Kyrie Irving boosted a GoFundMe goal to support a herb farm startup and Valencia Andrews, a Massachusetts native who started the page to fund her interest in creating alternatives to improve her quality of life.
“Over the years, I’ve taken a personal interest in developing better approaches to caring for myself and communities through birth work, food, different forms of medicine, and spiritual and natural practices,” she said.
She continued: “Acting on this interest, I sought out more information on herbal medicine and realized its potential to change the trajectory and quality of my life and the lives of those I can reach.”
The GoFundMe page, where she shared the details above, caught the attention of basketball star Kyrie Irving, who donated $22,000.
She was originally looking to raise $8,600. Thanks to the help of Irving, the initial fundraiser has nearly tripled.
“I didn’t see it coming, I had no idea how he even landed on my page,” Andrews said, according to Sports Illustrated. “But I’m glad that I took the time to write out my GoFundMe in the way that I did so people know exactly where every dollar is going to. You know people like transparency.”
As of this writing, Andrews has raised a total of $24,315.