This month, as I celebrate 43 years of being on this planet, I would like to bring together people I know, friends and family, in the effort to raise funds for water. Clean drinking water. A simple, but essential commodity most of us take for granted each day. I encourage each person to forego one thing over the next few weeks, whether it is a bottle of wine, that new t-shirt, lunch out, the gym (yes - you can just run outside for free)....and donate a little towards this campaign. It is a small sacrifice that will go a long way toward helping others. Simple gestures can lead to big changes.

Many of us have no idea what it's like to be thirsty. We have plenty of water to drink -- even the water in our toilets is clean!

But many people around the world don’t have that luxury. Every day, about 1,400 children die from diseases caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There are simple solutions like drilled wells, spring protections and BioSand filters that help provide clean water to communities around the world.

I started this fundraising campaign to help charity: water build these types of projects around the world, and I'm looking for anyone who can help me.

Please donate to my campaign -- anything you can give is a huge help.

100% of the money will be used to build clean water projects, and when they’re complete, charity: water will send us photos and GPS coordinates so we can see the exact community we helped.