Donation Corner: charity: water

Sa-la-cker!! That needs to be my new nickname because I have not posted a new Donation Corner in several months. My blog posts have been sporadic due to busy schedules (mine) and unruly behavior (the kids'). Those are poor excuses though, so I'll start today fresh.

Lehr stumbled across charity: water a few months ago and we both fell in love with their simple, effective and amazing model. One of the coolest things about this charity (and there are a LOT of cool things about them) is that 100% of money raised goes to the cause. 100%. And the guy who started it is a normal guy. Living his life in NYC until he took a trip overseas and had his perspective changed. I love how he talks about the Bible story of compassion: "Only one had compassion." That's all it takes, right? For SOMEONE to have compassion. For SOMEONE to give a little of what they have. And if you are reading this blog right now, you 'have'.

charity: water sites that unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all sickness. Every day, women and children in developing countries walk many hours a day to gather water that is unsafe, because that is all that is available to them. Of the 42,000 deaths that occur every week from unsafe water and a lack of basic sanitation, 90% are children under 5 years old. That means had Eli and Maddux been born elsewhere, they could be part of that 90%. Gut check.

Check out this video....peruse the website...buy some gift cards for friends' birthdays or holidays....act. now.

The story of charity: water - The 2009 September Campaign Trailer from charity: water on Vimeo.