All of our birthdays have always been about stuff. Stuff we don't want, stuff we definitely don't need. And to be honest, we hardly even remember what we got last year.

So this year, we're giving our birthday's up.

Instead of asking for gifts we're asking for $50 or more from everyone I know. It's not going to me, though. All of it 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.

Our birthday wish this year is not for more gifts we don't need; it's to give clean and safe drinking water to some of the billion living without it. We want to make our birthdays matter this year.

Please join us. Also, please do not feel obligated! You can give more, you can give less, you can totally ignore this and we'll be fine!

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. Check out the video to the right to learn more!

Please join us.