We did it! We surpassed the $5000 threshold and have raised enough to build our own well through charity: water. I will provide more information about where and when it will be built. But thanks to all of you that helped make this possible.
If you would like to donate, please click on the 6 glasses on the right.
Our online donation page to charity: water is working. Please click on the 6 glasses to the right to donate directly.
This week marked the beginning of the Lent Season. The Season of Lent is a time of self-reflection and penitence in anticipation of Easter. Towards that purpose, we focus on self-restraint and preparation through fasting. In the past we have challenged people to fast from something in their life to help them rely less on those things and more on God. People have fasted from coffee, facebook, red meat, shopping, complaining, overeating, etc.
This year, we are starting a campaign to not only fast from drinks, but to donate whatever money we would otherwise spend on drinks to charity: water. They are an organization that raises money to provide clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. So we are asking you to donate $20/wk over the next 6 weeks. Or if you can’t afford that, then $10/wk. Or if you drink a LOT of coffee, then $40/wk. Or if you’d like to make a one-time donation, we’d accept that as well. We are asking you to do this because 1.1 billion (buh buh, billion) people in the world do not have access to clean drinking water.
For $5000, we can build a well in a village and provide clean drinking water for over 250 people. So, even if you can’t go without coffee, think about donating anyways. But, I hope we can all step up to the challenge to forego the quad, venti, half-caff, one pump sugar-free vanilla, two pumps sugar-free hazelnut, extra-hot, ristretto latte, with half soy, half lowfat organic milk, with two paper cups that you normally order in order to show some self-restraint for awhile.
Donations will be collected each week through Easter Sunday. Let’s build a Well!
Read more for more info about charity: water.