010 JK $20.00 All the best Matisse; hope you don't have to wait too much longer for this op and the life you deserve to live.
29/10/2010 Genevieve Callaghan $10.00 All the Best, you will be in our prayers x
29/10/2010 TE Whinham $30.00 All the best Matisse
28/10/2010 Nick Read $30.00 Hi Matisse, Kiora from Kapiti NZ. I just know you will be a famous chef one day with your own restaurant! Best wishes..
28/10/2010 Isuru Dilshan $30.00
28/10/2010 SnakeNZ $100.00
28/10/2010 Karen Galvan $30.00 Dear Matisse, just a little but it all counts. I send you my love and best wishes to your mum and dad and family.
28/10/2010 Eileen $20.00 I wish you well Matisse. What a brave little girl you are, and I hope you get your life-changing operation really soon and that it goes well for you. And my love to your mother and family.
28/10/2010 Trish $30.00 Good luck for a brave little girl.
28/10/2010 scott $50.00
28/10/2010 Spurr Family $100.00 You are very brave and your story touched our family alot. We wish you all the best for your transplant and recovery. Much love to your whole family xx
28/10/2010 Adams Family $30.00 A small contribution to a fabulous cause - all the best xxx
28/10/2010 Mike and Chris $100.00 All the best Matisse with your opertaion, we admire your strength and courage.
28/10/2010 Alan $50.00
28/10/2010 Annie $20.00 I wish you and your family much strength and to know that even though we haven't met you our thoughts and love are with you.
28/10/2010 zerka $20.00
28/10/2010 Shaz $20.00 Good luck
28/10/2010 Leone & Andrew Weller $30.00 We wish you well Matisse, all the best.
28/10/2010 les heaphy $20.00 May the surgery do everything you hope it will do plus more! Be brave for mum and family. God Bless you
28/10/2010 Aaron, Amber and Ava Walden $10.00 All the best and hope you get the funds you need!!!
28/10/2010 A/A $100.00 Our prayers for a miraculous outcome for Mattise .God bless.
28/10/2010 roger $30.00
28/10/2010 Goldblatt Family $10.00 All the best for your speedy recovery. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
28/10/2010 Rob Walsh $30.00 All the very best to a brave little lady.
28/10/2010 Drew $130.00 God bless
28/10/2010 Hui Family $20.00
28/10/2010 Kirsty Milton $30.00 Sending loads of love from NZ xx
28/10/2010 Chris Butler $100.00 Hi Mattise,

Chris Butler from Te Horo (Kapiti Coast) here.
I also love to cook & saw your article on Campbell Live. You are not missing Gordon Ramsay - he's not a very nice man.
Here is my contribution to your surgery & associated costs. I'd also like to shout you to a day at "Ruth Pretty Cooking School" (http://www.ruthpretty.co.nz/cookingschool.aspx/cooking-school).
Hi Mum (sorry, I didn't catch your name). My email address to arrange something special for Mattise is buttles@me.com

Kind Regards,
Chris
28/10/2010 Jennie $30.00 Hawkes Bay looks forward to you coming home one day soon.
28/10/2010 Kerry & Dave Murphy $30.00 we wish you every success and best wishes in raising enough money for your operation, and pray it all goes to plan for you.
28/10/2010 A Daisey $20.00 Hope you get the transpant soon so you all can come home.
28/10/2010 Helen Hamblin $30.00
28/10/2010 Shaz $20.00 Gordon Ramsey should be ashamed of him self. I hope this helps to contribute to the fund raising needed. Be strong little girl and all my love to your supportive famil.
28/10/2010 Natalie Brock $20.00 All the best Matisse x
28/10/2010 Ronald $30.00 all the best
dont give up
28/10/2010 Roger & Dale $30.00
All the best for your big operation Matisse. We will be praying for a speedy recovery.
28/10/2010 Chris $10.00 Just saw you on Campbell live and heard about Gordon Ramsey pulling out of your fundraising event and really wanted to help out to help you raise the money that you need.

Stay strong, best wishes....

Chris from Christchurch
28/10/2010 Alec $10.00 I'm 9 too. Good luck!
28/10/2010 Anonymous $50.00
28/10/2010 jaydeear $30.00
28/10/2010 Chris and Sue $20.00
28/10/2010 Nina-Maria $10.00 All the best little girl, be strong
28/10/2010 Mattie $5.00
28/10/2010 Lin Kathy $20.00
28/10/2010 Laith Molan $50.00 I was so annoyed that Gordon Ramsey could not attend for the Fundraiser! Hope this helps
26/10/2010 Gow Family $100.00
25/10/2010 Chris, Hannah & Lucy $75.00 All the best
24/10/2010 Kesalina $10.00 Not much, but all that my whanau have to give. All the best Matisse xxx
24/10/2010 Andrew $30.00
23/10/2010 Mei Yun Law $20.00 All the best to Matisse's family.
23/10/2010 Lynda and David Muir $50.00
05/08/2010 jon $25.00
Total Raised Online: NZD$27,314.00
Total Raised Offline: NZD$0.00
GRAND TOTAL: NZD$27,314.00
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The KIDS Foundation cares for medically fragile New Zealand children affected by Primary Immune Deficiencies, as well as liver and gastro transplant children.
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