Rod Stewart said he was determined to help after reading a schoolgirl’s letter about how the cost of living crisis has severely impacted her family
Rod Stewart has donated money to a struggling mum in Scotland who goes hungry to feed her kids after being left “heartbroken” by her situation.
The rocker, 78, wanted to help in any way he could when he read about the family’s plight in the Daily Record, and has pledged £2,500 to mum Heather Griffiths.
Heather’s daughter Sophia McKenzie, 10, was among a group of school children who were asked to write about their hopes for the future for a chance to have their letter published in the newspaper.
Sophia bravely revealed her mum is relying on food banks to feed her family, and admitted Heather was skipping meals in order to feed her four children.
“I have a dream that one day we will live in a world where the cost of living crisis stops and everything is free and nobody struggles with not being able to eat,” the schoolgirl, from Motherwell, penned.
The Maggie May hitmaker was devastated to read Sophia’s letter in the Daily Record, and said he “simply had to find a way to help”.
“When I read this story in the Record and saw the letter Heather’s daughter wrote, it broke my heart,” Rod shared.
He donated the generous sum to the family, and single parent Heather said Rod’s gesture was Sophia’s “dream come true” as her daughter “worries about us struggling every single day”.
“I told her what Mr Stewart did and it has completely thrown her. We obviously never expected anything like this to happen,” she told the newspaper.
“Sophia never asks for anything that she needs or wants because she doesn’t want me to be stressed out. So it is going to be amazing to see her not have to worry anymore,” Heather added.
She said it was a “life-changing” amount of money, and “means so much to all of us”.
“Mr Stewart is just an incredible person. I cannot thank him enough. I am so grateful from the bottom of my heart,” Heather gushed.
The mum-of-four had no idea Sophia knew she was skipping meals to feed her kids, and confessed it was “quite upsetting” knowing how much her daughter had been worrying about their family.
“But I am just so proud of Sophia. She is just such a selfless wee girl.”
