Water, water everywhere
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Thursday was the last day of school. Before I sat down to write this post, I dropped my daughter off at an end of school pool party. My son will be attending one on Saturday.
In what has been the driest spring (and now moving into summer) that I can remember, I am still surrounded by water. Clean, accessible water for drinking, bathing and for all the other things we do that require water I rarely think about. The only time I think about it is when we suffer the occasional power outage and we are temporarily unable to access it. (We’re on a well and septic system, so when the power goes out, so does the water pump.)
Much of the world is not so fortunate.
Forty-two thousand people die every week for reasons clean water could help cure. Ninety percent are children.
Thirty-seven thousand, eight hundred children die every week because they don’t have access to clean water.
When fellow blogger Matt Windley of Becoming Last contacted me last month and asked if I would join him in an ambitious fundraising adventure for Charity Water, I didn’t have to think long about it before I agreed. I’ve been involved in a campaign with this organization before (30 Days/30 Bloggers), so I happen to know they are a good group of folks.
The beauty of Charity Water is that they give 100% of the donations to their projects. Matt’s goal is to raise $1,000,000 in the month of June. I know. That sounds crazy, it is, but it’s the number he keeps coming back to. There are approximately 310 million people in the US alone. Even if just .003 of that group gave $1 each, we’d reach $1 million. I believe using our social networks in and outside of the internet, we can make a huge difference in the lives of many suffering children.
Will you help? If you answered yes to that question, or even if you only answered maybe, please visit Becoming Last for further details, or to donate directly to the campaign, visit the Charity Water 30 Day – $1 Million Dollar Challenge page.
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love this! Charity Water was the same organization we did our Hot Cocoa stand for back in January. It’s changed the way I look at all of the water I live near/around.
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Thanks Katdish. Great post. And you are right. Using our social networks (in and off the internet) we could totally hit $1 Million. All it takes is for the ball to start rolling. Thanks again and for anyone hesitating to donate, even small amounts matter.
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I know this is a serious post, and it’s a good cause, but you reminded me of something funny that happened a few weeks ago. My twins were in 3rd grade science class, where they had been spending a couple of weeks on a unit about the water cycle. One day, the discussion was about conserving water.
Teacher: OK, let’s talk about what we can do to keep from wasting water. Does anyone want to tell the class some ways you save water in your house?
A girl (not mine!) raises her hand. Teacher calls on her.
Girl: My mommy and daddy sometimes take showers together.
Teacher (Red-faced): Um, that’s great, honey.
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I remember this charity from last year. It’s rather amazing (& quite humbling) what they can do, even with small amounts of money.
Thanks for giving us the opportunity.
Blessings.
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“Thirty-seven thousand, eight hundred children die every week because they don’t have access to clean water.” – i’m shocked from this fact! thank you for yor care to other people! this quality is special these days!
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Thanks for giving us the opportunity.Today we is going to have a charity day and I hope that every thing is beautiful
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