Hey friends and family,

On April 30th I am running the Country Music Half Marathon here in Nashville.

As a lot of you know, I’ve never really been the runner type, so why am I doing this?

Well, there are 1 billion people living in this world without access to clean drinking water. Every week, millions of women and their children walk more than 14 miles just to get water for their families. Worse, most of the water they are walking for is contaminated with parasites that could very well end up killing them.

I am running 13.1 miles this weekend to ensure that a few women and children will never have to make that walk again and will have access to clean water for their entire family. Clean water will allow them to not only drink but to bathe, clean their food and the extra time that they are not walking will allow them to go to school and raise their families. To learn more, check out the video to the right.

My goal is to raise $650, that’s $50 per mile. If I can reach that goal, together we can give 32 people the gift of clean drinking water!

The training has been tough but I know I am ready and I want you all to be along with me on this run.

Because of charity: water's unique model, 100% of all donations go directly to water projects, and each donation is "proved" using Google Earth when projects are complete. You can pledge per mile, you can give a lump sum.

I've never done anything like this before. And I promise to do it without complaining. After all, I'll have fresh water to keep me going. That's more than millions around the world can ask for.

I appreciate whatever you can give, and totally understand if you are unable to give anything at all. All I ask is that you take a look around Charity:Water’s site and learn about what they and many other amazing organizations are doing to end the global water crisis.

Thank you to everyone, your support means alot!
Ted