I'm no Adam Lambert or Justin Bieber (they raised over $260,000 and $46,000 in lieu of gifts this year for their birthdays!). This year I want to help too so I am donating my birthday.

On Monday, March 7th I am turning 38 years old and will donate $38 to Charity: Water. Please consider a small donation to Charity: Water in honor of my birthday. Or all March birthdays - go Pisces! Or your birthday. It's not going to me, of course. 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. The lucky ones 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. I want to make my birthday matter this year.

I know that many of you helped us raise funds for Charity: Water back in December. Our Hot Cocoa for Water was such a successful campaign - we raised over $730! So, I'm excitedly keeping the giving fire burning with my birthday campaign. $3, $8, $38 ... 38 cents. Whatever you can spare! Please join me. Thank you!

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.