Sarah Peck promised to swim across from Alcatraz to San Francisco for her 29th birthday if she could raise $29,000 to bring clean drinking water to the less fortunate. Ever since I read about her campaign months ago, the seed she planted in my mind has been growing.

The cliche goes that I'm supposed get a motorcycle or something for my birthday - but let's all do something together? I would like to ask each of you instead to help me bring clean drinking water to 833 people with $25,000. As a big dreamer, my original goal was much larger and with your help we can all scale up to that number and touch the lives of so many people!

100% of every $ raised will go directly to bringing clean water to people in need.

Here is the concept:

If 1,000 of us donate $25, or 100 of us donate $250 we still have $25,000 at the end that could alter the lives of 833 people.

Imagine 25 years from now, someone dear to you is suffering from XYZ disease - and the chances are that someone from a developing country if given the chance could have become a doctor and saved their life.

Here is why:
a. 1 Billion children live in developing countries
b. Their statistical chance of being a genius is 00.01%
c. 1B x 0.01% = 100,000 children

So the moral there is - 100,000 potential geniuses that could change the world, revolutionize medicine, and save you or your loved one in the future!

Plus, paying it forward makes you feel better so if you have any qualms over any past transgressions get it out of your system.

Thank you all in advance!

All my love,

-Kalina

What else you can do with $5+

10 coffees @ Starbucks = $25 - $55
A Venti Caramel Frappuccino = $5.05

Hot date = $75-$125 - cook them dinner, walk in the park...
- Dinner Recipes: http://www.shape.com/healthy-eating/healthy-recipes/8-meals-you-and-your-guy-will-love

Gas/Metro Pass: Walk/Bike
- Benefits of walking: http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/Walking-Your-steps-to-health

Happy-Hour for a week: $25 - $125 ... drinking is fun
- but doing it every day and too much can cause liver damage: http://www.liverfoundation.org/abouttheliver/info/alcohol/

Got Questions?
Find me on twitter: NikolovaKalina
On Insta: KaliNNikolova

The science behind Paying-It-Forward: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/opinion/sunday/the-science-of-paying-it-forward.html?_r=0

Here is the link to my inspiration:
https://my.charitywater.org/4c0f2bc0-f1ae-45d9-914d-9039bcdafdea