CYNTHIA chats with CARLA HADDAN

The beautiful Carla Haddan is not only a successful career woman, wife and mother, she is also a cancer survivor and one of Brisbane’s most influential charity fundraising Queens. Carla is a proud Ambassador for Mummy’s Wish, a registered charity providing non-means tested practical support to mums and mums-to-be fighting cancer with children 12 years and under.  It’s a cause very close to Carla’s heart as she had her own battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2013 when her son Billy was only five. This wasn’t the first-time cancer had touched her life, either. Carla got into real estate through the encouragement of her best friend’s husband, Damian Hackett, the CEO of Place.  Damien’s wife, Helen and Carla were best friends until Helen passed away from breast cancer in 2005, leaving behind three young children. Together, Damian Hackett and Carla went on to raise $550,000 over four years, enough to buy two digital mammography machines for Brisbane’s Wesley Breast Clinic.These days Carla considers herself lucky as she’s now in good health, has a thriving real estate career, a loving husband and son and supportive friends and family. But she understands that not everyone is so fortunate, so giving back to the community is a non-negotiable component of her lifestyle.  I admire this humble, calm, charitable hearted woman so very much as I am sure you will too after you listen to her story and her gentle wisdom.And lastly if you’re in Brisbane in March and you’d like to join Carla and myself at her next amazing Fundraising Charity event for Mummy’s Wish aptly named … Big Mumma’s Italian Feast … held at Ristorante Tartufo on Thursday March 26, 2020 please contact Carla via email [email protected] mobile 0411 300 660 or follow on Instagram @carlahaddan_place and @bigmummasitalianfeast we’d both love to see you there!