Rachel Beckwith
- Birth Date:
- 12.06.2002
- Death date:
- 23.07.2011
- Length of life:
- 9
- Days since birth:
- 8315
- Years since birth:
- 22
- Days since death:
- 4987
- Years since death:
- 13
- Extra names:
- Рейчел Бэквик, Reičela Bekvika,
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Rachel Beckwith
Rachel Beckwith was a nine-year-old American girl who, for her birthday, wanted to raise $300. She asked family and friends not to buy her any presents but to give money towards the charity: water campaign. In the month after her birthday, she had raised $220.
On July 20, 2011, Rachel was travelling in a car with her mother and sister when it was hit in a 13 vehicle pile-up. Her mother and sister escaped with minor injuries but Rachel was taken to hospital. On July 23, it was decided to turn off her life support.
A pastor from her church then reopened the donor page that she had created with her mother on a social network. Donations began to pour in from all over the world. On 12 August 2011, Rachel's campaign collections broke the $1 million mark. When the campaign ended on October 1, 2011, it had raised $1,271,713. This money was donated by 31,980 people across the world.
Source: wikipedia.org
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