Yes, I will be turning 21 in less than a month: on September 2nd to be precise. I have come to realize that the tradition in college is for people to hit the bars at midnight and pretty much get drunk–especially if you are blessed enough for your birthday to fall on a weekend night.

However, the truth is that as the date approaches, I don’t really feel like that’s my kinda think to do. Maybe at some point in the past I was really excited about it and wanted to have a big party and all. But that simply isn’t the case anymore.

I want to give you an opportunity. The opportunity to either buy me a drink or save a life.

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That’s my challenge to all of you! Buy me a beer or Save a life! Because in the end, rescuing a child from becoming a child soldier, building a water well for a needy community, and/or saving a woman from forced slavery and prostitution is more important than drinking a beer.

http://theophrastus89.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/im-turning-21-instead-of-a-beer-save-a-life/