Meghan Markle surprised one of her devoted fans when she personally called them to thank them for recent fundraising efforts.
Fans set up a charity in Meghan's name for CAMFED, the Campaign for Female Education, a nonprofit she's involved with that helps raise money to educate young women in rural Africa.
The contribution page explains that it's a "fundraiser for higher education scholarships, initiated by the #SussexSquad in honor of The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle."
Meghan ended up thanking them personally by calling at least one of her contributors to compliment their social media campaign, which was hashtagged #InspiredByMeghan and ended up raising a whopping $80,000 in donations.
On Twitter, a user shared the news with her now more than 8,000 followers, writing, "Omg! Meghan called me! I spoke to Meghan yesterday," while jokingly warning about "excessive exclamation point usage."
She explained that after a representative called she spoke to the Duchess of Sussex herself. The person tweeted: "I was excited we’d made it onto their radar. That was enough for me. Then... Meghan called yesterday!!! She said their team heard about the fundraiser and flagged it for her. She and Harry were very touched. She asked me to pass on a big 'Thank you' to everyone."
They went on to sing her praises, writing: "Guys, she was delightful, kind, super-sweet. We spoke for about seven to eight minutes. It seemed much shorter though. There was so much more I wanted to say, but this wasn’t that type of call. She was engaging, the kind of person you talk to for hours and time escapes you. But the purpose of her call, and she said this a couple times, was to express gratitude to all of YOU for supporting them, for the fundraisers, and for your birthday wishes."
And if other fans are considering supporting this cause, it's still ongoing and accepting donations. You'll be supporting education and you could even get the chance to speak to Meghan.
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