Third ‘Art for Hearts’ auction battles heart disease

By Hanna Mishan

Features Editor

This month Flatbush held its third annual Art for Hearts event, raising money and awareness for heart disease. The auction was founded by senior Allison Heskiel, who approached Senora Ovadia with the idea three years ago.

“I founded Art for Hearts after a difficult 2020, wanting to inject positivity into the world by helping others. The idea behind Art for Hearts is a combination of my two passions, art and helping people like my mother, with heart disease,” Heskiel explained.

She originally planned for the first auction to be held in the gym, but unfortunately Covid required it to be held online. This year was the first time that the program was permitted to run in person.

Each year a number of students, alumni, and community members donate art pieces that are showcased in the auction. The event itself is a silent auction where attendees are first assigned a number and can then go on to bid on the pieces they want, pledging a certain amount of money. The assigned numbers allow the auc- tion to remain completely anonymous. The raised funds are donated to The Heart Foundation. Art for Hearts gives a chance