Big news! I am changing my goal to $1000! At first, I wanted to raise $150 and I didn't think I was going to make it. But I did! So I changed my goal to $300, and I didn't think I would make that much... but I did! I made over $500! So, I'm changing my goal again. Will you help me raise $1000 for charity:water? It's going to be incredible!

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If you could see me right now, you would see me jumping and cheering and with the BIGGEST smile on my face!!! I can't believe it! $541!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(It's a big number. It deserves lots of exclamation marks.)

It is so amazing! And I don't even know who some of you are!

Thank you SO much!

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Wow! Wow! Wow! I can't believe I've passed my goal of $150 already! Thank you to everyone who made a donation.

Do you think I can raise twice my original goal? I hope so!

To everyone who didn't make a donation yet... what are you waiting for? Please help me celebrate my birthday by giving clean water to people who need it and helping girls like me be free to go to school!

Thanks a lot!

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This year, I'm giving up birthday presents.

I'm turning 9 years old and instead of asking for gifts, I'm asking for $9 or more from everyone I know. It's not going to me, though. All of it is going to build freshwater projects for people in developing countries.

Almost a billion people in the world are living without clean water -- but how much are they really living? Millions contract deadly diseases from contaminated water. 30,000 people will die this week alone. The lucky ones won't, but still have to walk hours each day to get dirty water for their families.

My birthday wish this year is not for more gifts I don't need; it's to give clean and safe drinking water to some of the billion people living without it. I want to make my birthday matter this year.

The best part: 100% of all donations go directly toward water projects. And about 18 months after this campaign ends, charity: water will show us where and how every dollar we raised ended up helping in the field. We'll see GPS coordinates, photos and more details about the communities we've impacted.

Please join me.