Next month, on October 7th, I'm turning 35. And, once again, I'm sharing my birthday with charity: water to help bring clean drinking water to people in need.

charity: water is also celebrating their fifth birthday, and has already helped 2 million people get access to safe water. But this year, they want to accelerate their impact by purchasing a new drilling rig and the equipment it takes to dig even more wells for villages in need.

So to help, I'm using this month to give up my birthday gifts and ask for help from everyone I know. You can give $35 ($1 for each year!) or ANY amount you're feel lead to give. Every single penny helps those in need. 100% of the money will fund the equipment to drill wells for people in northern Ethiopia.

That's not all -- charity: water will mount a GPS device to drilling rig we fund -- so we'll be able to follow it from village to village once the work gets under way!

Please join me -- each drilling rig can help bring clean water to 80 new villages each year, and help 40,000 people get clean water. We can be a part of bringing this miracle to them!

Love,
Jill