I have challenged myself for 30 days in November to be thankful for one thing each day and to do one thing to give to others each day. I'm calling it the 30 Days of Thanks and Giving Challenge. Will you join me in my challenge? Make this the one nice thing you do for others today.

Today, I'm thankful for our most basic necessity- clean water. And I'm starting this campaign as my way of giving that to other people around the world. My goal is to raise $5000 in 30 days.

Follow my blog to see what I'm doing each day. http://www.sierranething.blogspot.com

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Have you ever said, "I'm dying of thirst?"

If so, I bet you didn't really mean it.

If you're like me, you don't spend too much time thinking about water - it's everywhere we go. When we're thirsty, we flip a handle or push a button. When we're dirty, we twist a shower knob. When our garden needs watering, when our pasta needs to be boiled, when we use the bathroom - water's just there for the taking.

But for a billion people on the planet, it's not. Millions of women and children have to walk hours each day to get water from muddy ponds and rivers. And much of that water is infested with parasites and leeches. In fact, 80% of all diseases in the world are caused by unsafe drinking water and lack of sanitation.

I don't want to sit by and just do nothing, so I picked one cause I think everyone can agree on. I'm working to give people something they absolutely cannot do without - the most basic of health needs.

I'm working to give people clean drinking water.

When I learned that only $20 can give someone clean, safe water for two decades, I decided to start a campaign to help. Now, my goal is to raise $5000 to build wells in developing nations. And the cool thing about charity: water is that they spend 100% of the money I raise directly on the water projects. Even better, when projects are complete, every dollar is tied to village and all the wells are posted on Google Earth.

I've never actually been dying of thirst. And if you're like me, you'd like to see a world where no one does.

Just $5000 can buy a well to support a community of 250 people

Together, we can make a dent in the global water crisis. I hope you'll consider helping.