Hi friends! As you all know, Julia and Matt are getting married this August 11th in Colorado. As a part of our wedding celebration, and instead of creating a registry and receiving gifts, we would like everyone to donate as they are able to our fundraising campaign here on charity: water. That's right: we don't want any presents! We have enough stuff, and want to use our celebration with all of you as an opportunity to give back to people who really need it.

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.

Please donate to our 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.