Harnessing the power of social media and my social influence to solve the global water crisis ...

My birthday is almost here. I'm not usually excited about getting older, but this year I'm really thankful to have lived another happy, healthy year with my family, friends, and colleagues. I recently learned that millions of kids around the world don't live to see their fifth birthday because they don't have access to clean, safe drinking water. We can help change that.

I'm asking for donations from everyone I know. I'm personally forgoing all birthday plans and donating half of my monthly earnings for my birth month (April 2014) to this cause. Every penny of the money raised will directly fund clean water projects in developing countries. Even better, charity: water will show us exactly which projects we funded once they've been fully completed (which takes about 18 months). That means we'll know the locations and names of the communities we helped.

Help me reach my goal. Please donate to my birthday campaign!