Birthdays are typically all about stuff - stuff I don't need, at least not nearly as much as people around the world need what has recently been named a basic human right: water.

So this year, I'm giving my birthday up.

I'm turning 32 years old on Sept. 16, and in the month leading up to it, I'm asking for $32. It's not going to me, though. All of it - every single penny - is going to build freshwater wells for people in developing nations.

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. 45,000 people will die this week alone. The lucky ones won't, but still walk hours each day to get dirty water to give to their families.

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

So in appreciation of something we take so much for granted, and in an effort to do something to positively impact those in great need, please join me.

For my birthday, buy THEM a drink!!
If I can reach my goal of $1,000 by Sept. 16th, I will SKYDIVE! Try me.

~Lindsay



http://mycharitywater.org/Lindsayis32



*please note: Because of charity: water's unique model, 100% of all donations go directly to direct water projects costs, and each donation is "proved" and tracked to the village it helped when projects are complete.*

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