New Zealand Girl Donates 16 Million Won by Auctioning a Single Heart-Shaped Potato Chip

All Proceeds Donated to Children's Hospital
Potato Chip Manufacturer Also Joins Donation Effort

A ten-year-old girl in New Zealand raised 20,000 New Zealand dollars (about 16 million KRW) and donated it to a hospital with a single potato chip that had a heart-shaped hole.

According to New Zealand media, Bianca Jin MacPherson discovered a chip with a heart-shaped hole in the middle while eating potato chips on the 11th. She hesitated to eat it and after much thought, decided to use it for a good cause.

According to New Zealand media, Bianca Jean McPherson discovered a potato chip with a heart-shaped hole in the center while eating chips on the 11th. She felt it was too precious to eat, so after much thought, she decided to put it to good use.
[Photo by Trade Me]

MacPherson carefully stored this rare-shaped chip in a sealed bag and put it up for sale on the online auction site 'Trade Me.'

In the item description, she wrote that she found a chip with a heart-shaped hole while eating potato chips and that all auction proceeds would be donated to Starship Children's Hospital in Auckland.

The potato chip attracted a lot of attention from the first day of the auction, with bids rising to 250 New Zealand dollars, and when the auction closed on the 18th, the winning bid reached 5,000 New Zealand dollars (about 3.98 million KRW). But that was not the end.

Heart-shaped potato chips.
Photo by TradeMe

Respecting MacPherson's intention, the winning bidder announced they would pay double the winning bid, 10,000 New Zealand dollars. Additionally, the potato chip manufacturer also pledged to add 10,000 New Zealand dollars.

With just one heart-shaped chip that could have been eaten thoughtlessly, 20,000 New Zealand dollars were donated to the children's hospital.

In an interview with a broadcaster, MacPherson said, "I hope the money will be used to help people in need, like my sister who broke her arm twice," and added, "I intended to send the chip, which I had carefully stored in a sealed bag, to the winning bidder, but they said I didn't have to send the chip they auctioned, so I ate it myself."