Hi everyone!

It's my birthday on July 20th and to celebrate, I am pledging to raise funds for the amazing non-profit organization, charity: water!

This organization's work is very important to me and I would appreciate your help as I try to reach the goal of funding the complete construction of a water project which would bring clean water to more than 300 people.

As my brother, Alex, and I prepare and train for the Olympics, we are working harder than ever - physically, we are in the best shape of our career. This is in part due to our training on and off the ice, but also because of a more keen awareness of nutrition. We are leaving no stone unturned. This year, appropriate hydration is scientifically something that we know will help our performance.

I am grateful that I can express myself, follow my dreams, and perform for people around the world while skating on top of frozen water. But, here's the thing... 663 million people in the world live WITHOUT clean water! That's 1 in 10 people. Access to clean water is a basic human need and affects quality of life, health, and education.

Every year on my birthday, I really appreciate the gifts I receive. However, nothing would make me happier this year, than if you would donate to charity: water instead. 100% of every donation will be sent straight to the field.

I first heard about charity: water from Alex. He loves podcasts and had me listen to Bill Simmons' interview with charity: water's founder Scott Harrison. As I learned more about the organization, I was convinced that I had to do something. Any amount you can donate would be amazing!

I'm not expecting that celebrating my birthday is enough of a catalyst to help me reach this goal. To be honest, I'm not sure that what I'm about to propose is either... but today is the 5-year anniversary of when Alex and I uploaded our first video to our YouTube channel! 75 videos later, we have shared hours of our lives with you guys. Many of you have asked how you can support us as we create our videos in our "free time". If our videos have entertained you, or brought you some happiness these past 5 years, it would be amazing if you could show your love for our ShibSibs channel in the form of even a small contribution to this campaign.

Thank you!

If you can donate, I will do my best to respond to all of the comments here.
If you donate more than $10, comment your Instagram handle and I'll thank you and do a shout out in my Instagram stories!