Kevin Hendricks is a man on a(nother) mission… after spending time in Ethiopia this March to pick up his newly adopted son Milo, he’s witnessed the water crises there first hand and he’s hoping to make a difference with his 30th birthday.
Kevin writes ::
In late March 2009 we traveled to Ethiopia to bring home our son Milo. While there, we witnessed the reality of unclean water:
- Time and time again we saw the people of Ethiopia carrying these 5 gallon jerry cans, often walking hours to muddy water holes for their daily supply of tainted water.
- Milo came home with giardia, a water-borne intestinal parasite common among people with no access to clean water.
- I fell sick for a day, stricken down by water unintentionally consumed either in the shower or from rinsed dishes. Thankfully it was a mild case (yay for meds!).
We know firsthand what a lack of clean water can do.
If we can give clean water to 30 people in 30 days for my 30th birthday,
I’ll shave my head.
That’s $600
for charity: water
by June 13 and
I’ll shave my head.
So here’s the deal: I’m turning 30 in 30 days and I need your help to celebrate. There are more than a billion people in this world who don’t have easy access to clean, safe drinking water. To celebrate my big 3-0, I want to give 30 people clean water.
It’s not much, a drop in the bucket so to speak. But to those 30 people it would mean life.
The nonprofit charity: water can give one person clean water for 20 years for about $20. So giving clean water to 30 people will cost $600. That’s a pretty big chunk of change, but with your help, I think we can do it.
So help me celebrate my 30th birthday by raising $600 in 30 days and giving clean water to 30 people.
Oh, and if we can do it, I’ll shave my head. Welcome to the Bald Birthday Benefit 2009.
Just think, if each of my daily blog readers gave $5, we would push Kevin over his mark and provide clean, fresh water for 30 people in Africa!
