Snap raises dough – Sarah Power’s spontaneous shot of her friends in Krispy Kreme hats led to

By Tania Martin
SARAH Power has sold a mountain of doughnuts to help raise cash for MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Australia in memory of her father.
Her father, Mark, who was diagnosed with MS when Sarah was a baby, died in April.
MS is a disease that affects the central nervous system and can interfere with the transmission of nerve impulses throughout the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves.
Sarah said that it was important to raise awareness of MS as it was a disease that was misunderstood.
“Not a lot of people know about the disease itself,” she said.
The budding photographer was given the chance to help raise funds for the cause after a shot of her friends eating doughnuts caught the eye of Krispy Kreme advertisers.
Sarah took the photograph in September last year after spending the day with friends at the Royal Melbourne Show.
“We decided to have some doughnuts and where running around in Krispy Kreme hats and I decided to take a photograph,” she said.
“It was really spontaneous – the lighting in the background was just right so I took the shot.”
Her mother, Lynda, then sent the photograph to the doughnut company to help promote her daughter’s work.
Krispy Kreme then decided to hang the photograph in stores across Melbourne with a story-board made about Sarah.
As Sarah is a student, the company was unable to pay her as an advertiser and decided to set up a fundraiser to help the budding photographer in her career.
But before the fundraiser could be held Sarah’s father died and she made the decision to donate half the cash to MS Australia in his memory.
Sarah said even if her father was still alive, she would be donating half to MS Australia.
“I don’t like taking money for the hell of it and I would have wanted to put it somewhere,” she said.
The Dough-Nation day was held on Saturday (12 July) at Krispy Kreme at Fountain Gate Shopping Centre in Narre Warren.
She raised more than $1500, with half to be donated to MS Australia and the rest to be used to help with printing and framing costs for her portfolio.
Sarah has always been interested in art and photography and it has also provided her with a form of escapism.
Having her art to turn to has helped Sarah cope over the years with her father’s illness.
Sarah said her father was her inspiration and muse.
“I was always annoying dad taking photos of him all the time,” she said.