Four years ago I spent my birthday in Trujillo, Honduras. I was roughly half way through my 14 month term working with an organization called Pure Water for the World providing water filters to families without access to safe, clean drinking water. My experiences there changed me forever, showing me just how incredibly lucky we are to have clean water at the turn of a tap! Just think about how many times in a day you use water! (Trust me things get smelly fast when you don't have it!) I met families like the one in the photo above who's lives could be changed completely just by receiving access to water!

This year on May 5th I'm turning 32 years old, and instead of asking for gifts, or for you to spend money at a big dinner celebration, I'm asking for $32 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.

My birthday wish this year is not for more gifts I don't need; 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! My goal is for 100 friends to donate $32 each.

Please join me!

Also check it out! 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.