First published April, 2019 Elsa was an 11-year-old whose mother was a professional fundraiser. One day the girl informed her mum that she wanted to help her raise the money to build a women’s shelter. You see, the daughter calculated that to raise $1 million she only had to find 3,334 donors to give $25 a month for a year. After 12 months they would raise all the money they needed. Elsa announced, “I’m going to go door-to-door to recruit those monthly donors.” Her surprised mum said, “Isn’t that too big a job for just one girl?” And her daughter proclaimed, “Don’t worry, I have a friend who promised to…
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