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In 2011, a nine-year-old girl from Washington state asked for donations to charity: water instead of birthday presents, setting a modest goal of $300. After her tragic death in a car accident, her campaign raised over $1.4 million, bringing clean water to more than 37,000 people in Ethiopia.
Jul 17, 2026In 2011, nine-year-old Rachael Beckwith of Seattle asked for donations to charity: water instead of birthday gifts, raising $220 before her tragic death in a car accident. After she passed, the world answered her wish, raising over $1.2 million to bring clean water to nearly 38,000 people in Ethiopia.
Jun 25, 2026In 2008, a 9-year-old girl in South Carolina grew a 40-pound cabbage for a school project and donated it to a homeless shelter, feeding 275 people. That single act of generosity sparked Katie's Krops, a nonprofit that has grown over 100 youth-run gardens across 33 states, donating thousands of pounds of fresh produce to the hungry.
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