IIn February, Kwali and I will celebrate our birthday's and the anniversary of our first year of our life together as a family.

Birthdays are usually about stuff. Stuff we might not want, stuff that we may not need. So this year, I'm giving my birthday up.

I'm turning 38 years old, and instead of asking for gifts, I'm asking for $38 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. Some 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.

Please join me.

Please note: 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.

This is something that I am passionate about... Even if you can't donate--please pass the URL along!!! Let's make a difference in the world!!!